Operation Husky - The Invasion of Sicily 1943 (Documentary)

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Get Nebula with 40% off annual subscription with my link: https://go.nebula.tv/realtimehistory Watch the 1st episode of Rhineland 45: https://nebula.tv/videos/real-time-history-1-come-hell-or-high-water-i-rhineland-45 After defeating the Axis in North Africa, the stage was set for the first Allied landing in Europe. The target was Sicily and in summer 1943 Allied generals Patton and Montgomery set their sights on the island off the Italian peninsular. » SUPPORT US https://patreon.com/realtimehistory https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory » THANK YOU TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES 2nd Armored Division, Historical Record of the 2nd Armored Division Sicily, (1943) Anfora, Domenico, La Battaglia degli Iblei: 9-16 Luglio 1943, (Tricase : Self-Published, 2016) Clay, Ewart Waide, The Path of the 50th: The Story of the 50. (Northumbrian) Division in the 2nd World War, 1939-1945, (Aldershot : Gale & Polden, 1950) Fielder, Bob, A Matter of Pride, (Self-published, 2007) Ford, Ken, Assault on Sicily: Monty and Patton at War, (Cheltenham : The History Press Ltd, 2007) Ketterson, T. B., 82nd Airborne Division in Sicily and Italy, (Leavenworth, KS : Combined Arms Research Library, 1945) Klein, Joseph, Fallschirmjäger. Das Fallschirmpionier Bataillon 1 der 1. Fallschirmjägerdivision im Italienkrieg. Berichte und Dokumente über Kampfeinsätze von Sizilien bis zur Kapitulation der deutschen Südarmee in den Alpen, (Wolfsburg : Self-Published, 2008) Garland, Albert N. & McGaw Smith, Howard, The Mediterranean Theater of Operations: Sicily and the Surrender of Italy, (Washington, D.C. : Center of Military History United States Army, 1993) Luconi, Stefano, “Italian Americans and the Invasion of Sicily in World War II”, Italian Americana, Vol. 25, No. 1 (Winter 2007) Fitzgerald-Black, Alexander. Eagles over Husky (Wolverhampton Military Studies) (p. 70). Helion and Company. Kindle Edition. »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Mark Newton Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Above Zero Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Digital Maps: Canadian Research and Mapping Association (CRMA) Research by: Mark Newton, Maximilian Maurer, Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Simon Buckmaster Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 Music Library: Epidemic Sound All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023