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.

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hedley Verity: one of England's greatest slow bowlers and a fine gentleman to boot • Getty Images The Plain of Catania in Sicily, and a pilgrimage of sorts. It is one of the most fertile parts of the ...

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 ...

The marine creature is known as one of the most dangerous species in the Mediterranean Sea, but its stings are rarely deadly, although excruciatingly painful. A woman has been placed in an intensive ...