154K Dead. The Sicily (Operation Husky). #shorts

Añadido: 2026-05-23

[00:00:04]160,000 allies hit Sicily's [music] beaches.

[00:00:08]July 9th, 1943, Operation Husky launches [music] with 600 tanks, 1,800 guns, and air superiority the Italians [music] cannot match.

[00:00:18]General Eisenhower commands the invasion. George Patton and Bernard Montgomery drive inland.

[00:00:24]They face 131,000 [music] Italian troops and 40,000 Germans under Kesselring, but Italian morale cracks fast. The Wehrmacht fights hard.

[00:00:33]>> [music] >> Panzer IV tanks and Stukas exact a price.

[00:00:37]2,011 American KIA, 2,938 British and Canadian, but Italy surrenders mid-invasion. Sicily falls [music] in 39 days. The Germans withdraw intact. The Allies own the Mediterranean.