[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from yesterday.

As we reached the Clyde decisive news arrived from Alexander.

General Alexander to Prime Minister 19 Sept 43

I can say with full confidence that the whole situation has changed in our favour and that the initiative has passed to us. . . .

I am rejoining my main H.Q. at Syracuse to-morrow.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Allies Driving On (Bracker) – 2-3
Germans Continue Their Withdrawal (Matthews) – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Americans Blast Nazi Observation Post in Italy (photo) – 4
Two U.S. Officers Risked Death to Visit Badoglio on Invasion Eve (Lee) – 5
The Nazi Pictorial Version of ‘the Liberation’ of Benito Mussolini (photos) – 6-7
733 Places Seized – 8-9
Big Salt Bed Found in West Virginia – 9
M’Arthur Strong in Test by Gallup (Gallup) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 11-12

The News of the Week in Review
The Allies Win the First Round in the Battle of Italy (map) – 13
Twenty News Questions – 14
Allied Offensives Jar Hitler’s Fortress Europe (Baldwin) – 15-16
Mediterranean Theatre: Six Focal Areas (map) – 17
Our Big Job in Italy to Drive Out Germans (Bracker) – 18
Tactics Used at Lae Give Speedy Victory (Kluckhohn) – 19-20
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 20