Thousands of Canadians Reach North Africa for Sicily Invasion
Allied convoy escorted by a warship arrives in North Africa with several thousand Canadian reinforcements bound for Sicily. Medical staff and nurses travel with British troops as gunners man anti aircraft guns aboard the troopships. The voyage remains calm and uneventful despite partial secrecy on destination and a break in the news of the Sicilian invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WILLIAM STEWART
NORTH AFRICA
Cable
Britain
Sicily
Louis V. Hunter
Maurice Desjardins
Canadia
Wallace Grant
Minnedosa
Man
England
Europe
Pte
Harry Wasend
Loon Lake
Sask
Bill F Pushulak
Tiny, Sask
L. Cpl
L. Y. Christensen
Winnipeg
Wallace Christensen
Pte Ches Penonzek
Vancouver
Mediterranean
Africa
Allies Capture Syracuse and Key Sicilian Towns
Allied forces have seized Syracuse on Sicily's eastern coast and captured Licata Pozzallo Gela Avola Scoglitti Ispica Noto and other points along the south coast. Pozzallo surrendered to a destroyer after bombardment of the town and rail line from Syracuse to Ragusa. Ground operations and disembarkation continue as German opposition intensifies near Ragusa.
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LLIED
North Africa
Syracuse
Sicily
Licata
Pozzallo
Gela
Avola
Capo Passio
Scoglitti
Ispica
Rogolini
Noto
Ragusa
an Tenens
Red Armies Holding Firm in Kursk Offensive Second Week
Moscow reports the Kursk front remains stubborn as German armored columns enter week two. Soviets claim 2,500 German tanks lost and 1,068 planes downed, with 19 German attacks repelled in Belgorod. Russians say they destroyed 34 German tanks near Belgorod and checked a major push in the Orel Kursk area.
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WILLIAM McGAFFIN
Associated Press
MOSCOW
Guenther von Kluge
Kursk
Belgorod
Red army
Orel-Kursk
Willow Run Gets Going at Last
The Truman committee reports Willow Run bomber plant at Ford Motor Company has made great progress but only in recent months produced planes capable for front use. Substantial numbers of Consolidated B 24 bombers are now being produced and, with standard modifications, usable at the fighting front.
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WASHINGTON
Truman committee
Willow Run
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Sardinia's strategic role and mineral output noted
A wartime analysis highlights Sardinia as a key western anchor near Africa with strategic value for airfields and minerals, including growing German extraction, and its limited population concentrated in villages. A separate New Yorker anecdote recalls a confused passenger on a Crosstown bus, unsure how to pay.
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Sardinia
Genoa
Palermo
Africa
Rome
Milan
Sicily
motron
Canadians Under Monty General Montgomery Vee Malta
British General Montgomery named commander in chief of British forces in Sicily with Lt General Patton commanding American troops in the operation. Allied forces push from Syracuse toward Catania and Messina after capturing nine ports and repelling enemy counterattacks, taking 2,000 prisoners.
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MONTGOMERY
Malta
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Sicily
George 8
Patton
CATANIA
North Africa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Syracuse
8th Army
Messina
George §. Patton
Licata-Gela
Gela
Newspapers and King differ on Sicily invasion news
Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the house that the first critical period has passed in the Sicily invasion but the most critical period is to come. He praised Canadians at the forefront, said the Canadian force was substantial, and stated newspapers remain the best source of information with periodic official statements to follow.
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UAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
house of commons
Sicily
King
Europe
Allied hospital ship sunk off Sicily by enemy bombers
An Allied hospital ship fully sighted and anchored three miles off Sicily was sunk Saturday night by enemy bombers. Despite the loss, 490 wounded aboard were transferred to safety.
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LLIED
North Africa
Sicily
Harold Darling elected Gyro clubs president in Toronto
Harold Darling of New York City was elected president of the Gyro Clubs of Canada and the United States at the 14th annual international conference held in Toronto on Saturday. Reg Rutherford of Kelowna British Columbia is named immediate past president.
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TORONTO
Harold Darling
New York City
Canada
United States
Reg. Rutherford
Kelowna
Allies land in Sicily as operations begin
Reports from London and New York detail Allied airborne landings and sea convoys in Sicily on July 12. British and American troops parachuted and gliders moved in while naval convoys proceeded through narrow channels to assigned beaches. Italian troops helped unload stores hours after capture and several broadcasts noted ongoing landings in southern Sicily.
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NEW YORK
A.P
BBC radio
CBS
Algiers
Ragusa
Sicily
Rome
NBC
LONDON
C.P. Cable
C.P
Reuters
Ralph Howard
Reuters news agency
Canucks Overrun Pachino After 24 Hours Of Fighting
Ross Munro reports Canadians and a British unit broke Italian coastal defences on the Pachino front in Sicily within 74 hours of landing. He describes light first day casualties, rapid advance into hilly country near Pachino, and ongoing engagements as the assault continues.
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ROSS MUNRO
C.P. Cable
Fachine Peninsula
Sicily
A.P
Herald
Pachino
Pachino Peninsula
Cape Passero
Violent Fighting Reported In Sicily Axis Counterattacking
Axis forces claim Sicily counterattack against Allied invasion with fierce fighting continuing. Italian and German units reportedly halted Allied expansion. pilots report six to eight miles of fighting from Gela. Berlin and Paris radios broadcast conflicting claims of bridgehead reconquest and air supremacy.
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Sicily
Rome
Axis
LONDON
Tralian
Morocco
Associated Press
Gela
Berlin
Mediterranean
Paris
Eerher
German International Information Bureau
Ross Munro’s scoop on Sicily invasion beat
Ross Munro, eye witness Canada’s invasion coverage, sent the first report on Sicily’s Cape Passera landing. His seven hour scoop described landing with light opposition, naval support, early Axis prisoners, and no Axis power. The piece was shared by the Canadian Press and broadcast by the BBC to world readers.
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ALAN RANDAL
LONDON
C.P
Ross
Sielis
Pres
New York
417
PUCHINO
Whie
Dwieht
Elenhowes
North Africa
Pachino
Gela
Munro
BBC
Canada
United States
Dieppe
S L. Solon
Allied Planes Sweep Sicily From Captured Fields
Allied planes now sweep Sicily from airfields captured in Sicily. They left Catania aflame and dive bombed Axis troop columns, destroying 460 or more enemy vehicles as counter attacks formed.
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Sicily
ALLIED
North Africa
Catania
Allied divisions landings and war updates in Sicily
Berlin radio claimed seven British Canadian and American divisions had landed in Sicily with twelve Italian and two German divisions on the island. German reports named Canadian 1st infantry division and 2nd tank brigade among those landed, while British units 5th and 51st infantry and armored divisions were cited. Americans reportedly included 1st 3rd and 8th infantry plus detachments of 2nd armored and 82nd airborne. Also notes Montgomery visited Canadians in Britain before the Sicily push.
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LONDON
C.Pi
Berlin
Sicily
German International Information Bureau
Associated Press
2nd armored
82nd airborne
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