Axis defenses also may have been duped by a deception (Operation Mincemeat) involving the Allies use of a dead body, disguised as a British officer, deliberately placed off the Spanish coast where ...

The summer sun, climbing toward warm noon, had started the heat waves dancing from the brown Tiber, from the seven ancient hills, from the great stone piazza before St. Peter’s, from the dusty brick ...

The hit was classic mob. There were shots to the face and to the abdomen. The killers used a Lupara, a sawn-off shotgun that is the traditional weapon of choice for Mafia executions. The target was ...

The history books remind us that the Allied Army invaded Sicily on the 10th of July. The British 8th Army under the command of General Bernard Montgomery, the American 7th Army under General Patton.

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Doreen Partridge of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Stella Drezet, and has been added to the site with the author’s permission. The ...

The helmet, estimated to be about 2,265 years old, was found in the waters around the Aegadian Islands off the coast of Sicily, officials said. Alexandra Smielova Unsplash An extraordinarily ...

Tension is building in Sicily, and it’s not the mafia gangs or fiery Mount Etna causing trouble. Rather, it’s a culinary clash that has been smoldering for centuries. At the core of the conflict is ...

Jimmy Hilgen said during Operation Husky in 1943, there was a rumour that the soldiers who landed in Sicily were called D-Day Dodgers because it was a seemingly easier war effort. 'It wasn't fun at ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.—An excavation at a crash site in southeastern Sicily conducted by a team of researchers led by Clive Vella of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency has uncovered fragments of an ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Tension is building in Sicily, and it’s not the mafia gangs or fiery Mount Etna causing trouble. Rather, it’s a culinary clash that has ...