| Show J VV af FIN lk all 4 1 1 ft I 1 az 1 I 71 sketch of a victorious invasion route M X 45 va W V ax n tl V W 4 LIT L 7 NW 4 0 R lot M VA S 10 N this sketch was made by the english artist E 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 from italis toe 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 its narrowest point is two miles prior to landing on italy proper allied batteries along the sicilian coast shelled axis positions across this stretch of water |
