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CRUSADE IN EUROPE: PART 8: SICILY: OPERATION HUSKY (TV)
Summary
Part 8 of this series on World War II in Europe. This episode examines "Operation Husky," the Allied invasion of Sicily and the Italian mainland. The focus of this episode includes the following events and personalities: Allied capture of the Sicilian Island of Pantelleria in June 1943; Allied landings on Sicily on July 10, 1943; the battle at Gela; Gen. George Patton's capture of Palermo on July 22, 1943 and his move across Sicily to Messina; and the battle of Troina.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: June 23, 1949 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:17:42
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T80:0451
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Operation Husky (Military operation); Sicily, Italy - Sieges, 1943; Gela, Italy - Sieges, 1943; Palermo, Italy - Sieges, 1943; Messina, Italy - Sieges, 1943; Troina, Italy - Sieges, 1943; World War II - 1943
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1949
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Richard de Rochemont … Producer
- Grey Lockwood … Director, Series Director
- George R. Black … Director, Series Director
- Jack Glenn … Director, Series Director
- Len Lye … Director, Series Director
- William C. Zubiller … Director, Series Director
- Arthur Tourtellot … Production (Misc.), Text Edited by
- Fred Feldkamp … Adapted by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower … Writer, Based on the Book by
- Van Voorhis, Westbrook … Narrator
- Maurice Joyce … Cast, Eisenhower Quotes Read by
- George S. Patton, Jr.