Allied drive in Sicily gains swift coastal breakout
Allied forces press a rapid offensive along Sicily's eastern coast near Ragusa and Syracuse with 45 enemy aircraft shot down and fewer Allied casualties. The push aims toward Catania and Messina as Italians fight poorly and prisoners rise, while hospital ships support salvage and supply efforts.
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Sicily
Catania
Messina
Morocco
London
Reuters
Tunisia
Licata
Gela
el Alamein
Egypt
Wadi el Karit
Syracuse
Eighth Army
Amadeatauys
Cotsurnace
Sen. Montgomery
el Akarit
Beaufichters
Tsarhenian Sea
Allied Air Tore
Vizwalli
Caltagirone
Allied Forces Capture Key Sicilian Towns In Coastal Invasion
Allied forces reported major gains in Sicily with Pozzallo Syracuse Avola Pachino Scoglitti Gela Licata Ispica Rosolini and Noto fallen as American British and Canadian troops push inland along a 100 mile SE coast. Axis airfields at Gela Pachino and Reggio Calabria were hit as air and naval forces coordinated a broad invasion.
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Syracuse
Europe
Gela
Pachina
Neady
Pozzallo
Ragusa
Sicily
Commaunique
Licata
Avola
Scoglitti Ispica
Rosolini
Noto
Pachino
Pozzalo
Cape Carrenzi
Scoglitti
Ispica
Cape Passero
Cape
Sicilian
Catania
Jtalian
Associated Press
Jialan J
Berlin
Algiers
London
Capo Passero
Ralph Howard
NBC
CBS
Middle East
Reggio Calabria
Vibo Valentina
Hille
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ross Munro
Syrajense
Eisenhower
Stockholm
Canicatti
Lacata
Mediterranean
North Africa
Germany
Large Allied Invasion Fleet Used in Sicily Landing
More than 2,000 vessels participated in the Sicily invasion under Allied command in the Mediterranean theater July 12. Eisenhower praised the planning and execution by Adm. Cunningham as ships delivered troops on schedule with no enemy contact, while weather and channel navigation posed major challenges.
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Sicily
French North Africa
sGen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Andrew Cunningham
Russians Use Loudspeakers To Inform Axis Of Sicily Invasion
The BBC reported by U S government monitors that Soviet loudspeakers along the eastern front told German troops of the Sicily invasion in German. Leaflets from Soviet planes over Nazi lines confirmed the invasion as information.
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Sicily
New York
British Broadcasting Corporation
U. S
Germany
Office of War Information
Middle East Bombers All Return Safely
American Liberators returned from a daylight raid over southern Italy in support of the Sicily invasion. A U S communiqué said bombs caused great damage to the air field at Reggio Calabria, a key aerial defense base for the Sicilian ferry terminal, and to the air drome at Vibo Valentia.
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Sicily
Africa
Middle East
Vibo Valentia
Catania
Reggio Calabria
Messerschmitt
Crete
Cairo
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