MUSSOLINI RELEASED
Gerntaii liberation Claim (Rec. noon.) LONDON, Sept. 12
Mussolini is at liberty, says a communique issued from Hitler's headquarters.
The German news agency issued a communique which states: "German parachutists, men of the security service, and armed S.S. iottay. performed an operation for the liberation of Mussolini, who had been imprisoned by the clique of traitors. The coup succeeded, and the Duce is at liberty. The handing- over of the Duce to the British and Americans, agreed to by the Badoglio Government, has thus been frustrated."
moment from the Allies' lack of airfields within satisfactory fighter range. The possession of landing grounds £ould quickly alter the picture. Indeed, the picture probably would be different if it had not been for the exceptional speed with which the Germans £cted as soon as the armistice was announced. In the few hours between the announcement and the landings the Germans oiisted the ; Italians from" the coast defences and' manned points along them with Germans, and German sappers quickly and thoroughly mined the beaches and roads. — 8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 64, 13 September 1943, Page 5
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