[Homer_J_Simpson]

Capital is Shelled – 2
War News Summarized – 2
Opposing Forces Rush for Positions in the Battle of Italy (front page map) – 3
Fifth Army Gains (Bracker) – 4-5
Allied Leaders Had Their Focus on the Invasion Point (photo) – 5
Roosevelt and Churchill Bid Italians to Strike at Nazis – 5
Allies See Italian Fleet Yielding; Nazis Say They Sank 2 Big Ships – 6
Hull Pledges Aid to Europe’s Jews – 6
Bound for Italy: Best Wishes as Allies Get Under Way on a Successful Journey (photos) – 7-9
Soviet Successes Pile Up in South – 10-11
Nazi Horror Raged in Donbas Retreat (Werth) – 11
More U-Boats Sunk in August than Allied Vessels in Convoys – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-14

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/sep1943/f11sep43.htm

Luftwaffe active over Salerno
Saturday, September 11, 1943 www.onwar.com

American cruiser USS Savannah [photo at link]

In Italy... On the Salerno beachhead, British and American forces of the US 5th Army fail to make significant progress against German resistance. German aircraft bomb the beachhead throughout the day despite the presence of Allied air forces. The cruiser Savannah is damaged by a German glider bomb. Meanwhile, troops of the British 1st Airborne Division capture Brindisi without opposition. To the south, the British 8th Army takes Catanzaro and advances toward Crotone.

In the Mediterranean... The Italian garrison on Rhodes surrenders to German forces on the island.

In the Solomon Islands... The US 27th Infantry Regiment lands on Arundel, reinforcing American forces.

In New Guinea... The Japanese garrison of Salamaua withdraws. Australian forces capture the airfield and enter the town.

[BroJoeK]

Headline: "Hull Pledges Aid to Europe’s Jews – 6"

The record shows that Hull blocked aid to Jews on at least two occasions, and exaggerated in reports to President Roosevelt about how many Jews were allowed to immigrate to the US.

[GeronL]

Italy is broken in half, I don’t see them fighting much

[henkster]

Take a look at the map of Italy and the Balkans. I look at the terrain along the eastern shore of the Adriatic, and think there is no way I would want to invade the Balkans by that route.