Sicily: invasion going to plan on 100 mile-front
Title
Sicily: invasion going to plan on 100 mile-front
Description
Article headlines: Sicily invasion going to plan on 100-mile front, dawn attack success of all landings by 6 am, troops advancing by 7.30 am, allied navies pour men and supplies onto island. Sub-headlines: 1000 planes support sea attack, Eisenhower sees air armada leave, watching the charts Mr Roosevelt sends message to Pope. Account of landings noting that Royal and United States navies as well as units from Indian, Dutch, Polish and Greek navies involved. Mentions air involvement.
Publisher
The Observer
IBCC Digital Archive
Date
1943-07-11
Contributor
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Format
One newspaper cutting mounted on a scrapbook page
Language
Type
Identifier
SValentineJRM1251404v10075
Temporal Coverage
Transcription
[newspaper cutting]
Title
Sicily: invasion going to plan on 100 mile-front
Description
Article headlines: Sicily invasion going to plan on 100-mile front, dawn attack success of all landings by 6 am, troops advancing by 7.30 am, allied navies pour men and supplies onto island. Sub-headlines: 1000 planes support sea attack, Eisenhower sees air armada leave, watching the charts Mr Roosevelt sends message to Pope. Account of landings noting that Royal and United States navies as well as units from Indian, Dutch, Polish and Greek navies involved. Mentions air involvement.
Title
Sicily: invasion going to plan on 100 mile-front
Description
Article headlines: Sicily invasion going to plan on 100-mile front, dawn attack success of all landings by 6 am, troops advancing by 7.30 am, allied navies pour men and supplies onto island. Sub-headlines: 1000 planes support sea attack, Eisenhower sees air armada leave, watching the charts Mr Roosevelt sends message to Pope. Account of landings noting that Royal and United States navies as well as units from Indian, Dutch, Polish and Greek navies involved. Mentions air involvement.
Citation
“Sicily: invasion going to plan on 100 mile-front,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed February 28, 2021, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/22056.
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