Photos Taken in Italy | World War II Database

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King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy inspecting new Re.2005 Sagittario fighters of the 362nd Squadron, Italy, May 1943	German and Italian flags flying at the German embassy in Rome, Italy, circa Jun 1943

Re.2002 Ariete aircraft of Squadron 239 of the 102th Group of the Italian Regia Aeronautica 5th Squadron, Tarquinia Airfield, Italy, Jun 1943	Allied Forces come ashore during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943. Note the Universal Carrier.

Rear Admiral Alan Kirk aboard USS Ancon, off Scoglitti, Sicily, Italy, Jul 1943	Lieutenant General Omar Bradley aboard USS Ancon, off Scoglitti, Sicily, Italy, 7 Jul 1943

George Patton at a beach in Sicily, Italy, 10 Jul 1943	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

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.

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	Universal Carrier being pulled by a bulldozer during the Allied landing on Sicily, Italy, 10 Jul 1943

George Patton in Gela, Sicily, Italy, mid-Jul 1943	LST unloading vehicles and supplies on the beach in Gela, Sicily, Italy, Jul 1943; note Ford GPW Jeep in foreground

Canadian-built Chevrolet CGT and 25-pdr field gun of 51st Highland Division, Militello, Sicily, Italy, 15 Jul 1943	British soldier studying a captured 28cm sPzB 41 anti-tank gun, Sicily, Italy, 21 Jul 1943

British and American servicemen loading wounded soldiers onto a C-47 Skytrain transport at Agrigento, Sicily for transportation to hospitals in Africa, 25 Jul 1943. Note litter Jeep and WC54 ambulances.	Bernard Montgomery and George Patton near Palermo, Sicily, Italy, 28 Jul 1943

General Bernard Montgomery of UK 8th Army in Sicily, Italy, Jul or Aug 1943; note Willys MB and two GMC DUKW vehicles	George Patton and Lieutenant Colonel Lyle Bernard, CO, 30th Infantry Regiment discussing strategy near Brolo, Sicily, Italy, circa Jul-Aug 1943