"by five Luftwaffe aircraft. On 10 July 1943, ""Royal Ulsterman"" disembarked troops of the British 8th Army in Sicily for Operation ""Husky"". She subsequently took part in Operation ""Avalanche"", landing troops on 9 September 1943 at Salerno on the Italian mainland. After a two-month-long refit at Southampton in March and April 1944, ""Royal Ulsterman"" took part in Operation ""Neptune"", the amphibious operation that launched Operation ""Overlord"", the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944. The ship disembarked troops of the 9th brigade of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on Juno Beach. Seized by the Germans in 1940, the Channel"
"of the Chase with the result that one enemy plane was shot down and two others probably destroyed. Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, involved some 1,400 other ships and over 1,800 landing craft putting ashore nearly one-half million men. In the early hours 10 July 1943 nearly eight reinforced divisions were to come ashore abreast on a broad front almost 150 miles wide. It was a daring plan to send so many men ashore in the initial landings; it had never been tried before and has not been done on this scale since, even at Normandy on D-Day in"
"Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily. Operation Gearbox in June 1943 involved a sweep by ""Duke of York"" and , in company with the US battleships and , to provide distant cover for minor operations in Spitsbergen and the Kola Inlet, while the following month diversionary operations, code-named ""Camera"" and ""Governor of Norway,"" were carried out in order to draw the Germans' attention away from Operation Husky. On 4 October, ""Duke of York"" and ""Anson"" covered a force of Allied cruisers and destroyers and the American carrier under Operation Leader, which raided German shipping off Norway. The attack resulted"
"the Royal Navy selected ""Exmoor"" for participation in Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily planned for July 1943, and in July was assigned to Escort Force P for the amphibious landings. She steamed to Port Said, Egypt, from which she departed on 5 July 1943, escorting the assault Convoy MWF 36. After she left the convoy on 8 July 1943 to refuel, but rejoined the escort on 9 July 1943 and delivered the convoy to the BARK WEST invasion beach on 10 July 1943, the first day of the landings. She then defended the beachhead from Axis aircraft, surface"
"also provided distant cover for convoy RA.53 on 1 March 1943 and helped to recover merchantmen whose ships had been sunk. In 1943 ""Howe"" was transferred to Gibraltar with ""King George V"" to take part in Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily; the US battleships ""Alabama"" and ""South Dakota"" substituted for their absence from the Home Fleet. The two British ships shelled Trapani naval base and Favignana during 11–12 July. Based in Algiers, the pair also offered cover during Operation Avalanche-the Allied landings at Salerno-setting out on 7 September. On 14 September ""Howe"" and ""King George V"" escorted the"
"took 72 German sailors on board, and quartered them below decks as prisoners-of-war. ""Savannah"" returned to New York Harbor on 28 March 1943, where she was overhauled in preparation for her next assignment in the Mediterranean Sea. ""Savannah"" departed from Norfolk on 10 May 1943 to protect Army troop transports en route to Oran, Algeria. She arrived there on 23 May, and then began preparing for Operation Husky, the amphibious landings on the southern coast of Sicily near Gela. The cliffy coast there was topped by heavy coastal defense batteries, and no landing place could be found besides a 5,000"
"United States were stationed on the island by agreement with the Icelandic government, relieving the bulk of British ground forces. US forces grew considerably after the US entered the war on 7 December 1941, reaching up to 30,000 army, navy and air force personnel at any one time. The RAF and RCAF continued to operate from two Royal Air Force stations through to the end of the war. The UK invaded to forestall a German occupation, to provide a base for naval and air patrols, and to protect merchant shipping lanes from North America to Europe. In this the invasion"
"the island on 10 July 1943. As part of Lieutenant General Omar H. Bradley’s II Corps, the 45th Infantry Division was given a difficult task despite the fact that it was the only ""green"" division (i.e. had no previous combat experience) participating in the invasion. The 45th Division's 157th and 179th Infantry Regiments were given the task of capturing several coastal towns and the Comiso Airport before linking up with the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. The 180th Infantry Regiment was given the task of capturing the Biscari airfield and linking up the US 1st Infantry Division. The 180th Infantry Regiment"
