Just after dawn, men of the Highland Division of the British Army up to their waists in water, unloading stores on a landing beach on the opening day of the invasion of Sicily. Meanwhile beach roads are being prepared for heavy and light traffic. Several landing craft tank can be seen just off the beach; July 9, 1943. 

Landing on the beaches of Sicily

French, British and Norwegian soldiers aboard a Royal Navy warship, 8 May 1940.


Allied servicemen

British troops stand in line for a tin cup of tea at an Egyptian port while waiting to embark on ships bound for Sicily; 12 July 1943.
