British Infantry takes up a good position as a Sherman tank approached the town square in Acireale Sicily,1943 during operation Husky.
Then image: © IWM NA 5763
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British troops riding through Aci Sant’Antonio, Sicily on their way to Messina during operation Husky.
Then image: IWM?
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August 24, 1943 the 78th Allied Division took control of the town of Centuripe, in Sicily, north of Catania.
Then image: ?
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On August 24, 1943 and after two days of intense fighting, the 78th Allied Division took control of the town of Centuripe, in Sicily, north of Catania.
Then image: AP file
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Catania, Sicily, Italy. 1943. RAAF airmen stand in front of a pile of rubble looking at the damage caused to buildings caused by bomb blasts in the main square situated in the centre of the battered city. In the foreground is an unoccupied tram.
Then image: Australian War Memorial
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
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Catania, Sicily, Italy. 1943. Padre R. (Bob) E. Davies RAAF with ground personnel of No. 3 (Kittyhawk) Squadron RAAF talk with the Sicilian civil police in the main square of the city. The civil police were appointed by the British Military authorities to supplement the Military Police in the captured town.
Then image: Australian War Memorial
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
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A German Mk III tank knocked out during the fierce street fighting in
Centuripe, Sicily 1943.
Then image: © IWM (NA 5389)
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Allied soldiers in the center of Catania at the Piazza del Duomo, Sicily during Operation Husky, in 1943.
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A sherman tank passes a tram in the Via Guiseppe Garibaldi during the entry into Catania, 5 August 1943,
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Original Source: IWM (?)
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A Sherman tank passes through Trecastagni, 9 August 1943
Then image: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: NA 5760
Creator: No. 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Loughlin (Sgt)
