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Today in World War II History—July 20, 1943

Thursday, July 20, 2023 by Sarah Sundin
US Army Signal Corps troops in Caltanissetta, Sicily, after 17 July 1943 (US Army Center of Military History)

US Army Signal Corps troops in Caltanissetta, Sicily, after 17 July 1943 (US Army Center of Military History)

80 Years Ago—July 20, 1943: As Americans drive north in Sicily toward Palermo, Italian forces surrender en masse.

Soviets order all partisans in Nazi-occupied Europe to attack rail lines.

Germans arrest French resistance member Geneviève de Gaulle, niece of Gen. Charles de Gaulle; she will survive the war in Ravensbrück concentration camp.

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