"other repairs, the ship was ready for Operation Jubilee. The ship left Portsmouth on 18 August 1942 at 20:24 pm as part of group 3 en route to Blue Beach in Dieppe. The ship led her landing crafts with Canadian troops safely down at 2:58 am on 19 August before returning to the Solent. On 10 June 1943, ""Prinses Astrid"" left Falmouth for Gibraltar and the North African ports of Oran, Algiers, Bizerta, and Philippeville, where she arrived on 7 July 1943. For Operation Husky, ""Prinses Astrid"" picked up U.S. Rangers in the ""Jos Attack-gebied"" near Licata on 10 July"
"included in Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. General McNaughton was not keen on having a division being taken from his command but was promised that 1st Division would return to Britain after Sicily was taken. A brigade from one of the three ""home defence"" divisions in Canada was sent to the Aleutian Islands Campaign in 1943 (the islands were technically North American soil and thus deployment there was not considered ""overseas""). By this time, there were 34,000 soldiers, mostly Zombies, guarding the coast of British Columbia against a possible Japanese invasion, and to dispel criticism that such a huge"
"for Sicily, but ""Viceroy"" had to detach from the convoy on 9 July 1943 for a quick repair at Malta. It was completed in time for her to depart Malta on 10 July and arrive off the Sicily invasion beaches on 11 July 1943, the day after the initial landings, where she joined Escort Group V to defend the anchorage off the beachhead, conduct patrols, and escort convoys. She continued to support Operation Husky until September 1943, when she returned to the United Kingdom to resume patrol and convoy escort operations in the North Sea. She carried out those duties"
"on 10 July 1943, the day of the initial landings. ""Hambledon"" then operated on patrol and escort duty in support of Husky until being released from the operation on 31 July 1943 and reassigned to the 58th Destroyer Division based at Malta for patrol and escort duty in the central Mediterranean Sea. In August 1943, ""Hambledon"" was selected to carry Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Cunningham for Operation Avalanche, the Allied landings at Salerno on the mainland of Italy planned for September 1943. On 9 September 1943, she embarked Cunningham and United States Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower at Bizerta,"
"performed bombardment, screening, and patrol duties during Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily (10 July 1943). On 10 July, the destroyer escorted a landing convoy of LCTs to the beach before retiring to escort follow-on convoys to Sicily. On 3 August, while escorting a convoy of six cargo ships from Sicily to Algeria, ""Buck"" spotted the Italian submarine making a reconnaissance patrol off the Sicilian coast. The destroyer pursued and forced the submarine to surface after three depth charge attacks. The Italians quickly abandoned ship under the destroyers' heavy gunfire and the submarine sank at , with ""Buck"" taking 45"
"the equipment and stores for Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. From June 1940 to December 1943, about 1,600 civilians and 700 soldiers were killed on Malta. The RAF lost about 900 men killed, 547 aircraft on operations and 160 on the ground and Royal Navy losses were 1,700 submariners and 2,200 sailors; about 200 merchant navy men died. Of 110 voyages by merchant ships to Malta 79 arrived, three to be sunk soon after reaching the island and one ship was sunk on a return voyage. Six of seven independent sailings failed, three ships being sunk, two were interned"
"forces. The United States Marine Corps landed on Funafuti on 2 October 1942 and on Nanumea and Nukufetau in August 1943. The Japanese had already occupied Tarawa and other islands in what is now Kiribati, but were delayed by the losses at the Battle of the Coral Sea. The atolls of Tuvalu acted as a staging post during the preparation for the Battle of Tarawa and the Battle of Makin that commenced on 20 November 1943, which was the implementation of ""Operation Galvanic"". Following Tuvalu becoming an independent nation in 1978, relations with the United States were confirmed by the"
