The History of WWII Podcast · Ray Harris Jr
Episode 590-The American Landings on Sicily
December 19, 2025·27 min·2 clips
38 men drowned as landing craft were tossed by waves, while panicked ensigns put troops ashore three miles off target.
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A tight look at Sicily that turns weather, shoreline, and bad ground into the story.
Sicily's American landings come through as a hard, weathered problem of timing, shoreline, and nerve. The episode stays grounded in the Rangers' diversion at Gela and the beaches east of town, keeping the action easy to follow even as the map fills with colors, battalions, and…
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You want the Sicily landings broken down beach by beach, with the weather working against everyone.
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