Italy declares war on Germany joins Allies in World War II
President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin announced Italy has declared war on Germany. Badoglio notified Eisenhower that Italy breaks with the Axis and will march with the Allies toward victory. The leaders said Italy’s co belligerency will not alter armistice terms and a new democratic government would be formed.
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Allied Fifth Army Presses Through Italian Front Near San Croce
Allied forces advance along the Volturno and Adriatic fronts in central Italy as the Fifth Army moves toward San Croce, with British, Canadian and Indian units probing fortifications near Bonefro Colletorto and Santa Maria, while reports indicate continued artillery duels and river crossings along the Volturno line. The push aims to breach German positions, though gains across the central front remain unconfirmed.
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Noland Norgaard
Tral Italy
Telandolfo
San Croce
Eighth Army
Ric
Boneforo
la Croce
Forturno
Fifth Army
Adriatic
Bernard L. Montgomery
Termoli
Bonefro
Colletorto
Montgomery
Santa
Volturno
Mark W. Clark
Oltarno
Russians Launch New Drive North of Kiev Amid War Front Shifts
Soviet forces widen west bank offensives as Red Star cites shift from German air superiority to Soviet air initiative. Berlin reports heavy fighting near Kiev with continued assaults and tallies 700 to 1,500 German casualties in separate encounters.
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Orel
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Kharkov
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Batk
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Red Army
Thunderbolt P-47s Sweep Japanese in New Guinea Fight
Allied dispatch reports four Thunderbolts engaged 32 Japanese fighters over WeWak New Guinea. Col N E Kearby of Dallas and San Antonio downed five planes in a single engagement, helping tally at least eight enemy kills with three more probable. The action followed broader Allied advances and mopping up in the Solomons with New Zealand troops entering the theater on Vella Lavella.
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New Guinea
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San Antonio
Tex
Guadalcanal
Solomon Waters
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Ramu
Madang
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
New Zealand
Solomons
Vella Lavella
H. F. Barrowclough
U. S
Coal Deposit Rediscovered To Ease East Coast Shortage
POTTSVILLE Pa Oct 13 a vast bank of waste anthracite has been salvaged after discovery near the Stevens Coal Company and Reading Coal and Iron lease agreement. Operators estimate enough coal exists to heat 100000 homes all winter for use in eastern seaboard cities.
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Graziani Arrives at Hitler HQ for Staff Conferences
The Berlin radio reported Marshal Rodolfo Graziani, war minister of Mussolini's Fascist Republican government, has arrived at Adolf Hitler's headquarters for staff conferences.
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London
Berlin
Rodolfo Graziani
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Youngsters Attacked By House Group
Washington reports a congressional committee attacks inexperienced young personnel in top Washington posts as bottlenecks to the war effort. It cites inflated job titles, salary hikes of 600 to 1200 dollars, and “personal machines” of allies moving between jobs.
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Georgia
Death of Representative Creal Delays Benefit Payment Action
Washington reports House action to boost survivor benefits for dependents of enlisted service members was postponed due to the death of Representative Creal. The measure aimed to increase death benefit payments and support for servicemen families.
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House
Representative Creal
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Rayburn
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Lhcan
Martin
Massachusetts
Rep
Clason
R-Mass
Senate
House Committee
May
Italy Declares War While Portugal Uses Azores Base
The piece notes Italy's declaration of war viewed as aiding the Allies, with moral gains emphasized and Italy kept as a co-belligerent. It also highlights Portugal granting Allied access to the Azores, seen as a strategic blow to U boats and hinting at neutrals opening to Allied cooperation.
FDR Shows Less Caution in War News During Conferencing
President Roosevelt voiced analyses of European Pacific and home fronts at two press radio briefings. He highlighted Britain Portugal Azores base use and cited American submarine success in the Pacific with monthly sinkings near 130 000 tons. He detailed air raid fuel, bombs, and miles flown while urging calm over oil and base policy debates.
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Europe
Pacific
Congress
Churchill
Britain
Portugal
Azores
United States
Germany
Gremen
Vegesack
Office of War Information
Japan
Australia
Italy Shifts Again as War Turmoil Deepens
Italy moves toward the Allies after ending its Axis partnership with Germany. The shift follows Mussolini’s 1940 invasion of France and the September armistice and Badoglio government resistance to German occupation. Italy’s wartime casualties and nearly 1,000,000 prisoners shape the new position.
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Italy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pietro Badoglio
Sicily
Benito Mussolini
France
Badoglio
Austria
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