"take target practice on icebergs during the voyage. ""Samuel Huntington"" next departed New York on 13 June for Oran as a part of Convoy UGS-10. Joining 74 other merchant ships and their 28 escorts, the ""Huntington"" made it safely to Oran on 5 July; another ship in the convoy was sunk by a U-boat. During her participation in Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, the ""Huntington"" and fellow liberty ships and all suffered casualties from an air attack on 1 August at Palermo. Damage to the ship was apparently minor enough that she was ready to sail nine days"
"on 15 January 1943, Lt. (j.g.) C. J. Wichmann in command. Following shakedown of the Middle Atlantic seaboard and gunnery and anti-submarine training at Casco Bay, ""Narragansett"" departed American waters on 1 April 1943, in convoy for Gibraltar and the Mediterranean theater. Arriving at Gibraltar on the 30th, she continued on to Casablanca, thence to Algiers, arriving on 7 May to begin salvage operations along the North African coast under ComNavNAW. On 6 July, she was detached from those duties and ordered to Bizerte, where she prepared for ""Operation Husky"", the invasion of Sicily. On the 8th, she departed Bizerte,"
"revolution of independence of 1848. After the Unification of Italy of 1865, Syracuse regained its status of provincial capital. In 1870 the walls were demolished and a bridge connecting the mainland to Ortygia island was built. In the following year a railway link was constructed. Heavy destruction was caused during World War II by both the Allied and German bombings in 1943. ""Operation Husky"", the codename for the Allied invasion of Sicily, was launched on the night between 9–10 July 1943 with British forces attacking the southeast of the island. The plan was for the British 5th Infantry Division, part"
"11 June. The island surrendered at about midday. ""Paladin"" was present at the Sicily landings – Operation Husky, on 10 July 1943. She subsequently took part in various other operations off the Italian coast, which included bombarding Vibo Valentia on the night of 13/14 August. In September 1943, she took part in operations connected with the invasion of the Italian mainland and the landings at Salerno, Operation Avalanche. The assault was made on 9 September. The next day, Vice-Admiral Arthur Power transferred his flag temporarily from the battleship to ""Paladin"". In November, supporting the 5th Army on the west coast"
"invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) in July 1943. In August 1943, the squadron was reassigned to XII Bomber Command of the 12th Air Force and participated in the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943. Moved to Corsica as part of the Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force in April 1944 and provided tactical support for Allied troops in Italy and Southern France (Operation Dragoon). Based at Rimini, Italy in April 1945 until the end of the war. Personnel demobilized in Italy during summer of 1945; squadron returned to the United States, being prepared for deployment to Pacific Theater for use"
"the Japanese. It deployed to Ellice Island on 9 November 1943 and resumed combat participating in the Allied offensive through the Gilbert, Marshall and Marianas Islands, while operating from Funafuti, Tarawa, and Kwajalein. Moved to Guam on 25 October 1944 and attacked shipping and airfields in the Volcano and Bonin Islands. Moved to Okinawa on 2 July 1945 to participate in the final phases of the air offensive against Japan, bombing railways, airfields, and harbor facilities on Kyushu and striking Japanese airfields in Eastern China. After the war ceased the group flew reconnaissance and surveillance missions to China and ferried"
"occupation of these facilities in October 1943 was codenamed ""Operation Alacrity"" by the British. This was a key turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic, enabling the Royal Air Force, the U.S. Army Air Forces, and the U.S. Navy to provide aerial coverage in the Mid-Atlantic gap. This helped them to protect convoys and to hunt hostile German U-boats. In 1944, the U.S. constructed a small and short-lived air base on the island of Santa Maria. In 1945, a new base was constructed on the island of Terceira, and it is named Lajes Field. This air base is in"
"agreement, and TF 19 anchored off Reykjavík that evening. U.S. Marines commenced landing on 8 July, and disembarkation was completed on 12 July. On 6 August, the U.S. Navy established an air base at Reykjavík with the arrival of Patrol Squadron VP-73 PBY Catalinas and VP-74 PBM Mariners. U.S. Army personnel began arriving in Iceland in August, and the Marines had been transferred to the Pacific by March, 1942. Up to 40,000 U.S. military personnel were stationed on the island, outnumbering adult Icelandic men (at the time, Iceland had a population of about 120,000). The agreement was for the U.S."
