Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Vol. 1 no. 56 wednesday july 21, 1943. S. Army newspaper one franc attack considered for Lons while general disclosed by to set. Ill ton Lehman Start and stripes staff writer Allied Force Headquarters july 19 delayed a Rome burned today. The communique which will soon arrive from Here will Tell you about the railroads marshalling Yards and air installations that were bombed at Points known As Littorio san Lorenzo and Stampini in the capital City of Kyfus Solins Long suffering Empire give the Overall picture of one of the greatest air attacks Ever launched from the continent of Africa and the heaviest air bombardment Italy has Ever suffered. At this time i Don t know How Many bombers and fighters went Over he targets nor How much damage was done these figures have not yet been released but what i could see leaning Over the Pilot s compartment ill miss Maisie a b-25, and from what i heard the returning Crews Sar about the raid it appears tonight. To have been a Gigantic Success. If the Axis was not surprised by the arrival of one of the greatest if hot the greatest air armadas to leave the shores of North Africa then it was totally unprepared to receive it. M3sson described i Cwm hop a a a rear wow of selected correspondents i listened to a 3o-year-dd one Star Geraald who is assistant chief of staff and operations chief for it. Gen. Carl a. Spaatz commanding general of the Northwest african air Force describe the Mission set for today its significance and projected effect. The attack on Rome Quot he Siad Quot has been considered for some time. It was avoided As Long As possible. But the line of Axis communications through Italy runs through Rome making it a vital military objective once the military operation reaches the stage where Nai attack on Rome cannot be avoided. Quot we have now reached a Point Quot said the general Quot where it is necessary to attack  Rome is obviously a target providing the Axis wit. Food for it amp propaganda at a time when a Fly propaganda is having a hard time making reasonable copy. But Rome today was attacked with the utmost scent fic precision Ever required of a bombing Mission and bombing is always a precision device. Accurate units a. To get Back to what the operations general had to say Quot we have selected the Best most expert groups in this theater for this lob a be said. Quot Rome will be attacked Only by those until who have demonstrated without doubt the  not Only were the units selected with gave tint every military target Quot in Rome that was bombed today was4 selected after a careful cont do Raton of the safety Factor. The target closest to any sign if institution is Over a Fyk half away and Otu temper mows Here Aemon to rated that they can Tefr As dose As Yaw to our troops �?4� they did during the tending o 4 Pantelleria without having a single bomb go  the Mission for today s bombing was to destroy aircraft Ai drome facilities and Railroad communion ton so to Cut Italy s spinal Cord at its base. The first sing of bombs text of Gen. Spaatz message to Doolittle by led Force head Dar a july 20�?lt. Gun. # Carl Spaatz. Command Long general of the Northwest. African air forces sent a message of congratulations to maj. Gen. James a Doolittle and his swat Egic air Force on the Success of yesterdays raid on Rome. The text of the message which was sent immediately following the raid reads As follows a. Quot the strategic air Force has delivered an accurate devastating attack today. Air chief marshal Tedder has requested me to extend his congratulations to which i add mine for the precision with listed. Quot it is one of the Many accurate attacks hich your forces have carried oxi during the present Battle All of which have had marked significance in the successful  germans pour text Morel yanks meet weak opposition in Central Sicily a i Jed Force Headquarters july 20�?british and Canadian forces on the Eastern and Central sectors of the sicilian front were encountering heavy resist London july "20�?the red army was fighting its Way through hedgehog defences As it hit near the stronghold of Orel last night with the germans pouring reinforcements into a supreme Effort to hold the City at any Cost. The soviets were forced to repulse 12 Strong counterattacks in their slow Advance during the Day Moscow said this morning. The germans have brought 1,000 planes from