Troops and vehicles entering Centuripe after its fall to the 78th Division, 1943

Lantern slide, World War Two, Sicily (1943-1945), 1943.

Centuripe was situated on high ground in mountainous country that lent itself to defence, but it was nevertheless occupied by the British after a tough fight on 2 August 1943.

From a collection of British official war photographs relating to the 78th Division.