Sunday, April 28, 2019

The strange case of the 185th Paratrooper Regiment

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Paratroopers of the 184th Division "Nembo" in 1943 The average quality of the Italian troops stationed in Sicily at the tim...
Sunday, March 17, 2019

The battle of Palma di Montechiaro

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An American tank drives through a street in Palma di Montechiaro After seizing control of the road and railway that connected Licata...

The fall of Monterosso Almo and Licodia Eubea

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Monterosso Almo as it looks today In the morning of 13 July 1943, Colonel Anckorn sent Colonel Murphy’s 1st Battalion towards Montero...
Saturday, February 16, 2019

The battle of Gela, part one: the landing at Gela and the capture of the town

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Aftermath of the battle of Gela, "LIFE" magazine. Original caption: " At the feet of the two American soldiers lies the dea...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Giuseppe Giannola, the soldier who was shot three times in a day

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Giuseppe Giannola. Giuseppe Giannola, a 26-year-old Sicilian from Palermo, was serving as an airman in the Regia Aeronautica, statio...
Saturday, July 14, 2018

The landing and the battle for Cassibile and Casanuova

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The Acid North and Acid Center subsectors, between Cape Ognina and Cape Negro, target of the British 5th Infantry Division, were defended ...
Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The fall of Modica and the end of the 206th Coastal Division

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Italian POWs from the 206th Coastal Division, July 1943. By the evening of July 10, the 206th Coastal Division found itself in dir...