Американские войска против танков стран Оси в Джеле

On July 11, 1943, during Operation Husky, German and Italian armored forces pushed toward U.S. positions around Gela, Sicily, as the 1st Infantry Division fought to hold a vulnerable beachhead. This video follows how USS Savannah, USS Boise, and American destroyers used shore-directed naval gunfire to disrupt the Axis counterattack, how forward observers and shipboard fire-control teams connected troops on the ground with heavy guns miles offshore, and why the growing danger of friendly fire could force those guns to fall silent when enemy armor closed with American infantry. It is the story of Army-Navy coordination, battlefield communications, and the desperate defense of Gela during the Allied invasion of Sicily. Sources: https://history.army.mil/portals/143/... https://www.history.navy.mil/research... https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us... https://www.history.navy.mil/research... https://www.lineofdeparture.army.mil/... #BattleOfGela #OperationHusky #WWII #WorldWarII #Sicily1943 #USSsavannah #USSBoise #USNavy #USArmy #MilitaryHistory #NavalHistory #InvasionOfSicily