orders "Duce" will be substituted by
Prime Minister.
Step by step the Americans are reducing
the Japanese position at Munda
airfield which is now surrounded.
Stiff fighting is reported from New Guinea
where the Japanese are strongly
counterattacking.
6/5/1943 6 pm. Frank Philips
British, Canadian and American troops are
making more progress along the line in
Sicily since the capture of Catania.
The 8th Army from Catania is now 50
miles from Messina.
The Germans are still holding out and at
Adrano. Biancavilla has also been
captured. The Americans are attacking
Troina. The previous report that this
place has been taken is premature.
Orel is now behind the Russians. Belgorod
fell to mass-attacks by infantry from
the North East and under masterful
air support. The Russian advance
continues. Near Izyum the Germans are
trying to regain lost ground
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