Show sketch of a victorious invasion route W z gag rk 11 P F R q 01 R j Z I 1 iq I 1 PIP aar r x jf 49 I 1 MESSINA 4 x op this sk sketch etch was made by the english artist E 0 lambert as the allies Allie svere were bombing messina harbor it shows the entire area of the strait of messina from the air across this strait which separates sicily from italis toe ioe the british eighth army spearheaded spear headed the first invasion of the european continent which resulted in italis surrender the distance across the strait at as its narrowest point Is two miles prior to la landing piling on italy proper allied batteries along the sicilian coast shelled axis aids positions across this stretch of water |