Battle of Troina

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The Battle of Troina took place from July 31 and August 6, 1943. Forces of the U.S. II Corps, part of U.S. Seventh Army, engaged in fierce fighting around the town of Troina in the central portions of Sicily along the Caronie Mountains. The battle focused around the fight for numerous hills and mountains surrounding Troina which the Germans heavily fortified and used as bases of direct and indirect fires.

[edit] Allied Forces