Show Sketch of a Victorious Invasion Route s W y Y Ii N y a 4 Y f r. r 9 Js j-Js 6 r Jg 9 l W U 1 i t L T L ALvI JH T S 1 rY a S R 0 U T E fr w fi Y This sketch was made by the English artist E E. E G. G Lambert as the Allies were bombing Messina harbor It shows the entire area of the strait of Messina from the air Across this strait which separates Sicily fro from Italy's toe the British Eighth a army spearheaded the first invasion of t the he European Pan continent which re s nl in Italy's surrender The distance across the strait at its narrowest point is two miles Prior to landing o Italy proper Allied batteries alon along the Sicilian coast shelled Axis positions across this stretch of water |