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To: r9etb; PzLdr; dfwgator; Paisan; From many - one.; rockinqsranch; 2banana; henkster; meandog; ...
Rail Centers Hit (Middleton) – 2-3
Text of Allied Warning – 3
Raid is Explained (Matthews) – 3-6
Noted Church Hit, Italians Report (Brigham) – 6
British Press is Solid in Support of Bombing War Targets in Rome (MacDonald) – 7
Brereton’s Fliers Also Raided Rome – 8
War News Summarized – 8
Americans Close In on Enna; Axis Center is Breaking Up – 9
Sicilian Throngs Cheer ‘Deliverers’ – 9-10
With Our Rangers and Paratroopers in Sicily (photo) – 10
Lightnings Down 15 Axis Transports – 11
Soviet Sweeps On (Werth) – 11-12
U.S. Troops Press Munda from East (by Tillman Durdin) – 12-13
Task Force’s Feat in Solomons Cited – 13
Review of the Chinese Situation (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 14
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 15-17
Premier Tojo Urges Greater Production; Says Japan Prepares ‘Decisive Blows’ – 17
3 posted on 07/20/2013 6:03:09 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jul1943/f20jul43.htm

Allies advancing in Sicily
Tuesday, July 20, 1943 www.onwar.com

Canadian troops take Enna [photo at link]

In Sicily... Canadian troops capture Enna and advance to Leonforte. American troops reach Menfi in the south of the island.

In Washington... Roosevelt directs that information about atomic research is to be shared with the British.

On the Eastern Front... Popov’s Bryansk Front captures Mtsensk.

In the Solomon Islands... New American forces take over the front on New Georgia. New road construction alleviates the supply problem. Two Japanese destroyers are sunk during a supply mission.


4 posted on 07/20/2013 6:04:28 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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