Monday, May 18, 2020

Passages: "ECLIPSE" by Alan Moorehead (1 - 4).

A War Correspondent Follows British Troops to Italy,
And Canadians in Combined Ops Are There.

Art work on the front cover jacket of Alan Moorehead's ECLIPSE
Painting by Barnett Freedman - Imperial War Museum

I again recommend that readers search for a copy of ECLIPSE via AbeBooks or a used book store. Though Moorehead, like most writers, focusses a good deal of his attention and words on Allied troops (from Sicily to Normandy), he describes in fine detail some of the activities related to the transport of troops and their supplies.

By doing so, he supplies readers - who have an interest, for example, in information about Canadian sailors in Combined Operations and their landing craft flotillas - with descriptive glimpses of the valuable work done by a handful of members of the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR).

While in Sicily in mid-August, 1943, Alan and other correspondents stayed in a villa in the city of Taormina, north of Catania. Immediately below is a news article from Taormina (as found in The Ottawa Citizen, Sept 3, 1943) that informs us of some of the action described in more detail by Moorehead:


Photo as found in RAF Beach Units by W. S. Sinclair


Below readers will find links to passages or excerpts form Moorehead's book:


Passages: "ECLIPSE" by Alan Moorehead (1).

Passages: "ECLIPSE" by Alan Moorehead (2).

Passages: "ECLIPSE" by Alan Moorehead (3)

Passages: "ECLIPSE" by Alan Moorehead (4).

To read passages or excerpts from other significant World War II texts, please link to Passages: They Left the Back Door Open (2).

Unattributed Photos GH

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