The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, 1943
With Mark Zuehlke
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Neither the British nor the Americans sought Canada’s involvement in invading Sicily. It was public clamouring at home and backroom politics by generals overseas that pushed Prime Minister Mackenzie King to insist that Canada’s soldiers be sent into harm’s way. Consequently, Operation Husky became a baptism of fire for 1st Canadian Infantry Division and 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade.
Added to the invasion force at the last minute, the Canadians sailed from Great Britain through U-boat infested waters to join more than two thousand ships off Sicily’s shores. Allied commanders feared disaster on the landing beaches, but July 10 went well and the troops were solidly aground by day’s end. From their beach, code-named Bark West, the Canadians marched inland on the extreme left flank of General Montgomery’s Eighth Army. As the Italian troops facing them crumbled, some soldiers thought the invasion would prove little more than a hard walk under a blazing Sicilian sun through the island’s rough interior.
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Mark will expand on this subject over on OTD Canadian Military History
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