The battle for Sicily, 1943

James Holland tells the story of the dramatic Allied assault on the island of Sicily in the Second World War

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January 4, 2021 at 12:15 pm

Military historian James Holland tells the story of the dramatic assault on the island of Sicily in 1943 – a key moment in the Second World War that saw Allied forces battle to return to ‘Fortress Europe’.

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