Nostradamus has predicted:

The landing of the allies in Barcellona, Sicily

According to my own method of interpretation,
only french lines in dark blue will be analysed and interpreted


Quatrain III-88

De Barselonne par mer si grande armée,
Toute Marseille de frayeur tremblera:
Isles saisies, de mer ayde fermée,
Ton traditeur en terre nagera.

From Barcelonna by sea such a great army,
 All Marseilles will tremble from fear:
Islands captured, no help available by sea.
Your traitor will crawl on the ground..



Analysis:

Barsellone




Par mer
si grande armée 		the town of Barcellona, north-east of Sicily.
Here, we may have a clue. Nostradamus spells Barselonna with two L: in their respective language, Barcelona, Spain is written with one L, and Barcellona, Sicily, with two L. Even though the choice is not made on that basis, it reinforces my belief that the town in question is that of Barcellona, Sicily.
By sea.
such a great army
Here, we have to choose between Barcelona, Spain, and Barcellona, Sicily, and both are located on the Mediterranean shores. During the last 450 years, Barcelona, Spain has known few major upheavals. The town played a very important role in the Spanish civil war and was bombed by the Nationalits in 1936. These two wars were internal conflicts and did not involve, as far as my research goes, an attack coming from the sea, or an military operation leaving from its shores. Another Barcellona, that one located on the shores of North Sicily, has also known few upheavals, and this up to 1943, when the Germans occupied the island and the Allies landed [inadvertedly] on its shores to throw out the occupants.

Interprétation

From Barcellona, by sea, such a great army ...

History
De Barcellone,
les alliés se préparent au débarquement en Italie

The day of the landing in Sicily, the american troops were scheduled to land east of Milazzo, but, because of a change in strategy, they found themselves on the shores of Barcellona, in the gulf of Palli: [P.177] In fact, the troops had speed up the rythm of their pursuit in such a way that a third amphibious operation that, according to plans, was to begin August 16, east of Milazzo, was rerouted through the shores of Barcellona [De Barsellone] when it was known that the troops had gone past the originally planned landing point. [Translation - Les Canadiens en Italie - Lt. Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson]

It is from Barcellona that part of the allied troops [si grande armée] prepared to land [par mer] in the gulf of Salerno and the shores of Calabria.


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