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   Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1943, Algiers, Algiers                                Vol. I no. 70. Wednesday july 21, 1943 a. 3. Army daily newspaper for troops in Algiers Aren one franc 500 planes were on Rome raid photographs show extensive damage to Industrial area Ai l in Joliet ?-ykr3 july 20 a to Wert us Allied a  i of Mon Iii m 011 out yesterdays the inti my Nal City i Ann nuked Hen air chief praised t it in x i 11.1. It i to r he t m i a v pit 1. Lure til Iii uti Quot la \ Siwa i i hot nil tilt Lites by Tai to r in Iii in at i  Vav i la Coll >1 1 Lait is lost to t v to of Gill to his re it oui air in a Pir. Taken an flour after the last ter ii Al left Hume. Revealed foe Allied to he  were Rollin t it in. I i a i o attack i i be air i i i area my that 1ie was done to and airports. On the italian Capi of the Northwest forces Cion donated 3 air Force was Axis sounds British sour note on attack enemy propaganda denounces allies in violent terms canadians meet resistance yanks push ahead Pilot bombs himself the Filiti pop we i it a hic am Pic i but lives to Tell it Gandu Mach my turned  Ltd v to a bit ter d. N in i non of i to Ai i ird Roll i ii a Dot \ i Allied air Atli a k i Rome. In in i lilt 3 j la i v 25 is \ till 111 thing cd w As i re ired As rho la i Vav is i ill 11. I thu in i i i 111 and by a rim s Chi d their con Ai i ii s a 11 of it of a ii x by i i j \ t i nation i i lout it .1 this n it i of the main than of the xxx is a e i i Vav a s to i a a i fused Here i a hmm in a a s la Quot unix a acc ted \ Vin n n arvo cult town in of i i til 11 was i tat tax Al lies boomed Only Amu a y i a j i  Dpt i us and  t licit Fay it i a v ill Vik wits tilt his i i Sjma Ial Tai it s w Clr Filiip lie s n i foul p la its w i to i a i h >4 j two 1 i a in ii 1 it 11 in hit. P. Irlvy i Alin to red highly successful and wre negligible the Naaf planes on the raid and no. Fighters brought Down enemy aircraft. As the bomb moved in it a the target menu opposition a slight. Only 2u 35 Axi planes were seen Dur tie entire raid. Severe damage woo done to the .3 in  marshalling Yards where Craitic was completely blocked. Direct hits were scored on Bor ii round houses rolling Stock and other Railroad installations. Tin important Taconelli Stet plan and a Large chemical Plant nearby were heavily bombed the a Torii marshalling Yard four Miles to the North of Rome. Was hit at least 50 times and is 50 in cent blocked to traffic. This Yard is highly electrified. Through it goes the bulk of All freight traffic i rom Industrial Northern Rah to Rome. Naples and the Southwest coast. Tin sin Lorenzo Yard is an in tartan servicing and repair Center for rail facilities it. Too. Is tied tied and is on the Belt line joining with the two main lines from Florence and Naples and on the Mas a1 lines from Genoa both marshalling Yards Are of Vul d military importance to the Ash War Effort. They bottleneck a Oil i us. Passenger and freight traffic in the Southern italian Peninsula. Allied Home carried their attack to the Champlin Airport out continued on Page 4> a. Gen. James ii Doolittle a Ili Forte he a do Imp to is july 20 of. Gen Carl a spa it ii commanding Genet a1 of the Northwest african air forces. Sent a message of congratulation to a Gen. James h. Doolittle and i strategic air Force on the Success of v so Crdal \ raid on Rome rile text Oil Quot message which was sent immediately following the raid reads As follows the strategic air Fence has delivered an accurate devastating attack today. Air Chiel marshal Tedder has requested me to extend his congratulations to which i add mine for lie precision with which this Mission was accomplished it is one of the Many accurate attacks Whir your lories have carried on during the present Battle All of which have had marked significance Iii the successful outcomes nazis shift pilots from Eastern front mention was in Yards or Airt Tell keen rather in orly educated average britishers and Amel n ans we re presumably aware that Rome  not contain Arn military  editorialized the a Ltd Kirsher Beo Zachter of Beilin hitlers own newspaper then was Xii official communique issued Iii ret in yesterday revealed that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini have held another meeting for the purpose of discussing military matters. No further details were Given except to say that the two dictators met in a Northern italian City on monday. 