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ALLIES SMASH GUSTAV LINE—FIRST PHOTOS
CASTLEFORTE, ITALY—This photo, one of the first originals to be received in the U.S. of the current smashing Allied offensive against the Germans in Italy, shows two American-equipped French soldiers of the Fifth Army, holding submachine guns ready for use (left), as they round up enemy soldiers in Castleforte after it had been taken by the Allies the second day of the attack. The Germans were left to defend the town “at all costs”, but were no proof against the fury of the Fifth Army advance. Today, five days after this photo was taken, the Allies have almost completely obliterated the Gustav line and are pressing strongly against the Hitler Line—last line of Nazi fortifications in Italy.
Credit: Acme photo by Charles Seawood for the War Picture Pool