With the Invasion Fleet: Troops Manning their Assault Landing Craft before the Landings in Sicily, Dawn, July 10th 1943

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Description

Object description

Image: The deck of a ship at night. A line of fully kitted out troops prepare to board a landing craft, each soldier with his right hand on the shoulder of the man in front to help guide each other in the dark.

Physical description

Framed and mounted watercolour painting.

Label

01:15 Royal Navy begins bombarding targets in Catania (Sicily) with heavy guns. 'H' Hour is at 02:45 and as the troops land, generally they meet little resistance. However the landings are not altogether smooth and the British 151st Infantry Brigade, 50th Division's assault force, has considerable problems. Troops land in scattered groups on the wrong beaches as much as 6000 yds off target. However, the two corps of 8th Army make steady progress as troops stream ashore. The beaches become jammed with equipment, artillery and transport. Allied aircraft dominate the skies. By 05:30, 'success' is being signalled from every 8th Army beach. Ardizzone was present during the assault and recorded the event in his diary on 10 July 1943: 'Up on deck at dawn. Sea dotted with vessels in the first light. Distant sky-line of mountains, flashes of gunfire and verey lights from shore. Sense of anxiety, Staff waiting news. Lovely view as sun rises.' No specific sketch in diary to accompany this work (IWM LD 7850 [A]).

History note

commission 1940 (War Office Artist)

Object Details

Category

Art

Creator

Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving

Production date

1943

Materials

Frame: wood

Support: paper

Glazing: perspex

Window Mount: board

medium: Watercolour

Dimensions

Frame: Depth 34 mm., Height 658 mm., Width 687 mm.

Support: Height 382 mm., Width 465 mm.

Window Mount: Depth 4 mm., Height 585 mm., Width 635 mm.

Catalogue number

Art.IWM ART LD 3452

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

British Army, Eighth Army
Associated events

01/5(45)
Operation Husky, Allied Invasion of Sicily 1943, Italy, Second World War
Associated places

Great Britain GB
Italy IT
Mediterranean Sea
Sicily, Italy
Associated keywords

shipping
Military Personnel
Transport
Associated themes

Mediterranean 1939-1945
Italy 1939-1945
Amphibious Warfare
Combined Operations and Landing Craft 1940-1945

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With the Invasion Fleet: Troops Manning their Assault Landing Craft before the Landings in Sicily, Dawn, July 10th 1943

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