Video: "Victory at Sea" - Sicily and Italy

Sicily and the Italian Campaign

The Fight For Sicily., i.e., Operation HUSKY

Photo credit - Histomil Historica 

Introduction - YouTube is a reliable source for videos and films related to WW2 activities, and on occasion references are made and scenes are seen that involve men on landing crafts during the raid at Dieppe (1942) and invasions of North Africa, Sicily, and so on. Less often are there references to Canadians who served in Combined Operations and operated some of the landing craft, but in spite of that, the videos and films are informative and educational for a variety of reasons.

The lengthy film, "Victory at Sea", can be found on YouTube broken down into many episodes and parts of episodes. Episode 14, Parts 1 and 2 deal with the invasion of Sicily and Italy, in July 1943 and September 1943 respectively. Part 1 deals more with the history in the making at that time (incl. scenes of Hitler on his way to Italy by train), rather than scenes of the invasion of Sicily, but Part 2 reveals many scenes of the Sept. 3 invasion, and we see men at work on various landing crafts, e,g, at Salerno - Canadians would surely be involved in some scenes. Both episodes are well worth watching, in my opinion.

Please link to Part 1 - Victory at Sea, Sicily (approx. 10 minutes)

Please link to Part 2 - Victory at Sea, Italy (approx. 10 minutes)

FYI - Part 2 is automatically loaded onto the heels of Part 1.

Please link to Video: Combined Ops Beach Landing Exercise