operation husky

By the time the 82nd Airborne Division hit Sicily in July 1943, they were already being sold to the public as something close to myth. America’s first airborne division. Volunteers. Paratroopers. The best of the best. That’s the version everyone remembers. The truth is less clean, and far more useful …

When the Allies launched Operation Husky on the night of July 9–10, 1943, it marked the beginning of the Italian Campaign and the first major assault on Axis-held Europe. While the operation was a combined British-American effort, this post focuses on the American side of the invasion—highlighting the roles of …