1943 The push to Catania is fraught with battle as troops advance through small Sicilian towns
April 22, 2026
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7:29Now Playing1943 The push to Catania is fraught with battle as troops advance through small Sicilian towns
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as posted by the channelDate: 2nd August 1943
Location: Sicily, Italy
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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SLATE INFORMATION: Advancing on Catania: Harder Going as the Armies Push North in Sicily
ITALY: Sicily: Various:
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AERODROMES Roller making runaway in Sicily
BATHING Br: troops bathing & washing clothes in Sicily
BRIDGES. Primsola Bridge captured in Sicily
CORN Burning cornfield in Sicily
DOGS. On Brit. tank Sicily C.U.
FASCIST. In Civ. clothes rounded up & taken away in lorries Sicily
FIRES. Burning cornfield in Sicily
GERMAN MILITARY Wrecked tanks & planes in Sicily
GUNS. PRIEST guns shell Lentini in Sicily.
ITALY MILITARY Livorno Division captured in Sicily
MAP. Relief of Sicily showing CATANIA
NURSES. Italian Red X nurse helps in Sicily
PRISONERS OF WAR Italian Livorno Division captured in Sicily
RED CROSS. Italian Red X nurse helps in Sicily
SICILY ADVANCE OF CATANIA..Map..wrecked Ger. Tank & plane..food distribution. at VIZZINI..PRIEST guns shell LENTINI tanks advance to PALAGONIA Y'slavs. clear ruins IT. Livorno div. captured..street fighting & burning corn-field..PRIMSOLA bridge capd..Tommies bathe in stream..Fascist round up Churchill poster C.U. Churchill (Lib.)
STREET FIGHTING. Allies mop up Ger & It.soldiers in Sicily
Military - Active
Battle of the Catania Plain, Luftwaffe, Allies, soldiers, World War Two, World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, army
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