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Lieutenant General Omar Bradley aboard USS Ancon, off Scoglitti, Sicily, Italy, 7 Jul 1943	M4 Sherman tanks being loaded onto LSTs for Operation Husky, Pêcherie, Bizerte, Tunisia, 7 Jul 1943

US Marine Corps 155 mm Howitzer Carriage M1917 or M1918 howitzer under tow, Rendova, Solomon Islands, 7 Jul 1943	German Panzer VI/Tiger I tanks passing burning buildings during the Battle of Kursk in Orel (Oryol), Russia, mid-Jul 1943

Crew of a German Tiger I heavy tank resting beside a road during Battle of Kursk, Russia, Jul 1943, photo 1 of 2	Crew of a German Tiger I heavy tank resting beside a road during Battle of Kursk, Russia, Jul 1943, photo 2 of 2

Crew of M4 Sherman tank 'Eternity' checking the tank after landing at Red Beach 2, Sicily, 10 Jul 1943	George Patton at a beach in Sicily, Italy, 10 Jul 1943

German Panzer III crew of 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich' resting near Belgorod, Russia, Jul 1943	German soldiers of SS-Panzer Grenadier Division 'Das Reich' advance through the southern Voronezh Front during Battle of Kursk, Jul 1943; note Panzer VI/Tiger I tank

Landing scene on Red Beach at Gela, Sicily, 10 Jul 1943; note LCI(L)-220 at left, a LCM from USS Bellatrix, two LCVPs, and a jeep	LCVP landing craft suspended from a transport's davits, off the Gela invasion beaches, 10 Jul 1943; note LCM of APA Oberon in background

LCVPs from APAs Barnett and Monrovia unloaded supplies onto the beach near Gela, Sicly, 10 Jul 1943; note LST-344 and LST-338 in background	LST-4 off the beaches of Gela, Sicily, 10 Jul 1943. Note the LCVPs suspended from her davits and note the LCVP’s peculiar spoonbill bow that was so instrumental to the boat’s success.

Map noting the Allied assault on Sicily, Italy, 10 Jul 1943	Men of the British Highland Division unloading stores on a landing beach on the opening day of the invasion of Sicily, Italy, 10 Jul 1943

Red Army machine gun crew during Battle of Kursk, Russia, Jul 1943	T-34 armored recovery vehicle (ARV) towing a disabled tank at the Battle of Kursk, Russia, Jul 1943

Universal Carrier being pulled by a bulldozer during the Allied landing on Sicily, Italy, 10 Jul 1943	American transport SS Robert Rowan exploding after being hit by German Ju 88 bombers, Gela, Sicily, at about 1550 to 1555 hours on 11 Jul 1943