Sferro Hills [ Content Tag Results ]
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1. [ history ]
Sicily - Op. Huskey
Jun 1943 - Nov 1943
In January 1943, Winston Churchill and the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt met with their senior military advisers at Casablanca, Morocco, to devise a military strategy for the coming year. With the North African campaign moving toward a successful conclusion, the leaders of the two nations debated where to launch their next blow. Views varied from a direct intervention in mainland Europe through to a continuation of the Mediterranean strategy to take Italy out of the war. After several days of negotiations, they agreed to make Sicily their next target.
In July 1943 the Allied forces prepared to land...
2. [ history ]
Sferro Hills
Jul/Aug 1943
Description of the Battle for the Sferro Hills, late July - early August 1943
3. [ history ]
After Sferro
Aug-Sep 1943
A description of events after the Battle for the Sferro Hills, Aug-Sep 1943
4. [ history ]
Major General Wimberley
Departure from 51HD
Major General Wimberley, affectionately know as "Tartan Tam" for his determination that the Division would wear the kilt, had commanded the Division from its England through North Africa and Sicily. On his departure he published the following farewell messages to his Jocks...
5. [ history ]
Departure
Nov 1943
The departure of the 51st Highland Division from Sicily in late 1943
6. [ memorials ]
Sferro, Sicily
Memorial to the 51st Highland Division at Sferro Hill, Sicily. 4th November 1943, on Sferro Hill, in the presence of representatives of the 51st Highland Division this stone Celtic Cross was unveiled. A service entitled "51st Highland Division - Dedication of Memorial" was held. The total casualties of the Division in the campaign had been 124 Officers and 1312 other ranks.