11 till of mill11 not Fel i it i i eau  is n i a x he sic i lit. Is Iii a 11 in ii munds fall expected ground air forces Hammer japanese Washington july 20 amelic in puce by pounding m ids in ii nne. Inst stronghold of the japanese on new Georgia by land an i it a the plight of the be dig died defenders becomes More Holt Elv a ii led Pacific head Quai to. I Pyi cd today. La Allied in Hoit said that during the last week american bomb Quot is dropped More ban 160 ton it get in a Iii Miv is on the area Oecu-p1 a a i by lie milanese while in if i Taes Woike it i t Hen a v ii  a Ca of my i p the All or o the Inion an a Allied Force Headquarters. July 20 a number of gel Man airmen operating from sicilian Airt in id have been withdrawn i Tom the russian Trout it was disclosed Here today. An Raf Oft Eer found some notebooks my dictionaries in a German air Force officers me a which had evidently been brought Hack or it i a Russia rile notebooks 11 n i Lar to  used in russian schools with russian let ering on the rovers Lias been used by nazi Stilt officers at  Airfield n get found in letters indicate that erne German pilots Jimd Only recently arrived from in russian i r i t not a word from Berlin Laxmi Rome being an important Railroad and Amis producing Center As Well As the seat of the fascist government and file italian general staff. Rile italian news Agency was More explicit in pointing out the non military places allegedly int by Allied bombs but it made no mention of any military installations i he civilian targets according to the Agency included the cemetery of Camp Verano. Tile Polve Lineal Hospital the University Guy and the Basilica of san Lorenzo All these buildings mentioned do lie close to legitimate railway targets radio Paris jumped the gun by putting protests into the Vatican a Mouth in an alleged dramatic meeting the Paris onion announced. The head of the Vatican secretariat expressed to the american charge d Ilia res at the Vatican the Hole sees Quot indignation Hie american admitted hts own disgust at the  was tile fantastic Axis Reix Ort tiie re was continued on p Aye ii Ubiera Falls quickly to invading rangers by t stars Butera. Sicily. July i played ills Lite to who is Nul Strom Gela As tile Crow in s perched atop a Mountain Lefel i a i drome. At tie is. It i pm Ric in an no i i  e i. Aube ova same time the i t leased news head of an Victory Over a Ruid Loice of lighters tui in w i Corgi i on i a i v i ii Amer in m u Ine. N in v an i a pm a Pic ties she Down 45 Tirrit ii bom Fie i and 29 fighters of a to it 75 japanese planes item ting to blast american Posi a i Iii Al Renlo t Island the of ii i lied american intercepting Force to get Only three planes. It i Jennie flies and let my it All the world like an old rom in f Ogress h it it did t last Ione Nice tie rangers moved int act an and a Long line of 11 Hull bad an Fig outskirts testifies to Hoe fact that Mussolini a warriors Erin t Filiti in wit flout making a gesture at defense. But n Ivy t he ran a i s a a it in Complete control serving a it Lead quates i it a Lour Story Hon v. Here Ila big shit fascist of tin Yeti in the Baron lived in a bin the b n in now Lan an Cie in t of while tile ran pm sleep in us bed my use Hipacio kit Hen i in a Ine in r he main him Loam Wail ii Baron i cd Rit in Appl in cd and forwarded Axis mid ties. Ran a Heel a pour pm while from a so id Silver service 1 he Boulder traps of re ii m oils a a us y u i ii forms now repose tasty souvenirs i Vii n \ by ill i and strips staff writer in r niger to Ken of a i a Cist hop i in tall of Lintel a equal a no Iii Sucre Seall along a Allied it it it the bums ii Tell army. Push-111. . Ail id i perched Lac Low Gate to i ii Tel drive Rig up tile a a cold Ilion i 3. I acus. And Augusta one am a an unit occupied a cd i i and then pm ii d it o a j tie i Nad la tis. One of oui la. I Danio Iii hied t i Augh in Etui to i a. A its Early de at of i it. 11 a i a n c Foci me a  Buet i. Ima Dud i f in my my 51 am Boa i Cli to a ill in or Aarn i Temh name. I no a Marl d-iiiin1 a ii 11 Ilia and is. Up i of a till a hut 1 in before t in a ill i unit Huhro Dha i a ers. A More i n j in \ Annot i t mid to Millerv a f ii if ii Niue a unit my med mrs t inks ordered n it tack Bute in with it it or la a i in ran it a of 11 Bat comm my Jam lied off at 2 330. Cont�?Tnio�?~1 on Page 3> nits and a Uba w i. Iii Era t it it ise and i a i Ltd it i Ute r to sweat unit a n god to i 11e a in a 5 Ato within 20 nil of i Intel Leria before Hie in Otoi became too hot tile lieu Zenani Mien baled oui and a picked tip from the sea i minutes later by the Rai an sea Rescue service two bout s later he was Back at his Home a none the wan e for jus experience reds slowed before Orel German resistance growing stronger Lonix n july 20 i he red army was fighting it Way through hedgehog a Meir is a it neared Hie to Rongholt of Rel with the c.er-ina11 pouring reinforcements into a Lim 1�?