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Bitter Fight at Gela: Beginning of the End of Mussolini s Italy
This small Italian village on the Sicily coast hosted a stiff battle to repel Allied landings in July 1943.
Here s What You Need to Know: Gela was a harbinger of how amphibious assaults would occur in the future at places such as Salerno, Anzio, and Normandy.
The smoke had barely cleared from the battlefields of North Africa when the victorious Allies turned their attention northward to Europe. American planners were eager for the decisive battle against Nazi Germany in Western Europe, which could only happen after a successful invasion across the English Channel.
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Juno Beach: Canada s Bloody Sacrifice on D-Day
It is well known that the deadliest of the five invasion beaches on D-Day was Omaha, where the Americans suffered heavy casualties. But what is not so well known is that the next deadliest beach was Juno.
Here s What You Need to Know: Casualties sustained on Juno beach alone totaled 1,204 Canadian and British soldiers.
Most students of World War II know that there were five invasion beaches included in Operation Overlord, the invasion of northwestern Europe, on June 6, 1944. There are numerous writings concerning Omaha Beach, where the 1st and 29th U.S. Infantry Divisions suffered heavily at the hands of the German defenders. The successful landings by the 4th U.S. Infantry Division at Utah Beach are also well covered. But far less has been written about the other North American beachhead that day, Juno Beach, which was assigned to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Canadian Armored Brigade.
The Yankee Air Museum’s B-25D Mitchell 43-3634, long known as
Yankee Warrior, has recently undergone refinishing into the original colors worn when she emerged from the North American Aviation assembly plant in Kansas City 77 years ago. The airplane now reflects her true role in America’s history as a combat veteran flying out of Corsica in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
Kalitta Air, a worldwide leader in specialized, on-demand airfreight services agreed to restore the exterior finish of the Yankee Air Museum’s B-25 Mitchell bomber. Coincidentally both organizations are based at Willow Run Airport in Michigan.
“Kalitta Air and Kalitta Maintenance are making a fantastic contribution to aviation history,” exclaimed Kevin Walsh, President and CEO of Yankee Air Museum.