Soldiers of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division on the road during the
... for protecting Europe’s south coast, understood that “the Germans could not fight two opponents – the Allies and the defecting Italians.” 22 For Germany, the Axis alliance had to continue as long as possible making it necessary to hold on to Sicily. Although Axis leaders suspected Sicily was the nex ...
... for protecting Europe’s south coast, understood that “the Germans could not fight two opponents – the Allies and the defecting Italians.” 22 For Germany, the Axis alliance had to continue as long as possible making it necessary to hold on to Sicily. Although Axis leaders suspected Sicily was the nex ...
34th “Red Bull” Infantry Division
... Soviet Union was already fighting Germany on an Eastern Front, while British and American forces would attack from the south by way of the continent's "soft underbelly." The third front, invasion from the west by way of France, would require massive preparation. The Southern Front, in the meantime, ...
... Soviet Union was already fighting Germany on an Eastern Front, while British and American forces would attack from the south by way of the continent's "soft underbelly." The third front, invasion from the west by way of France, would require massive preparation. The Southern Front, in the meantime, ...
ARMY AIRBORNE dale fleming
... However, further German assaults along the Salm hit the 505th PIR in the Trois Ponts area on December 22nd and by December 24th the division lost Manhay. On December 25th, 1944 the division withdrew from the Vielsalm salient then attacked northeast of Bra on December 27th reaching Salm by January 4t ...
... However, further German assaults along the Salm hit the 505th PIR in the Trois Ponts area on December 22nd and by December 24th the division lost Manhay. On December 25th, 1944 the division withdrew from the Vielsalm salient then attacked northeast of Bra on December 27th reaching Salm by January 4t ...
Youth Remember the Italian Campaign Fact Quest : Answer Sheet
... and artillery. This meant the Canadians had to engage in vicious street fighting and smash their way through walls and buildings—“mouseholing”, as it was called. ...
... and artillery. This meant the Canadians had to engage in vicious street fighting and smash their way through walls and buildings—“mouseholing”, as it was called. ...
December 2004 - Dr. Harold C. Deutsch WWII History Roundtable
... Tonight’s program is about the Italian Campaign. Our speaker this evening is Flint Whitlock, author and historian. Flint is the author of: Soldiers on Skis, Rock of Anzio, The Fighting First and his latest book, Given Up for Dead. Flint is a regular contributor to World War II magazine and World War ...
... Tonight’s program is about the Italian Campaign. Our speaker this evening is Flint Whitlock, author and historian. Flint is the author of: Soldiers on Skis, Rock of Anzio, The Fighting First and his latest book, Given Up for Dead. Flint is a regular contributor to World War II magazine and World War ...
Power Point
... The Conquest of Sicily • The 1st Canadian Infantry Division and the 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade • En route, 58 Canadians were drowned when enemy submarines sank three ships of the assault convoy, and 500 vehicles and a number of guns were lost. ...
... The Conquest of Sicily • The 1st Canadian Infantry Division and the 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade • En route, 58 Canadians were drowned when enemy submarines sank three ships of the assault convoy, and 500 vehicles and a number of guns were lost. ...
Battle of Salerno
... • British and American armies invaded southern Italy, striking at the heart of a major Axis nation and breaching Hitler's "Fortress Europe." Behind the invasion lay long months of hard-won Allied victories. When British and American armies annihilated the German and Italian forces cornered in Tunisi ...
... • British and American armies invaded southern Italy, striking at the heart of a major Axis nation and breaching Hitler's "Fortress Europe." Behind the invasion lay long months of hard-won Allied victories. When British and American armies annihilated the German and Italian forces cornered in Tunisi ...
Operation Slapstick
Operation Slapstick was the code name for a British landing from the sea at the Italian port of Taranto during the Second World War. The operation, one of three landings during the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943, was undertaken by British airborne troops of the British 1st Airborne Division.Planned at short notice, the mission followed an offer by the Italian government to open the ports of Taranto and Brindisi on the heel of Italy to the Allies. The airborne division was selected to undertake the mission, but at the time they were located in North Africa. A shortage of transport aircraft meant the division could not land in their traditional way by parachute and glider, and all the landing craft in the area were already allocated to the other landings: Operation Avalanche at Salerno on the western coast, and Operation Baytown at Calabria. Instead, the division had to be transported across the Mediterranean by ships of the Royal Navy. The landing was unopposed and the airborne division successfully captured the ports of Taranto, and later Brindisi on the Adriatic coast in working order.The only German forces in the area were elements of the 1st Parachute Division (1. Fallschirmjäger Division), which engaged the advancing British in ambushes and at roadblocks during a fighting withdrawal north. Eventually, by the end of September, the British 1st Airborne Division advanced 125 miles (201 km) to Foggia. Reinforcements from two infantry divisions had by then been landed behind them, which allowed the airborne troops to be withdrawn to Taranto. Soon after, they sailed for England.