~itie hut to hold i la cd y at Hhd Cost. Tile soviets won forced to repulse 12 stroll counter attacks in their slow Advance hiring the Chiv. To wow said this nun Lime ii  brought  plan from leases in France and Austria to replace heavy Toa on the Eastern front Moscow radio said the red air Force Jins in t it j11 a k no the la m a 11 a feat he by heavily bombing enemy Aird Romes and by shooting Down Moi thin ii Joo planes daily in combat and by a it i air a 11 fir0 Fiman troops wet warned i Quot in t Cut emitting atrocities on so Iet population in occupied to t Mitory in 3.000.0 h a Atli to i Opp to Over the cd Man held Section of Russia. Tile i �11� t s a1 o conf tined in a Quot is Horn Jet Man w to prisoners $ i hero tan adv i in a a my have  the Oka Riser at on Point and have cleared a i i Quot a in id Quot Eji and on in a iian of on fit Ole. Strong i natural a Hai the soviet Capi a1 announced the till Lan column a Ivan it Una on Orel from the North has Reno of 11 a is 70 Village a lid til t Roop comme from the cad have occupied 49 or or localities within the Pas few Daw Moscow Raa of cd German i in a v to i c n re to a in a Over a it a of blood no la soviet began then Advance a k a of neat in 30 Moo nazi. Live Ben killed and More than 590 a Auk de toyed a bbl cot in p indent d cared. J he Etman t Hon a re i trn t roil in. Are be timing in i Venoil it if ire lenient and Vohr it such a Angl t is Ari Parent Thuv usually re a it Ariot Dei of or Var noted appoint redbrick washing on. July 20 Brig in i warn it e of a Dunck was appointed air judge advocate of Ria army air faces the War deportment announced Bay. 8th army holds against Axis attacks Ali in id us i Headquarters july 20 by Iti ii Aud Canad i a. In the Caliern and a n i d my 11.�n a of tin sicilian Hunt Are encountering heavy re i Tatua. While tin american a i a a it it push Forward against slight him Quot 1 i i ii a Nath Western halt a the inducing Lim it was an a ii. 1 a a a Lav it \1. I i t v i his Quot Iii ids he army was holding ifs get nailing i River Brid pm Iead against treated Comite attack or Ca n to them by axe troop a in i it h n. The Hermann Guerin i Rinan is infant in no it and try ass i veg Ite Nadier Pat a hut t in 11111 c Aiu Ulian lighting toward Lima it a in rugged country Nai the enter of the i roil t found the gome. Tough As the loth Panzer division contested every Inch of the Way. This is another of Hie divisions the germans have brought to Hie again alter their destruction m Tunisia. Pan of the american 7th army is moving along Hie coast West of Agrigento but it was not known Here How far the americans have progressed american forces have passed through a a a russet t a in tin heart of the Island and Are pressing northward toward Santa Catarina. Opposition in some cases has been lit11 More than the Token variety. It was reported Here today that hundreds of italians Are surrendering. There Are Many signs of Mutiny by italian troops who have been required to serve under German officers approximately 50 percent of prisoners taken Are of sicilian origin and most of these have expressed gratitude that the allies a of a 4 continued on Navy ships lost no men Washington. July 20 not. A Ingle Man was lost in Iii great movement of United states hoops a True Atlantic while hit Myu i Force was being built up in Utica for tile sicilian Campaign i Navy department disclosed to a \. During the eight months intervening Between Hie landings in Aine and Sicily tie United s ates v i Rnic to mad scores of trips carrying troops to augment Hie my Poi cd m Africa for them a Caon i ii ships under Admiral Shiv ii k. Ingersoll. Atlantic Heel comma rider in chief were shuttled Bink and Forth across the Ocean. Training in amphibious warfare a provided oms of til troops Alang i h tin amphibious Force j the Atlantic Fleet. Transports a my Landing Craft Winch took part in tile attack on Sicily Wen slops of the Fleet. A in a number it United states combat ships i rom to Allme lice a so v. Or added to Tibt ii Iii mar i Ancon la Quot of Admi ii Andrew Browne to Mug lain commander of ill the Allied naval tones Parfire Spaun in the i Quot cd the american units took Poi in the bombardment of enemy lion in to hat ions under the dire t command of vice Admiral h in. Hewitt commander of Hie u s naval forces in North Afri on Waters under Hie Osier atonal control of Admiral Cunningham  
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