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- Title
"To bury the dead and to feed the living".
- Authors
Brown, Cindy
- Abstract
This article examines the little-known Allied effort to provide for the needs of the Sicilian civilian population during Operation Husky. Allied Military Government (AMG) was created in January 1943 to support the strategic aim of knocking Italy out of the war by creating and maintaining a benevolent atmosphere on the island. The duty of civil affairs officers was to relieve the fighting troops from the challenge of delivering humanitarian aid or dealing with a hostile population. Despite some mishaps and missteps on the part of planners, civil affairs made a significant contribution to the success of Operation Husky.
- Subjects
ITALY; OPERATION Husky, 1943; ALLIED Invasion of Sicily, Italy, 1943; ALLIED Military Government; INTERNATIONAL relief; HUMANITARIAN assistance; WORLD War II
- Publication
Canadian Military History, 2013, Vol 22, Issue 3, p35
- ISSN
1195-8472
- Publication type
Article