{"id":84553,"date":"2023-09-02T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=84553"},"modified":"2023-09-01T15:00:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T19:00:27","slug":"trial-run-for-d-day-allied-invasion-of-sicily-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/09\/02\/trial-run-for-d-day-allied-invasion-of-sicily-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial Run for D-Day &#8211; Allied Invasion of Sicily 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z_kK108wJJQ?si=tgXFDAwqwtxaGbPI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Real Time History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 1 Sept 2023<\/p>\n<p>After defeating the Axis in North Africa, the stage was set for the first Allied landing in Europe. 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Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje<\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\n2nd Armored Division, <em>Historical Record of the 2nd Armored Division Sicily<\/em>, (1943)<br \/>\nAnfora, Domenico, <em>La Battaglia degli Iblei: 9-16 Luglio 1943<\/em>, (Tricase: Self-Published, 2016)<br \/>\nClay, Ewart Waide, <em>The Path of the 50th: The Story of the 50. (Northumbrian) Division in the 2nd World War, 1939-1945<\/em>, (Aldershot: Gale &#038; Polden, 1950)<br \/>\nFielder, Bob, <em>A Matter of Pride<\/em>, (Self-published, 2007)<br \/>\nFord, Ken, <em>Assault on Sicily: Monty and Patton at War<\/em>, (Cheltenham: The History Press Ltd, 2007)<br \/>\nKetterson, T. B., <em>82nd Airborne Division in Sicily and Italy<\/em>, (Leavenworth, KS: Combined Arms Research Library, 1945)<br \/>\nKlein, Joseph, <em>Fallschirmj\u00e4ger. Das Fallschirmpionier Bataillon 1 der 1. Fallschirmj\u00e4gerdivision im Italienkrieg. Berichte und Dokumente \u00fcber Kampfeins\u00e4tze von Sizilien bis zur Kapitulation der deutschen S\u00fcdarmee in den Alpen<\/em>, (Wolfsburg: Self-Published, 2008)<br \/>\nGarland, Albert N. &#038; McGaw Smith, Howard, <em>The Mediterranean Theater of Operations: Sicily and the Surrender of Italy<\/em>, (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History United States Army, 1993)<br \/>\nLuconi, Stefano, &#8220;Italian Americans and the Invasion of Sicily in World War II&#8221;, <em>Italian Americana<\/em>, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Winter 2007)<br \/>\nFitzgerald-Black, Alexander. <em>Eagles over Husky<\/em> (Wolverhampton Military Studies) (p. 70). Helion and Company. 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