Between July 10 and July 17 of 1943, these planes played a major role in Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, officials said. A large number of them were shot down as Allied troops ...

While I was there another requirement arose. The Allied invasion of Sicily, in 1943, had almost been a disaster: it was the first operation in which American troop-carrier aircraft took part and ...

Off the southern tip of Sicily, divers discovered the remains of a WWII plane and were able to ... a major role in Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, officials said.

By convincing the Germans that the Allies planned to attack Greece instead of Sicily, they helped change ... the fake Major Martin’s body in WW2’s greatest deception. Ben Macintyre ...

As a United Press correspondent, Cronkite covered the landings in North Africa and Sicily, the Allied invasion of Normandy and the subsequent battles across France and Germany. He was also a ...