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The 75th Anniversary of Operation Husky: the Allied Invasion of Sicily

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Robert Capa Sicilian peasant telling an American officer which way the Germans had gone. Near Troina. Italy. August, 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa A woman walks through a battle-damaged street. Agrigento, Sicily. Italy. July-August, 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Group of children surround an American soldier. Agrigento, Sicily. Italy. July-August, 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa The first American soldiers enter the town. Troina. August. 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Luigi Pirandello Square, two days after the liberation of the city. Agrigento. Sicily, Italy. July-August, 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa An American tank advances toward the centre of the island, where German units held strong positions. July-August, 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa American troops march toward Troina, located on the main road to Messina (Sicily's main port to the mainland). The town was being fiercely defended by the Germans, in an attempt to evacuate all Ger (...)
Robert Capa American troops moving toward Troina, a strategically located hilltown which controlled the road to Messina (Sicily's main port to the mainland). The town was being fiercely defended by the Germans (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography icp 534 Near Troina. August 4th-5th, 1943. American soldiers on a reconnaissance mission to capture Troina, a strategically located hilltown on the road to Messina (Sicily's main port to the mainl (...)
Robert Capa An American observation point. Near Troina. Sicily. August 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Troina, Sicily. August, 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography ITALY. Sicily. W.W.II. 1943. Italian prisoners of war. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Man carrying girl with bandaged leg. Troina, Sicily. August 6th, 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa General Giuseppe Molinero (right), the Italian commanding officer of the city of Palermo, surrendering to American General Geoffrey Keyes. Palermo, Sicily. July-August 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
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July, 1943. An injured American soldier. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa A German soldier, captured by American soldiers. Near Nicosia. July-August, 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Italian partisans who attacked the retreating Germans before the arrival of the American troops. In July 1943 the Allies landed in Sicily, starting the liberation of Italy from Fascism. Between 194 (...)
Robert Capa A boat that had been blown out of the water during the Allied air raids. Palermo, Sicily. July-August, 1943. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa In July 1943 the Allies landed in Sicily, starting the liberation of Italy from Fascism. Between 1943 and 1945 they fought against German troops and Italian fascist troops from the Repubblica di Sa (...)
Robert Capa © International Center of Photography ICP 516. Sicily. Monreale. July 1943. Civilians welcoming American troops. In July 1943 the Allies landed in Sicily, starting the liberation of Italy from Fascism. Between 1943 and 1945 they foug (...)