Been waiting for this one, and once again, many thanks for seeing this project through! Apropos of a comment made yesterday, yes, the fall of Rome was relegated to Page 16. That has to be the biggest upstaging of all time.
Clark wanted to take Rome, and get the headlines, so bad he diverted forces that instead could have pocketed several German divisions. Instead, they were allowed to escape. In the end he was totally upstaged.
Clark was a poor commander, and I have a very low opinion of him.
The article about the Italian campaign is still page 1, above the fold, and continued on page 2. That it starts on page 14 on this thread is due to the way I try to group related stories together when I rearrange them for posting. Still, we won't see the Italian campaign leading the news for a while. Something like 21 of the last 24 headlines have featured the new Italian offensive. That just ended.