Allied attack on Italy leads to surrender and revolt from Mussolini's rule

Record ID: 353306

  • Title: Allied attack on Italy leads to surrender and revolt from Mussolini's rule
  • Date: 2nd September 1943
  • Summary: Gaumont British Ident SLATE INFORMATION: Broken Axis, Italian Surrender Disintegrates Three-Power Pact ITALY: Calabria: EXT AARNOLD, Major General Mjr.Gen.H.H.at Citadel, Quebec for Conference w. Allied Chiefs ASSAULT LANDING CRAFT Troops & equipment embark from Sicily..land at dawn in Italy..disembark. ATHLONE, Earl of At Quebec Conference..arr:at Rideau Hall w.Roose
  • Embargoed: 17th September 1943 13:00
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  • Location: Canada
  • Country: Italy
  • Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA7UBQ87YGB73XSCF61D7F4LCMC
  • Story Text: British Eighth Army and U.S. Fifth Army invade the soft underbelly of Europe through Italy in Operation Baytown under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, leading to the unconditional surrender of Italy and its removal as an Axis power
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
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