MODERN CRUSADERS
Allied Objective In Italy WASHINGTON, October 1.. The objective of the Allied l.orces in Ttalv was to free Rome, the Vatican and the Pope, much in the manner of a crusade, while avoiding all possible destruction, said President Roosevelt when addressing a Press conference. The city, he said, wits occupied by German forces, and the Vatican was virtually surrounded. Though the Pope was not in a state of siege, he had not anything resembling complete freedom because German troops were stationed round St. Peter’s Square, practically in his front garden. The President added that he hoped that the monuments and the historical part of Rome would be recovered by the Allies without destruction. Everything possible would be done to protect the Vatican. The Germans would try .to induce destruction in Rome by Allied forces, and he indicated that the American forces would be on the alert against any such effort.
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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 7, 4 October 1943, Page 5
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152MODERN CRUSADERS Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 7, 4 October 1943, Page 5
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