The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 14
Two Weeks of the Sicilian Conquest (map) – 15
Collapse in Sicily Spurs Axis Fears of Invasion (Baldwin) – 16
The Meaning of the Battle for Sicily – Allied Views (cartoons) – 17
Supplies for Our Invasion Armies (Middleton) – 18
Allied Targets in the Pacific Battle Area (map) – 19
War Pattern in Pacific Clears in Rising Tempo (by Bertram D. Hulen) – 20
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 21
The New York Times Magazine
Eisenhower Plans Minutely, Then Strikes (Middleton) – 22-25
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jul1943/f25jul43.htm
Mussolini fired by the King
Sunday, July 25, 1943 www.onwar.com
Mussolini and King Emmanuel meeting [photo at link]
In Rome... Mussolini is summoned to meet with the King of Italy in the afternoon and relieved of his offices. He is arrest upon leaving the meeting. Marshal Badoglio is selected to form a new government.
In Sicily... American forces in north encounter heavy resistance to further advances. British and Canadian forces launch converging attacks on Agira, in the central region. Allied reinforcemtns, including the US 9th Division and Britsh 78th Divisions arrive from North Africa.
In the Solomon Islands... A new American offensive begins. The US 43rd and 37th Divisions are supplemented with the 25th Division. Some progress is made near Bartley Ridge.