Allies Inch Toward Sicily In Major Sicilian Campaign
Allied headquarters report a powerful advance through Sicilian defense salients as American and British forces tighten the noose on Sicily’s northeastern tip. American Seventh Army pushes from the west, British Eighth Army advances from the east with heavy air and sea actions supporting.
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Belman Morin
North Africa
Sicily
Eighth Army
Catania
Seventh Army
Dwight D. Reisenhower
British Leaders Ordered To Stand By For Emergency
London reports Allied unity as United States Great Britain and Soviet Russia coordinate on the Italian crisis. Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered all British cabinet members and top military chiefs to stand by over the weekend for possible developments in the Italian situation.
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United States
Great Britain
Soviet Russia
Italy
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Moscow
Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
Russia
Germany
Danish Workers Say Hamburg Has Ceased To Exist
Danish workers flee Hamburg describe the city as wiped out by raids. Aftonbladet quotes one saying block after block of the city is gone and 200 Danes killed. Berlin newspapers note extensive destruction and life loss, but a spokesman doubts further invasions will follow Allied action.
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Stockholm
Hamburg
Denmark
Aftonbladet
Berlin
Soviet Push Breaks German Breakthrough Near Orel
Moscow reports say German reinforcements flown in less than a day earlier broke before a Red Army onslaught that drove to within miles of Orel. The communique notes 4,000 German troops killed or wounded as Russians gained up to six miles and captured 20 villages while repelling German attacks in multiple sectors.
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Russia
Germany
Red Army
Orel
Stettin
Orél
Belgorod
Yugoslav Guerrillas Break Italian Lines Near Udine
The Yugoslav government announced that Gen Draja Mihailovic's fifth and sixth brigades of Slovene partisans breached Italian lines and reached the Udine region in northern Italy. The report said volunteers from the Slovene population were rapidly joining the resistance and recruitment had begun.
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London
Draja Mihailovic
Udine
Italy
New Thrusts Against Japs Indicated
Washington July 31 Allied arms in the Pacific are to launch major offensives against Japan after a shift from the island to base plan. Navy Secretary Knox suggested targeted strikes on Truk Philippines bases and northern island posts, with China operations to support the western flank and a reopened Burma Road moving vast supplies to Chinese armies and air forces. President Roosevelt said the enemy would be attacked from all corners of the compass.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Kassel
Soldier Finds Grandfather in Palermo
In Palermo a weary American soldier helps an old man find a grandson in the U S Army. Private Tony Calato of San Francisco, stationed nearby, embraces his crying grandfather after the elder man learns his grandson serves with the Allied forces in North Africa.
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North Africa
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Tony Calato
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Calato
Gramp
Flamethrowers Aid U S Attack At Munda In Solomon Islands
Yates McDaniel reports Allied forces use tanks and flamethrowers to clear Japanese positions in rock caves and pillboxes around Munda, with advances aided by naval air cover. MacArthur’s communique notes heavy air strikes on Ballale and continued destruction of Japanese shipping including barges.
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Solomon's
Bairoko Harbor
Bairoko
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New Guinea
War Today on Italian Fleet and Mussolini’s “fleet in being”
The column notes Allied air presence over the Italian fleet with limited bombing, citing La Spezia Taranto Bari and other harbors as heavily defended. It discusses why Mussolini maintains a dispersed fleet and whether Italy might edge into the war, while highlighting expert views on naval dispositions and potential shifts in Italian stance.
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Sicily
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Axis Consuls Order Nazis To Leave Italy
German civilians in Italy were urged to return home at once amid intensified Vatican diplomacy. Italian police chief Chierici and assistant were assassinated. Croats at Chiasso ordered to surrender arms within 48 hours. Badoglio government seeks orderly peace while Vatican talks continue. Cardinal Maglione and other diplomats await audiences.
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Switzerland
Italy
Vatican
la Suisse
Geneva
Chierici
Chiasso
Milan
Pietro Badoglio
Rome
Basler Nachrichten
Badoglio
Ple
Luigi Cardinal Magliione
RAF Raiders Blast Remscheid German Steel Center
Allied air offensive targets Remscheinid Remscheid a key German steel center near the Ruhr with heavy bombing by RAF crews. Mosquitos and Beauflighters sweep French and Dutch targets while losses rise and Allied leaders coordinate warnings and terms for unconditional surrender.
Viereck Sentenced For Foreign Agents Act Violation
George Sylvester Viereck, alleged pro German propagandist, was today sentenced to one to five years in prison for violating the foreign agents registration act. Defense plans to appeal to the United States Court of Appeals. Viereck was convicted July 16 on all six counts for failing to list foreign principals he worked for before Pearl Harbor.
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George Sylvester Viereck
Pulinc
United States Court of Appeals
Viereck
Pearl Harbor
Unrest In Balkans Underground Awaits Uprising Orders
Reports from multiple fronts describe increased activity by underground forces in occupied Europe seeking orders to rise against Axis powers. Nazi threats and Italian crisis push raise fears of broader resistance as Athens, Paris, and Bern relay clashes, strikes, and troop redeployments amid Greek guerrilla action.
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Europe
Benito Mussolini
Berlin
Athens
Vichy
Allied warning after air offensive resumes against Italy
Allied headquarters in North Africa announced a stern warning to Italians that the aerial offensive would be resumed immediately. The breathing space is ended, the command said, blaming the new Badoglio government for delaying and allowing German positions to strengthen. The first UN radio broadcast from the base was to be followed by programs from London and Washington.
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London
Italy Could Exit War Tomorrow Banner Sparks London
A London cabinet meeting generated excitement with talk that Italy may capitulate soon. Vatican reports and diplomat consultations fueled the sense that Italy’s resistance could end, while public anger at Badoglio’s delay stirred speculation he might resign to pursue peace terms.
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Luigi Cardinal Maglioni
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