"conference and settled the debate: the island of Sicily would be the Allies' next objective. The invasion and occupation of Sicily would benefit the Allies by opening Mediterranean sea routes for Allied shipping and allowing Allied bombers to operate from airfields that were much closer to mainland Italy and Germany. The codename Operation Husky was eventually decided on for the invasion, and planning began in February. The British Eighth Army, under the command of General Bernard Montgomery, would land on the south-eastern corner of the island and advance north to the port of Syracuse, while the US Seventh Army, commanded"
"subsequent seaborne attacks on the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati) that were occupied by Japanese forces. The United States Marine Corps landed on Funafuti on 2 October 1942 and on Nanumea and Nukufetau in August 1943. The Japanese had already occupied Tarawa and other islands in what is now Kiribati, but were delayed by the losses at the Battle of the Coral Sea. The islanders assisted the American forces to build airfields on Funafuti, Nanumea and Nukufetau and to unload supplies from ships. On Funafuti, the islanders shifted to the smaller islets so as to allow the American forces to build the"
", ""Newfoundland"", ""Orion"", and , together in conjunction with the destroyers ""Troubridge"", , , , . , and . Finally, on the night of 10/11 June ""Troubridge"" accompanied an invasion force to the island, which surrendered without fighting on 11 June. On 10 July ""Troubridge"" formed part of the covering force for Operation Husky, the Allied invasion of Sicily, with the force patrolling in the Ionian Sea to prevent intervention by the Italian Navy. After the Allies conquered Sicily, their next step was the invasion of mainland Italy. From 31 August ""Troubridge"" took part in Operation Baytown, their landings in"
"for the Allied invasion of Sicily (Operation Husky) this became the largest British AA commitment in the theatre. The assault landings on Sicily began on 10 July 1943, Syracuse was entered that night, and 62 AA Bde HQ landed there on 17 July, bringing with it batteries from 76th HAA and other regiments, which were dispersed and deployed where required. The vital harbours at Syracuse and Augusta received constant raids from ""Luftwaffe"" bombers and fighters by day and night, with the AA gunners scoring several 'kills'. By D+28 (7 August), 76th HAA Rgt was deployed round Syracuse with 236 HAA"
"training learned how to maneuver their vehicles onto, in and from an LST with these facilities. One of these buildings has been preserved at Ft. Knox for historic reasons and can still be seen. From their combat début in the Solomon Islands in June 1943 until the end of the hostilities in August 1945, the LSTs performed a vital service in World War II. They participated in the invasions of Sicily (Operation Husky), Italy, Normandy, and southern France in the European Theater and were an essential element in the island-hopping campaigns in the Pacific that culminated in the liberation of"
"Tunisia Campaign, winning the Battle of El Guettar. II Corps held the southern flank of the British First Army during the destruction of the remaining Axis forces in North Africa. The war in North Africa ended in May 1943 with almost 250,000 Axis soldiers surrendering, to become prisoners of war. On 10 July 1943, II Corps, commanded now by Major General Omar Bradley, took part in the amphibious invasion of Sicily (codenamed Operation Husky) under command of the U.S. Seventh Army. It played a key part in the liberation of the western part of the island. The corps consisted of"
"The 47th, along with the 29th and 48th Squadrons of the 313th Group, took part in Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. Although blown far off course on the first airdrops on the island by strong winds, managed to drop their paratroops near Avola, where they were able to assist British forces in seizing that town. Two days later, 11 July 1943, the squadron was part of a formation of troop carrier units of the 52d Troop Carrier Wing bringing reinforcements, planning to drop paratroops near Gela. Planes of the 313th Group led the stream of troop carriers. However, attacks"
"British and Canadian forces on Iceland. Plans were made and on 5 September 1941, a convoy got under way for the movement of American Army troops to Iceland. Guarded through coastal waters by vessels of the First and Third Naval Districts, the transports and accompanying freighters on the following day picked up their ocean escort and destroyer screen at a meeting point off the coast of Maine. Four days later, during the night of 15–16 September, the convoy reached Iceland safely. As outposts of defense, the North Atlantic bases were only imperceptibly affected by the entry of the United States"
"stationed on the island in 1941 to prevent Nazi Germany from occupying the islands. Norway came under German occupation in 1940. The majority of inhabitants on the island were Russian, and the Soviet Union had a non-aggression pact with Germany until 22 June 1941. The United Kingdom and Canada sent military forces to the island to destroy installations, mainly Soviet coal mines, and to prevent German occupation. In 1943, the German battleship ""Tirpitz"" and an escort flotilla shelled and destroyed the Allied weather station in Operation Zitronella. On 6 September, a squadron consisting of ""Tirpitz"", the battleship ""Scharnhorst"" and nine"
"July the Flotilla sailed to Alexandria to prepare for Operation Husky — the Allied invasion of Sicily. On 13 July 1943, with the help of , she sank the south east of the Straits of Messina. On arrival on 16 September she was immediately re-deployed to support operations to reoccupy islands in the Aegean. The next day she and attacked the German ""Unterseebootsjager UJ-2104"" off Stampalia, which was beached and abandoned by her crew. In 1944 she was transferred to Greece and renamed ""Navarinon"". In June 1953 she was one of a number of foreign ships to attend Queen Elizabeth"