Luogo - Museum
Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia 1943
Where
Viale Africa, Catania
The Museum of the Landing in Sicily - 1943 is dedicated to the historical event, during the Second World War, which began in Sicily and Italy all the way to the liberation from German occupation.
On 10 July 1943 the Americans and British landed in the eastern part of our island, respectively, near the coast at Gela and Augusta. The Allies occupied "" easily across the western Sicily, while in the east the British and Canadians encountered the brunt of the German resistance "" (Denis Mack Smith).
The museum traces the stages of the fighting of the war that took place mainly in western Sicily Gela, Augusta, Agira, Floridia, Troina, Bridge Primo Sole, Catania, Messina. It is a living testimony and concrete of what happened in Sicily; conceived and not to forget what has been and to reflect on what we want for the future.
