Ninety Night MTO (id:#62957)

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Cassibile, Sicily 1943-07-10 (55 others)

Overview:

Operation HUSKY launched the invasion of Sicily. General Dempsey tasked No. 3 Commando to put ashore on the flank of the main British landings to soften up the beach defenses and capture a battery covering the landing area to give the 5th Division a better chance of success. Landing a few miles south of Syracuse, the battery was three miles inland in an olive grove behind the city of Cassibile. The attack was lead by Col. John Dunford-Slater at night, crossing flat open country. The Italians sat behind a dry river bed and a wall of barbed wire. Col. Slater promised Gen. Dempsey that he could take the battery in 90 minutes. The commandos approached the battery just as it began firing in support of the beaches, and the race was on.

Defender: Italian (206th Coastal Infantry Division and 44th Artillery Group)  

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