Break through Gustav and Hitler lines in bold Allied push
Allied forces launched a major offensive against the Gustav line and its stronger Hitler line defenses. The push featured intense artillery and air support, with heavy German fire and continuous bombardment as engineers and Allied troops moved to seize these fortified positions along the Garigliano front.
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Gustav Line
Hitler
Bitler
Gustav
Hitler Line
Associated Press
Lynn Heinwerling
Eighth Army
Fifth Army Quits Cassino and Shifts to New Sector
American forces under General Clark evacuate Cassino after three months of fierce combat and transfer divisions to the British Eighth Army. The Fifth Army moves west toward the Tyrrhenian coast with several infantry divisions including the 3rd, 94th, 36th and 45th, as the Cassino objective is designated to the Eighth Army.
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Fifth Army
Cassino
Edward Kennedy
Italy
Rome
General Clark
Eighth Army
Alte
Anzio
Garigiiano
Auronel Mountains
Miniaroe
Agin
Terracina
United States
Allies Mass for Drive Toward Rome From Cassino Front
Allied forces planned a push toward Rome with Cassino as a springboard as German evacuations and flooding of the Pontine marshes limited the advance. Kenneth L. Dixon and Sid Feder reported heavy artillery with five thousand rounds in one sector and swift shifts of divisions between Fifth and Eighth Armies as French troops remained with the Fifth.
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Pontine
Anzio
Rome
Associated Press
Kenneth L. Dixon
Rapido
Casalio
Cassino
Sid Feder
Tront
Thunderous Dawn Breaks Across Night Front
The narrator describes a night of heavy bombardment with dozens of flash bursts from artillery and aircraft, noting red lines from 25 pounders and larger white bursts from medium and heavy guns, and tracer fire over the Rapido front as allied troops attack Gustav One. The piece ends with a note on Argentina’s long Atlantic coastline of 1610 miles.
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Denly
Hecht
Lght Green
New Zealand
Nazis Use Flame Throwers in Italy In Fifth Army Front
On the Garigiano front in Italy the German forces used flame throwers during the first night of the Allied offensive against the Fifth Army. An operations officer confirmed at least three encounters with flame throwers overnight.
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Italy
Iano Front
Fifth Army
Jerry
Italy Offensive Not Invasion Report From The War Desk
The War Department offered no new comment on the Italian offensive noting that news would come from the European theater when invasion begins. Observers watch for large American troop involvement and any tactical bombing as the campaign expands beyond Anzio.
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Italy
Ington
War Department
European
Washington
Mediterranean
Anzio
Cassino
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