bases in France and Austria to replace heavy losses on the Eastern front Moscow radio said. The red air Force is plucking the Luftwaffe a feathers by heavily bombing enemy Aird Romes and by shooting Down More than 100 planes daily in combat and by anti aircraft fire. German troops were warned against committing atrocities on soviet population in occupied territory in 3,000,000 leaflets dropped Over the German held sections of Russia. The leaflets also captained messages from German War prisoners. The russian advancing armies have crossed the Oka River at one Point and have cleared a Large Bridgehead on the Bank of Orel s strongest natural defences the soviet capital announced. The russian column advancing on Orel from the North has recaptured 70 villages and the troops coming from the East have occupied 40 More localities within the past few dam Moscow reported. German forces have been retreating Over a sea of blood since the soviets began their Advance a week ago. Nearly 30,000 Naxos have been killed and More than 500 , a bbl correspondent Sec area the germans though resisting strongly Are becoming nervous about encirclement and where such danger becomes apparent they usually Retreat another observer commented. A heavy damage is caused to rail centers airports Allied Force head Quad. Tees july 20�?a powerful Allied air Armada of More than 500 bombers carried out yesterdays mass attack on the Imperial City of Rome it was announced Here to t ,. Dap ii try can forces Are pounding Munda Ance while a american troops photographic reconnaissance Pic Are a Din Unaa Forward amidst Onno Tures taken an hour after to be last Al drome last of the pus a Forward against right oppo bomber had left Rome revealed japanese on the new Georgia is sit ion along Che Western half of that the Allied bombs were Confin Lai p Solomons by land fighting line it was announced de to the target area and that an air More than 160 tons of Here today head damage was Don a to Ftp High explosives were hurled on the Lucre a Railroad Yards and the Quot airports area occupied by the japanese Dur Gen. Sir Bernard Law Mont the attack on the italian coital ins the past week while our land Gomegys 8ht army was to Ding its tax do few of the  forces had worked their Way Goma Lunga River Bridgehead a Woxen West Ain .urrt1.v a a mud to the outer about three Miles from Latante can air forces coordinated with through a sea of mud to the outer repeated naw a the 9th d. S. Air Foroe was con defences of the important air u3m�sjwu Side red highly successful and loss drome including the Hermano Goering is were negligible. At the same time the Allied regiment German the Naaf lost five planes on South Pacific headquarter  u,.i f rep serving As infantile raid and escorting lighters de news of a brute my. I1 �1 try men. Canadians fighting to brought Down two enemy air air Victory Oxar a word Ramacca in the rugged coun Bunij Bers moved in on Ese Force try near the a ote of the front j was slight. Only 20 to 35 planes Xii Ein a Arlene w6vy ans army t were  shot Down 16 bombers and ill Sif i 5? during the entire raid severe 45 fighters of Aflee of 75 planes a a Vons Tiit mans have damage was done to the san to attempting to Mitt american Pojo a Renzo marshalling Yards where sit ions of Bendova Island. The strict pm in Timela traffic As completely blocked. I combined american interceptor destruction in Tunisia. Rect hits were scored on both Force lost Only three panes. Round houses roiling Stock and a other Railroad Tryg Taiin tin re a the Quot important Taconelli steel Plant b-26 flies 350 Miles and a Large chemical Plant nearby wt���?oss�kt���s�,.w on on. Good engine four Miles to the North of Rome. Was hit at least 50 times and is 50 percent blocked to part of the american 7h army was moving along the coast West of Agrigento. Butt was. Not inc Rel Here How far the americans had progressed. American forces have passed through Caltanissetta in the heart of the Island and Are pressing toward Santa Catarina. Opposition in some cases has been it was dropped by flying fortresses a. On the san Lorenzo marshalling 5�y pcs Dupote Yards by Saaf bits. They 7 r were followed lit Over the target by u6aaf b-26 marauders and b-25 Mitchells escorted a by p-38 lightnings. From the 9thair Force stationed in the Middle Bast came b-24 liberators. Forty five minutes after the a continued on Paga 41 Washington the Axis situation