Sicily, Summer 1943: a British 4.5 inch Medium Field Gun rounding a difficult bend in the hills between Scilla and Palmi during the operations after the Allied landing in Sicily. Note in background the coast and the sea (British Admiralty Photograph BNA6754 via Australian War Memorial). Victor Sierra

Along a Sicily’s road

North Africa, Summer 1943: a bagpipe serenade for the regimental mascot, a sheep, of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) as the regiment prepares for the invasion of Sicily. Question: in your opinion the sheep appreciating? By bye, Victor Sierra 

Serenade in North Africa

Italian Campaign, Lauro, near Avellino, Campania, 19 January 1944: a British Army’s officer, Lieutenant Olaf Branns, of Hill House, Watlington, Oxfordshire, according the IWM, takes the chance of a much needed sleep in a haystack during a lull in the battle. Victor Sierra