Tanks Lash Allies (Bracker) – 2
Gen. Clark Went Ashore in Italy (by Reynolds Packard, first-time contributor) – 3
Nazis Say Mussolini was Captive on Peak; Berlin Embroiders its ‘Liberation’ Report – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Along the Salerno Front with Our Fighting Men of the Fifth Army (photos) – 4-6
London is Anxious (Middleton) – 7-8
Germans Claim ‘Dunkerque’ on Beachheads at Salerno – 8
German Troops Enter Vatican City after Battles in Streets of Rome – 9
Part of City Taken – 10-11
Japanese Routed Fleeing Salamaua – 11
American Paratroopers Stalk Foe in High Jungle Grass outside Lae (Kluckhohn) – 12
A Mud Bath Not Suggested for Beauty Seekers (photo) – 12
Draft of Fathers Opposed by Public (Gallup) – 14
Canada Explains Cut in Home Army (Philip) – 14
Disbanding in Canada (by Arthur Krock) – 15
Climax Near at Salerno (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 16
Red Cross On Job in Salerno Area – 16
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 17-18
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/sep1943/f15sep43.htm
Salerno beachhead being reinforced
Wednesday, September 15, 1943 www.onwar.com
Supplies brought ashore on the Salerno beachhead [photo at link]
In Italy... On the Salerno beachhead there is a lull in the fighting. German forces are regrouping. They have assembled the equivalent of 4 divisions with as many as 100 tanks. The US 5th Army now has 7 Allied divisions and about 200 tanks ashore. In a morning inspection of the beachhead, Alexander decides to replace General Dawley, commanding the US 6th Corps. To the south, the British 8th Army is advancing. A group of war correspondents manages to drive from beyond the British 8th Army frontline and makes contact with US 5th Army on the Salerno beachhead. Meanwhile the island of Procida in Naples Bay is captured by Allied forces.
In Occupied Italy... Mussolini proclaims the resumption of his authority.
In New Guinea... Australian forces cross the Busu River in force and build bridges. The front is now less than 2 miles from Lae.
In the Mediterranean... In the Aegean Sea, the island of Cos is occupied by British paratroops and a squadron of Spitfires is flown in.
On the Eastern Front... Soviet General Rokossovsky’s forces capture Nezhin, on the rail line from Konotop to Kiev. North of Bryansk, German forces are pushed out Dyatkovo.
In Occupied Greece... At Cephalonia, the Italian “Acqui” Division resists German forces seeking to disarm it.
They might gain some ground temporarily bit don’t get used to it1