Crusade in Europe

Assault on Italy

Directed by George R. Black, Jack Glenn, Grey Lockwood
TV-PG
S1 • E9    Jun 30, 1949
6.0
General Montgomery attacks Italy across the Strait of Messina. A landing is made at Salerno to coincide with Italy's surrender, after Italy's fleet surrenders at Malta. The Germans resist the Salerno landing strongly. After 7 days the Allies manage to push back the enemy and link up with British forces coming from the south. FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo.

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Cast of Assault on Italy

  • Maurice JoyceDwight D. Eisenhower (voice)
  • Hugh JamesNarrator (voice)
  • Westbrook Van VoorhisNarrator (voice)
  • Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)
  • Franklin D. RooseveltSelf (archive footage)
  • Winston ChurchillSelf (archive footage)
  • George C. MarshallSelf (archive footage)
  • Mark W. ClarkSelf (archive footage)
  • Albert KessleringSelf (archive footage)
  • Harold AlexanderSelf (archive footage)
  • Bernard MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
  • Anthony EdenSelf (archive footage)
  • Chiang Kai-shekSelf (archive footage)

 

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