{"id":75793,"date":"2022-08-21T04:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T08:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=75793"},"modified":"2022-08-20T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:53:25","slug":"sicily-liberated-italy-in-the-firing-line-ww2-208-august-20-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/08\/21\/sicily-liberated-italy-in-the-firing-line-ww2-208-august-20-1943\/","title":{"rendered":"Sicily Liberated; Italy in the Firing Line &#8211; WW2 &#8211; 208 &#8211; August 20, 1943"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MvzualdJenc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>World War Two<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 20 Aug 2022<\/p>\n<p>The British and Americans race for Messina to complete the conquest of Sicily &mdash; who will reach it first? On New Guinea, the Allies destroy a substantial Japanese air force; there are several major Allied air raids over Europe, the fighting in the USSR around Kharkov is brutal and costly for both sides, and a secret Allied leadership conference in Quebec begins to determine the course of the war. 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