Messina
Operation Fustian: Airborne Assault on the Bridges to Catania
By Mark Simmons‘‘As I floated down, the whole dropping zone seemed to be on fire; tracer bullets had set the tinder-dry stubble alight. Read more
Messina
Leading the Way: William Orlando Darby’s Rangers in World War II
By Michael D. HullOn a June morning in 1942, a battalion of American soldiers stepped down from a train at Fort William in the northern highlands of Scotland. Read more
Messina
Defending the Beachhead at Brolo
By Eric EtherFresh off a tense telephone conversation with Maj. Gen. Lucian Truscott, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., climbed into a jeep and rumbled over to Truscott’s 3rd Infantry Division headquarters east of Terranova, on Sicily’s northeastern coast. Read more
Messina
The Race To Messina: George S. Pattons’ Fall From Grace
By Maj. Gen. Michael ReynoldsOn August 3, 1943, the day that General George S. Patton, Jr., learned that his superior, General Dwight D. Read more
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George Patton & Bernard Montgomery in Operation Husky
By Maj. Gen. Michael ReynoldsOperation Husky, the invasion of Sicily, was the only operation in World War II in which generals Bernard Montgomery and George S. Read more
