This Day in History
Blowing the Bridge


On a day like today in 1944…

During World War II, throughout Europe, “underground” freedom fighters resisted the German occupation, but after July 1943 with the invasion of Sicily, there were many joint operations in which the liberating armed forces of the Allies were aided by these resistance groups.



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