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10 Facts about Operation Husky Everyone should know

10 Facts about Operation Husky Everyone should know With James Holland Part of Operation Husky (80th Anniversary) on WW2TV    • Operation Husky - 80th Anniversary   Codenamed Operation HUSKY, the assault on Sicily on 10 July 1943 remains the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted. That day, over 160,000 Allied troops were dropped from the sky or came ashore to begin the fight for Europe. The subsequent thirty-eight-day Battle for Sicily was one of the most dramatic of the entire war, involving daring raids by special forces, deals with the Mafia, attacks across mosquito-infested plains and perilous assaults up almost sheer faces of rock and scree. In today's show, James will share ten facts about this campaign, as follows: 1) Husky's enormity 2) Airpower in Sicily and German losses compared to the Eastern Front 3) Getting Leadership and the Naval, Land and Air Forces united 4) Planning - contrary to what some historians believe, the plan was a good one 5) Eisenhower's swearing! 6) The Mafia! 7) Operation Mincemeat, did it make a difference? 8) The Airborne drops had problems but paved the way for later ops 9) Hedley Verity - the story of a Test Match Cricketer 10) The end of the Sicily campaign and the Messina straits James Holland is a historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of the best-selling historical novels, he has also written nine works of historical fiction. He regularly appears on television and radio, and has written and presented the BAFTA-shortlisted documentaries. Co-founder and Programme Director of the Chalke Valley History Festival, he has his own collection at the Imperial War Museum, and is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He also co-hosts the We Have Ways podcast with Al Murray and the annual festival. https://wehavewaysfest.co.uk/ James Holland https://www.griffonmerlin.com/   / james1940   https://play.acast.com/s/wehaveways James' last appearance on WW2TV Fortress Malta - James Holland https://www.youtube.com/live/LG7ZUkyu... Sicily '43: A Times Book of the Year by James Holland UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978055... USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97808021... We highly recommend the We Why fight series of podcasts for more on Operation Husky http://www.motheroftanks.com/podcast/ You can become a YouTube Member and support us here    / @ww2tv   You can become a Patron here   / ww2tv   Please click subscribe for updates Social Media links -   / ww2tv     / ww2tv     / ww2tv   WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Music Exciting Trailer by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/