![]() ![]() At the end of a long and exposed supply line stretching back to Firenze, with Italian armour threatening to cut it at Montepulciano, the attack was immediately halted (Turkey five, Italy eleven casualties). It was being defended by two garrison divisions containing three brigades each and the initial progress was not promising. That morning, 1 Mot Div reached Civita Castellana and probed Rome itself at 9am to test its defences. ![]() In Turkey and the UGNR more widely, this was coupled with solemn ceremonies to commemorate the third anniversary of the gallant defence of Timisoara back in 1941 and the martyrs lost there. As the new month began, south of Genoa the Turkish attack on La Spezia had almost succeeded, while an Italian spoiling attack on Pisa was being pressed with some success.Īround the Comintern countries, May and Timisoara Day 1944 was being celebrated with more optimism than had been the case in recent years.
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