Remembering the Invasion of Sicily
Operation Husky took place 80 years ago
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Operation Husky took place 80 years ago
Operation Husky took place 80 years ago
Major Jeff Beadle, Marine who led a daring assault on a hill on Brac island in the Adriatic – obituary His bravery and leadership won him an MC, but he was badly wounded in a German counterattack and after being left for dead was captured Jeff Beadle Major Jeff Beadle, RM, who has died aged 98, led an audacious assault on a hill on an island in the Adriatic; after being badly wounded during a German counterattack, he was left for dead and ended up being taken prisoner. On the night of June 3 1944, Beadle commanded Y troop of 40 Commando, Royal Marines which attacked a heavily defended hill ...
Allies invaded Italy on 3 September 1943. At first sight, the invasion of Italy seems normal. It seems logical that the Allies wanted to open a second front right away. But when you study more closely how things happened, you see that, once again, there is something fishy. The fishy thing is the fact that just when the Allies were on the verge of invading Italy, Mussolini was thrown out of the power. And what is fishier is how things happened. On 24 July 1943, The Grand Council of Fascism met. It was the first time that this body had met since the start of the war. One of the resolutions on t...