Huge Italian Losses in Russia
MUSSOLINI FORCED TO STOP MASSACRE. Received Friday, 10.20 p.m. LONDON, Mar. 12. According to official figures in Rome the Italian Army has lost nearly a hundred thousand men in Russia in dead, wounded and missing, 40,000 of whom are missing. Reuter’s Zurich correspondent says Italian soldiers from Russia disclosed that their withdrawal was only effected after Mussolini’s vigorous insistence. The Germans at first categorically refused to let the Italians go and then refused any co-operation in transporting the Italians home. The official publication of a casualty list of 100,000 which was already known to the public caused such consternation that Mussolini had no alternative but to stop the massacre. The Italian public has been carefully prepared for heavy casualties. The authorities are now trying to counteract the public reaction by paying the relatives of the dead and missing a full year’s pay.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 61, 13 March 1943, Page 5
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