Learn about the major world events and happenings, birthdays, and deaths that took place on July 09. Check what happened ...

Two kayakers, Dorian Vassallo and Albert Gambina, have just completed an adventurous crossing from Sicily to Malta as a tribute to forgotten wartime heroes. Vassallo and Gambina arrived at Golden ...

Joseph Picard turned 18 years old on the day he graduated from Woonsocket High School, but because the world was at war, he ...

Having survived a devastating crash during a secret mission, Frank Griffiths finally made it home. Now his great-grandson has ...

Candy, Candy, Candy.” The sweet reference is a callback by his younger brother John to the years before Helisek left for World War II. “Every day he would come home from work, he would bring me this ...

In July 1943, the Allies launched Operation Husky, the ambitious invasion of Sicily, marking the first step in their campaign to push the Axis out of Italy. A daring deception plan, Operation ...

The campaign began with the epic and triumphantly well-executed invasion of Sicily on July 9, 1943 – Operation Husky was larger than D-Day.

Mayne's squadron was put in charge of the fighting in Sicily and Italy alongside the 2nd SAS, with the Special Boat Squadron fighting on the Aegean Islands and Dodecanese for the remainder of the ...

This ninth volume of Admiral Morison's magistral History of United States Naval Operations in World War II covers the three major amphibious operations in the Mediterranean in 1943 and 1944. More than ...