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The plan for Operation Husky called for the amphibious assault of Sicily by two Allied armies, one landing on the south-eastern and one on the central southern coast.The amphibious assaults were to be supported by naval gunfire, as well as tactical bombing, interdiction and close air support by the combined air forces.
English: This is map of Allied army amphibious landing in Sicily, July 10th, 1943, as part of Operation Husky, ...
To help carry out transport and supply operations for Operation Husky, in mid-1943 the American 315th Troop Carrier Group (34th & 43rd Squadrons) had been flown from England to Tunisia. There it was assigned to the Mediterranean Air Transport Service , and along with NATCC, this was a subdivision of the Mediterranean Air Command .
It consists of a chapel to the south, a peristyle, and a map room to the north. On the white marble walls of the chapel are engraved the names of 3,095 of the missing. Rosettes mark the names of those since recovered and identified. The map room contains a bronze relief map and four fresco maps depicting the military operations in Sicily and Italy.
The codename Operation Husky was decided upon for the Allied invasion of Sicily, and planning for Husky began in February. Initially the British Eighth Army, under the command of General Sir Bernard Montgomery, were to land on the south-eastern corner of the island and advance north to the port of Syracuse. Two days later the U.S.
Operation Chestnut, July 1943, raids supporting the Allied invasion of Sicily (also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky) Operation Narcissus, July 1943, capture of lighthouse in Sicily. Operation Avalanche, Allied invasion of Italy. Begonia/Jonquil, October 1943, rescue of POWs in Italy. Operation Candytuft, October 1943, raid on ...
Husky (1943) — Allied invasion of Sicily. Chestnut (1943) — failed SAS operation to disrupt enemy communications in northern Sicily; Ladbroke (1943) — British glider landing near Syracuse, Sicily; Mincemeat (1943) — disinformation operation prior to the invasion of Sicily. Brimstone (1943) — fictional invasion of Sardinia, part of ...
The 505th Infantry Regiment (505th IR), formerly and colloquially the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment (505th PIR) and the 505th Airborne Infantry Regiment (505th AIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army, one of four infantry regiments of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, with a long and distinguished history.