Allied Invasion of Sicily: Allied Invasion of Sicily, Operation Husky Order of Battle, Operation Mincemeat, Operation Ladbroke
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Allied Invasion of Sicily, Operation Husky Order of Battle, Operation Mincemeat, Operation Ladbroke, Operation Fustian, Biscari Massacre, Canicattì Massacre, Operation Corkscrew, Once There Was a War, Operation Chestnut, Operation Barclay, Operation Narcissus. Excerpt: item Sicilian Campaign item Belligerents item United Kingdom United States Canada Free French : Italy Germany item Commanders item Dwight D. Eisenhower Harold Alexander Bernard Montgomery George S. Patton : Albert Kesselring Alfredo Guzzoni Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin item Strength item 160,000 personnel 14,000 vehicles 600 tanks 1,800 guns: 230,000 Italian personnel 40,000 German personnel 260 Tanks 1,400 aircraft item Casualties and losses item 22,000 casualties : Germany : 10,000 casualties Italy : 132,000 casualties (mainly POWs ) item A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at The Biscari massacre includes two World War II incidents in which US soldiers were involved in killing unarmed German and Italian prisoners of war at Biscari (modern Acate , southern Sicily , Italy ) in 1943. Massacre Following the capture of the Biscari Airfield on 14 July 1943, during the Allied invasion of Sicily , troops of the 180th Regimental Combat Team, 45th (Thunderbird) Division murdered 74 Italian and two German POWs. The killings occurred in separate incidents between July and August 1943. In the first massacre, 34 Italians and two German soldiers died, while the second killing involved 40 Italians. Aftermath When he was informed of the massacre, General Omar Bradley told General George S. Patton that US troops had murdered some 50 to 70 prisoners in cold blood. Patton noted his response in his diary: I told Bradley that it was probably an exaggeration, but in any case to tell the officer to certify that the dead men ...
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