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Operation Husky - approaching Sicily

9th July 1943:As the Allied Invasion fleet heads to Sicily, one officer anticipates a land of 'opera singers, saints, violent menfolk and gangsters'

Jul 09, 2023
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Troops embarking in Tripoli on ships bound for Sicily

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