In 1943, Axis forces launched a desperate counter-attack against the Allied invasion of Sicily
During the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily, German and Italian forces launched a fierce counter-offensive at Gela that nearly pushed the American troops back into the Mediterranean Sea.
On July 11, 1943, the success of Operation Husky hung in the balance as Axis tanks roared toward the beaches of Sicily. Just one day after the initial Allied landings, German Tiger tanks came within hundreds of yards of the shore, threatening to split the American lines and crush the invasion in its infancy.
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