When it comes to World War II, many are familiar with D-Day, with stories of Allies storming the beaches of Normandy and gaining the beachhead against the Axis powers. However, many are less aware of ...
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Downfall of Italy: 1943
This video covers the dramatic collapse of Fascist Italy during 1943. It explores Mussolini’s weakening grip on power, the ...
On July 10, 1943, Pittsburgh native and Army Air Force 2nd Lt. Gilbert Myers was flying a bombing mission over Sicily with crewmates from the 310th Bombardment Group, part of the 381st Bombardment ...
A man has been retracing the steps of his "hero" father who served in the SAS during World War Two. Neal Latham, from Frome in Somerset, travelled to Sicily in July, where Alfred Earnest Latham, who ...
On Saturday, July 10, 1943, the day the Allies invaded Axis-occupied Sicily, there was supper dancing at the Hotel Bancroft in Worcester and polka at Lincoln Park to the music of the Goodkowski ...
LONDON -- Edward Gilling, Exchange Telegraph news agency correspondent with the British Eighth army in Sicily, reported Thursday that the German evacuation of Sicily is "now in full swing." Thousands ...
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