{"id":9213,"date":"2023-03-26T11:25:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T11:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/?page_id=9213"},"modified":"2025-10-02T07:31:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T07:31:23","slug":"80th-anniversary-of-operation-husky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/calendar-of-events\/review-of-recent-events\/80th-anniversary-of-operation-husky\/","title":{"rendered":"80th Anniversary of Operation Husky, July 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>A two-day&nbsp;<strong>Sicily 1943: Peace, Security &amp; Prosperity conference<\/strong>&nbsp;will be held on Friday 7 July-Saturday 8 July 2023 in the&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cittametropolitana.ct.it\/Le_Ciminiere\/le_ciminiere.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Le Ciminiere Festival Centre in Catania<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;which is also the location of the<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.co.uk\/Attraction_Review-g187888-d2369876-Reviews-Museo_Storico_dello_Sbarco_in_Sicilia_1943-Catania_Province_of_Catania_Sicily.html\" target=\"_blank\">&nbsp;Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia 1943<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4990-2-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4990-2-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4990-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4990-2-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_4990-2.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The event has been organised to commemorate the 80<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Anniversary of Operation Husky which began on 9\/10 July 1943 in the context of bringing peace, security, and prosperity through democracy in Italy today. It will be addressed by VIPs and speakers, including the London Irish Rifles&#8217; Museum, with unrivalled expertise in the events in Sicily in 1943 and their consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The objectives of the conference include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>investigating the conditions that lead to war and the eight pillars of positive peace which lead to prosperous, free and democratic societies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>exploring the events that led up to the invasions of Sicily and the immediate response by defending armies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>studying the key battles in each of the Allied sectors and the impact on local populations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>assessing how commemorations of the war in Sicily and Italy can support the peace, security, and prosperity through democracy enjoyed in Italy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>identifying the strategies to engage youth in commemorations and peacebuilding activities drawn from the lessons of war and the rebuilding of Sicily and Italy after 1945.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Sicily 1943: Peace, Security &amp; Prosperity<\/strong>&nbsp;conference is supported by the&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/psp-forum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Forum for Peace, Security &amp; Prosperity<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Agenda-Sicily-2023.pdf\">A downloadable guide to the conference can be accessed via this link.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/the-sicily-1943-peace-security-prosperity-conference-tickets-536972999697\">Admission is FREE for registered delegates &#8211; booking details here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Friday 7 July<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>0900-0945  VIP opening session<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>0945-1045 Sicilian perspectives.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1100-1330 Keynote addresses<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1430-1515 Britain, Ireland &amp; Sicily.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1515-1700 AMGOT and the Reconstruction Programme.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1700-1715 The Military vehicles exhibition by The Sicilian Vehicles Association<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>2100 Evening Concert.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Saturday 8 July<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>0800-1030  The British perspective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1100-1145 The US perspective<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1145-1300&nbsp; The Italian perspective.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1400-1700 The Italy Second World War Memorialisation workshop.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1700 Conference closes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>2000<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Closing music concert in the Amphitheatre of El Ciminiere Festival Centre<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Sunday 9 July<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>0830&nbsp;The International Historical Museum Conference begins.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1230 Remembrance Service and wreath-laying at Catania War Cemetery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>1830 Remembrance Service and wreath-laying at Syracuse War Cemetery.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Monday 10 July<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>0545<\/strong> <strong>Memorial events on American, British and Canadian landing beaches<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>0900&nbsp;&nbsp;78<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Division\/Irish Brigade battlefield tour begins. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>To learn about the London Irish Rifles&#8217; role in the Sicilian campaign of July\/August 1943, click&nbsp;on the following links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/the-london-irish-at-war-1939-45\/july-1943\/\"><strong>July 1943<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.londonirishrifles.com\/index.php\/second-world-war\/the-london-irish-at-war-1939-45\/august-to-september-1943\/\">August 1943<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A two-day&nbsp;Sicily 1943: Peace, Security &amp; Prosperity conference&nbsp;will be held on Friday 7 July-Saturday 8 July 2023 in the&nbsp;Le Ciminiere Festival Centre in Catania&nbsp;which is also the location of the&nbsp;Museo Storico dello Sbarco in Sicilia 1943&nbsp;. 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