Video: "Allied amphibious landing, Sicily 1943"

Allied Forces amphibious landing in Sicily in 1943

A British Universal Carrier Mk I comes ashore with troops and guns

during the invasion of Sicily on 10 July 1943.

Photo credit - WW2Today

Introduction: The website 'Critical Past' has an extensive collection of videos and still images, and many concern significant events during WW2 in which Canadians in Combined Operations were involved. A price tag is attached to high-resolution videos and stock images but one can find access to the same material in low-resolution video but with the website's title displayed in the centre. Please note: The above photo and the video presented may not be concerned with the same troops at the same location.

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Title: Allied forces amphibious landing in Sicily in 1943. German Stuka aircraft dive bomb and destroy an allied LST.

Synopsis: Activities of the Seabees during Allied invasion of Sicily, in World War II. Seabees lash sections of floating causeway to LST. Allied troops landing on the beach of Sicily shores between Licata and Gela. Seabees install floating causeway from LST to the beach. A bulldozer goes from the LST to the beach over the causeway. "Enemy" Italian troops volunteer to help with the unloading. German stuka dive bombers attack the allied beachhead and destroy an LST. Sherman tanks reach the beachhead from other LSTs using the floating causeways. Vehicles, artillery, and troops move ashore over the causeways. 

From the Editor: Canadians in Combined Ops were active in another location. See map provided below. Video reveals many landing crafts in action and usefulness of pontoon bridges.

"U.S. troops are part of Western Task Force. Canadians see action on SE coast, right"

Map found in Combined Operations, a Canadian text

Location: Sicily Italy
Date: 1943, July 10
Duration: 4 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes

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