Italian Slump

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Channel: British Movietone · 2015 · News & Politics

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(29 Jul 1943) The third report from Sicily shows the rapid advance of the Eighth Army after the first footholds in the South East corner of the island had been secured. General Montgomery, commander of the Eighth, drove along the coast road to sum up the situation. The people of Sicily welcomed our troops and dispensed what hospitality they could. Troops finding a train-load of flour left behind by the Italians, distributed it among the local population.

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