'As the Sun Came Up On Invasion Day: With Pick and Shovel the Way is Cleared', 1943-44. Artist: Unknown.

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''As the Sun Came Up On Invasion Day: with Pick and Shovel the Way is Cleared', 1943-44. The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major World War II campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from Italy and Nazi Germany). Husky began on the night of 9-10 July 1943, and ended on 17 August. From The War Illustrated Volume 7 edited by Sir John Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press Ltd, London, 1943-44]

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Size: 4560px × 5910px
Location: World,Europe,Italy,Sicily
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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