Operation Husky: The Sicily Landings 9 - 10 July 1943: British troops manhandle vehicles and equipment on the beaches as they are unloaded from landing craft.

On the beaches of Sicily

Raid on the Lofoten Islands, 4 March 1941
Fires burning in Stamsund, one of the Lofoten islands in northern Norway, as British commandos leave; 4 March, 1941.
During World War II, the first successful raid on Nazi-held territory, Operation Claymore, was conducted here. After a successful operation they returned with some 228 German prisoners, 314 loyal Norwegian volunteers, a number of Quisling regime collaborators, and code books and wheels for the Enigma machine. 


Raid on the Lofoten Islands

British officers pose with a captured Nazi flag, after the commandos returned from the successful raid on the Lofoten islands (Norway); 4 March, 1941.