Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Articles: Canadian Flotilla of Landing Craft in Italy (Parts 1 - 4)

 The 80th Flotilla of Canadian LCMs, Busy as All Get Out

The Toe of the Boot was a Hub of Allied Activity

Operazione "Baytown"; le truppe Alleate sbarcano a Reggio Calabria
[Operation Baytown; Allied troops disembark at Reggio Calabria, and
that might be Gord's Dad chatting it up with local men, centre ; )]
Photo Credit - Italian website

Introduction:

Fortunately,  Canadian war correspondents were in place in Sicily during Operations Husky and Baytown (Sicily and mainland Italy) when Allied troops and navy personnel were active in The Med in 1943.

Richard Sanburn (connected to a few Canadian newspapers) provided some key articles and readers are welcome to peruse his good work here:

Articles: Canadian Flotilla of Landing Craft in Italy (Part 1)

Articles: Canadian Flotilla of Landing Craft in Italy (Part 2)

"The Winnipeg Tribune staff put out an extra on VE-Day when the
war in Europe ended. This is the news desk preparing the extra."
Richard L. Sanburn is fourth from left of those standing,
wearing a white shirt, tie, and nifty suspenders

Articles: Canadian Flotilla of Landing Craft in Italy (Part 3)

Articles: Canadian Flotilla of Landing Craft in Italy (Part 4)

Please click here for more information (from The Ottawa Citizen) about the work of the Canadian Flotilla of Landing Crafts during Operation Baytown (at Reggio, the toe of the boot in Italy) beginning on September 3, 1943.

Unattributed Photos GH

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