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...Anglo-American invasion of Europe seems imminent. Allied leaders have promised again & again a many-pronged assault. The invading columns could spring from British and Mediterranean bases anywhere along the 4,000-mile front between the Arctic Circle and the Aegean Sea. But only action will reveal whether the many prongs will move simultaneously or in progression...
Moscow leveled big verbal guns at Que bec, let go a warning salvo: Aug. 12- "The Soviet Government did not receive an invitation to be present at the [Quebec] meeting." Aug. 20 - The Quebec conference is "serving the interests of the Anglo-American forces," but does not "express the opinion of the entire Anglo-Soviet-American coalition...
...What urgency spurred Anglo-American broadcasts to Europe's chafing underground? The London radio said: "You who belong to resistance groups of specialists know already that your services are wanted on day J at hour H." The Algiers radio told the people of Occupied Europe to "perfect all preparations in the shortest possible time...
Once planned, the Anglo-American money was made by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing. To guard the secret, the bills (issued in eight denominations from 1 to 1,000) were printed only with the legend "Allied Military Currency" on one side and the Four Freedoms (in English) on the reverse. Not till the invasion of Sicily began were the words "Lira" and "Series 1943," "Issued in Italy" printed on the bills. Seven tons (about 30,000,000 lira to the ton) were then loaded in two transport planes and flown abroad...
...stage where Italy could not withdraw, could not be neutral. If she were not on the German side, she had to take the Allied side. For Italy had become a vital breach in Festung Europa, an avenue to, and a rampart of, the inner citadel of Germany. The Anglo-American and the German military machines were squeezing her hard...