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Article: The War Against Germany and Italy: Section II Sicily, Corsica, and Sardinia
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Volume: CMH Pub 12-2
Date:1988
Section IISicily, Corsica, and Sardinia
The decision to assault Sicily was made by the Chiefs of Staff
at
Casablanca in January 1943. After the conclusion of the Tunisia Campaign,
plans were completed and preparations for the attack were accelerated
(Operation Husky). The island of Pantelleria, located between North
Africa
and Sicily, occupied mainly by Italian troops, was bombarded by Air
Forces and
Navy units and fell on 11 June. Troops for the invasion were embarked
from
the United States, United Kingdom, Algeria, Tunisia, and the Middle
East.
On the night before D Day, a high wind of near gale proportions ...
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