Newsmap. Monday, August 2, 1943 : week of July 22 to July 29, 203rd week of the war, 85th week of U.S. participation Side: 1 of 2
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go through final briefing to insure perfect coordination.Meanwhile, at a North African port assault troops board the
infantry landing craft drawn up for loading at a crowdeddock. A few smaller landing craft can be seen in foreground
while behind the LCI's other vessels steam out.Happy to have the war over with, Italian soldiers gave up
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THE WAR FRONTS
Some Army equipment was not mechanized, was a bit reluctant about landing.
Ruins in an unnamed Sicilian town captured by the Allies.
ITALY: The implication that Italy might soon be
out of the war was the most generally unofficially
accepted r e a c t i o n to the Rome Radio announcement
that King Victor Emmanuel had accepted the
"resignation" of Premier Benito Mussolini and his cabinet.
Succeeding announcements revealed that the Fascist Party,
which under Mussolini for 21 years directed Italy's policies,
was dissolved.
Marshal Pietro Badoglio immediately formed a military
government with the announced policy to "continue the
conduct of the war."SICILY: The Allied conquest of Sicily proceeded
y^~y quickly. Following the fall of the communications
center at Enna last week before U. S. and
Canadian troops, the Seventh Army drove west and north
and in less than a week controlled all but the eastern tip of
the island. There the enemy based his defense on a curved
line running northwest from Catania around the base of
Mt. Etna to the northern coast.
The American advance was so rapid that Italian troops
were unable to destroy the port facilities of the capital at
Palermo.American and Canadian troops then swung to the German
right flank at the eastern end where the enemy by
strong counterattacks still blocked the British Eighth Army
advance beyond Catania.
Despite the collapse of Fascist control there was no sign
that the Germans had given up the defense of the southern
island. In the face of terrific air and sea bombardment they
continued to ship and fly supplies in. The size of the venturewas indicated by the report that during the first week of the Pi
invasion 175 Axis planes were shot down and 4000 tons of AP OFFENSIVE* a bombings are pdi-o g-bombs
dropped on the island. AI O cated on the map above right.
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C(RE1:TE One of the biggest attacks ever made on Hamburg as the RAF in two succeeding raids dropped more seven r
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than 2300 tons of bombs each time in less than 50 minutes. skirmis]
" ried out by 100 fighters and medium bombers. Oper
U.S. Fortresses made an 1800 mile round trip to hit the Nazi Fout
ating with the RAF the Royal Hellenic Air Force took part sub base at Trondheim and the industrial center at Heroya. former
in large scale operations over their home territory for the IJaps in
first time. SOUTHWEST Ground troops 2400 ni
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5 KRUSSI"HA. direction of Orel and the Red Army planes made the heaviest raids of the Southwest Pacific war
made substantial gains. The key point of Bolkhov was on the base. Two hundred planes in one raid dropped 186 ' rui
taken and Red Army troops were reported to have cut the tons of bombs while in another 133 tons were dropped on craft ar
Bairoko.last rail connection from Orel which led to Bryansk. Heavy
fighting was reported before Belgorod and southward to the
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[United States.] Army Orientation Course. Newsmap. Monday, August 2, 1943 : week of July 22 to July 29, 203rd week of the war, 85th week of U.S. participation, poster, August 2, 1943; Washington, D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc966/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.