Invasion of Sicily 1943, Every Hour 

I thought I would differentiate the color of the individual divisions, but that would be a little too much. :-D

@@d-mapper9395 agreed

@@d-mapper9395 Mhm, Amazing work.

@@d-mapper9395 how did you find that information out?

@@globe0147 in fact the 2nd World War is one of the best documented conflict in human history. Some battle have minute by minute records. If someone want to know for example everything about battle of budapest, he can find every combatant units, equipments, actions, etc. You just need some books, some online pages, and enough patience.

omg hi ebm!!

Why?! Have you met him?

@@Azog150 Yes. I was Patton I'm on my twentieth life. Just by general statements of people who did speak and witness him, he just sounds like an insufferable guy

UK: "Alright, we're gonna take it slow. No need to rush, they already failed by letting us land. Let's not fuck it up now." US: "Fuck it, we ball!" (blitzes all the way to Palermo)

Ya, it looked like the British had trouble crossing a river to the north.

What American centric rubbisj​@@Falor5151

@@SmedleyDouwright That would be typical Montgomery "caution" his style was always slow and ponderous.

ahahah

Lol

I completely agree with you on that because one thing for sure I would love to see operation overlord

@@chasemurraychristopherdola7108 I agree, you could see the rest of the Italian campaign or the French campaign June 6, 1944-May 16, 1945

@@fasolasuchustenax1420 right but I would love to see the battle of mount cassiano and the 1945 Italian campaign

Thank you for your support. As for the other videos: let yourself be surprised. :-)

But then that depends on strength of the enemy. Like Normandy Americans made so much progress because they were not facing the adversity the British and Canadians were which included multiple panzer divisions in the Normandy countryside.

The eastern part of Sicily had almost twice the concentration of axis troops stationed there.

Thank you very much. If you search long enough and in depth, you will find almost everything.

It weirdly fits. The british are Syracuse, the Americans are Carthage, and Italy is Rome.

Hi, I don't use MS paint almost at all, just for some small adjustments. For details like what I do, it is necessary to work with vector data. I primarily use Inkscape. To fine-tune the details, then Gimp. I use Movie Maker to make a video. If this channel were to do better financially, then I would be thinking of a better program, but I have not yet decided which one it would be.

@@d-mapper9395 Thankyou for the reply! I wish you the best of luck :)

Thank you. About maps: honestly, wherever I can. :-D

​@@d-mapper9395yoo me too, i make them myself

its a volcano

An active volcano

In the long run Italy meant nothing to the war as whole, the battle of Kursk was going on during this time as well and it ended in a decisive soviet victory. A lot of alt history fans don’t like to hear this but the fate of the axis was pretty much sealed as early as Stalingrad.

Well there would be more german troops in the east (or west) but the allies would have still won anyways

IH 🎷🧽

The Eastern side of Sicily is a lot more hilly, with basically rocky ridgeline after rocky ridgeline. Great territory to defend, a lot more difficult and costly to attack (as both the British/Canadian progress and casualty figures show). Western Sicily is a lot flatter with open spaces - perfect for overwhelming Allied material superiority.

most active volcano in the whole of europe. italy is an extremely active territory for european standards

Active volcano

Dude France was still under German rule when Sicily was invaded. When the allies reached Sardinia the Free France army occupied Corse and later mainland France

Volcano. :-)

@@d-mapper9395 thx

Nah just an impatient ass, Sicily was a disaster for him, ordering a paratroop drop that got slaughtered by American ships, slapping shell shocked soliders and involved in the Biscari massacre of Italian prisoners of war.

Cara o Brasil só entrou em ação em 1944, a invasão da Sicília foi em 43, aí é o começo da campanha italiana ainda mano!

very late, but brazil's support came in the mainland italian campaign, not in sicily

@@Chase92488 didn't know, sorry

What bollox

It’s a volcano

With much less opposition!

ah yess WWII, very fun indeed. are you 12?

stereotypical? makes no sense. Most of the italians were refusing to fight because they saw their brothers on the other line

What about the Italian casualties then? They were higher than the german ones.

They definitely did fight back. The Allies had overwhelming firepower, manpower, and air support. The axis never stood a chance. This was after their disaster in Stalingrad as well. After they lost North Africa, Mussolini’s doomed fate was all but sealed. Mussolini’s Italy was going to be destroyed, a landing in Sicily the Allies were now within reach of all Axis cities in Southern and South East Europe to be bombed to smithereens.

The Italian Army (at least the pro-Fascist ones among others) DID fight in Sicily, their regime's very survival depended on keeping the Anglo-American coalition from establishing a foothold to invade the peninsula or launch major airstrikes further inland. To be honest, the Battle of Sicily and ESPECIALLY the invasion of the Italian mainland that followed is what brought down both Mussolini AND Hitler. Nazi Germany only had enough troops for one major front in Europe, so once the pressure on the Soviets was relieved, Germany's eventual downfall was likely secured. Hitler's only real chance from late 1943 onwards was either some miraculous shift in fortunes on the Eastern Front or to divide the Allies on reaching peace and making a separate agreement with the western powers (this is apparently part of the reason he launched the Battle of the Bulge, as long a shot as it was). Needless to say, neither situation happened.

Chiedi ai morti della Divisione Livorno se hanno combattuto o no. Come ti permetti di dire che hanno combattuto solo i Tedeschi?

Have you ever heard about Sergio Barbadoro?