U.S. Troops Gaining (Middleton) – 2
Rome’s Rail Lines Severed; Only 5 of 500 Planes Lost – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Damage to Shrines is Kept to Minimum (Matthews) – 4
Giraud in London on Way to Algiers – 4
Hitler and Mussolini in North Italy While Bombers Were Over Rome (Brigham) – 5
Open City Status by Rome Doubted (Callender) – 5
The First Bombs Fall on the Last European War Capital to Be Attacked (photo) – 6
Red Army Closing Vise on Nazi Bulge – 7
Paramushiru Hit (Hulen) – 8
50 Reported Shot as Paris Hostages – 9
Issue in Sicily Sure (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 11
British Boys Face Coal Mining Draft (by Milton Bracker) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various Zones – 12-15
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Red Army attacks in Orel salient
Wednesday, July 21, 1943 www.onwar.com
On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces capture Bolkhov in the Orel offensive.
In Sicily... The Allied advances continue. The British capture Gerbini, the Canadians take Leonforte and the Americans occupy Corleone and Castelvetrano.
In Italy... The Italian naval base at Crotone is bombarded.
In the Solomon Islands... A small American force lands on Vella Lavella to determine whether significant forces can be landed there, by-passing the Japanese stronghold of Kolombangara. On New Georgia, Griswald plans an new offensive.