in Sicily appear to be Quot desperate Quot ool. Ernest Depuy of the army Public relations office said in an army hour broadcast. Quot the Campaign has reached the second stage that of exploitation and Allied losses have been Gratis a singly Small Quot he Van fat the Allied Force head Quad tie More than the Tob it a variety Yard is Hiehle pipe Triffet and or 1kks. Juljl20 a setting a new an j it was reported Here Toi a that Ries the bulk of All freight Trail distance re dior flying a there Are Many signs of Mutiny by diff ram Talset Anorth a a Zoa Miu of a to Rome Naples and the South bade from a Naples raid cowered c p Girman pm West coast. The san Lorenzo Yard irn Miles in the two and a halt is equally important servicing and hours the cation Ocic de july approximately 50 percent of the a air Center for Raiffa cities. It we Ann a pm feed say and be 1 get too is electrified and is on the a a Rin and most of these have sex Belt line joining with the two besides the non functioning in pressed gratitude that the allies main lines from Florence and name capt my Clefs Piane Nav a chose to open their european Cam pies and on the coastal lines from of inc cd Stem and be ? Sicily thifs they Are go Enoa broken  system Ana be reported to have said the War was both marshalling Yards Are of the Tisdel it rank tothe left Over for them 600ner vital military importance to the Allied forces have captured their Axis War Effort. They bottleneck j a fourth division commander it was All rail passenger and freight tray they had to Jettison everything revealed. He is Gen. Giullo Cesar Fie in the Southern italian Penin on the Ripe Eysep t e one Gotti forc Inari who once com Sula. Engine. The radio operator and Many eco a division in Lybia but Allied bombers carried the r at to Pilot passed stuff to the Navi Wafi sent Home. Among other com tack to the Ciampino Airport out Gator who gave it to the gunner maner8 who did poorly in the Side the City. Several hangars were Jjo ,ew1, t out c5rahajl Leblan fighting he soon found blasted or burned and a a Large a axe Jar himself in Sicily Allied author away what they could not pry tips i Pampa continued on Page 4 Loose let 1�arnea Loose. Today a War communique failed to reveal the capture of any Bicili towns not already officially Anas fallen. The front not roughly from an Undis Point West of Agrigento on the South coast East to Canicatti Northeast to a Point a few Miles above Caltanissetta on the Caltanissetta Santa Caterina Road in the Center of the Island. Prom Here ,. The line dips slightly southward Butera. Sicily this Little town in the main living room where and Westward toward Piazza arts nine Miles from Gela As the Crow the Baron recently approved and Mema to a spot just below ram flies. It is perched atop a Maun forwarded Axis mandates. Ranger Acca. Then the front inclines a attain and looks All the world like officers pour his wine from a solid tie to the North As it Miles to its an old roman fortress but it did t Silver service. The shoulder strap Eastern end on the Gema Lunga last Long once the rangers moved of the Baron s Gaudy uniforms now River Delta. Into action. A Long line of italian reposes in Ranger pockets. Tasty bodies on the outskirts testifies to souvenirs of a fascist Flop. The fact Titei Mussolini s carriers the fall of Butera equals Semi via mrk convicted did t fold up1 without malting a Ilar successes All along the Allied t Vii Tivice gesture at defense. Front. The British 8th army push Washington a George Syl but now the rangers Are in ing steadily ahead is below Cata Vester Viereck German pro Pagan Complete control. 8erving As head Nia after driving up the East coast dist was convicted in his second quarters is a four Story House through Syracuse and Augusta trial of violating the foreign where the big shot fascist of this one american unit occupied re agents registration act. The Jurji Section the Barons lived like a Gusa and then retired in favor of found him guilty on All six counts King. The Baron now languishes in the canadians. One of our Divis a previous conviction is thrown jail while the rangers sleep in his ions smashed through Niscemi to out by the supreme court and a Beds and use his spacious Kitchen Crown its Early defeat of the her a trial ordered. He faces a possible ton a Mesa Mann Goering panzers m year sentence. To reveal Baron languishes h jail As rangers take Over la Butera