Sujet
World War II - War in Italy 1943 Camouflaged Artillery
Légende
World War II - War in Italy - Sicily 1943 Heavy Artillery Italian camouflaged ready to counter the enemy assault. Illustrated by La Tribuna Illustrata September 12, 1943. The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis (Italy and Nazi Germany). It was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat. It launched the Italian Campaign. Husky began on the night of 9–10 July 1943, and ended 17 August. Strategically, Husky achieved the goals set out for it by Allied planners. The Allies drove Axis air, land and naval forces from the island; the Mediterranean's sea lanes were opened and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was toppled from power. It opened the way to the Allied invasion of Italy.
Date
1940
Crédit
Photo12/SeM/UIG
Notre référence
UMG20B14_379
Model release
Non
Property release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
42,3Mo (9,3Mo) / 30,8cm x 34,4cm / 3635 x 4067 (300dpi)