[Homer_J_Simpson]

7th Army Strikes (Middleton) – 2-3
Cardinal in Sicily Extends Cooperation of the Catholic Church to General Patton – 3
Reich Tie Must End – 3-4
Gen. Eisenhower’s Appeal – 4
Badoglio Showdown Near on Breaking with Germans (Brigham) – 5
Hull Hopes Italy Will Heed Offer (Callender) – 5-6
Italian Gatherings Demand Peace Now – 6
Wild Rejoicing in Rome’s Streets Hailed End of Mussolini Regime (Axelsson) – 7
Italy Near Peace, Nazi Officers Say – 7-8
Ex-Duce Reported in Jail Near Rome – 8
Sforza For Urging Italy to Join Us – 8-9
Russians Press On – 9
War News Summarized – 9
‘Iron Crab’ Introduced by Nazis as Two-Man Underground Fort (Werth) – 10
Fortresses Batter Kiel Again; Sear Air Plant at Warnemuende – 11
10 More Enemy Ships Sunk in Pacific by U.S. Submarines – 12
Pincers Squeezing Slowly on Munda – 12-13
Stronger Defense Now Guards Wake (by Robert Trumbull – 13
The Commander Arrives to Direct (photo) – 13
Shuttle Bombers Wear Down Kiska (by Foster Hailey) – 14
U.S. Airmen Wrest Mastery in China – 14
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 16-18
The General Decorates the Generalissimo (photo) – 18

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/jul1943/f30jul43.htm

Axis troops still resisting Allied attacks
Friday, July 30, 1943 www.onwar.com

Wounded American soldier gets first aid in Sicily [photo at link]

In Sicily... US forces are engaged on the outskirts of Santo Stefano and Troina. British forces capture Catenanouva. Off the west coast, the Egadi Islands surrender to the the Allies.

[henkster]

Eisenhower’s appeal to the Italian people shows his brilliance as a leader. It’s short, simple and directly to the point that would hit every raw Italian nerve. It offered an end to the war, no harsh terms, return of the POWs, and put the onus on the Germans, who by now are fairly well hated by most Italians.

Maybe if the Germans hadn’t acted like such assholes they wouldn’t be in this bind in Italy. But I guess that violates my “rules of alternate history.” You can’t have an alternate history scenario that involves the Germans not being the Germans.