Crusade in Europe Assault on Italy (Season 1, Episode 9)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 19 min | Documentary, News, War

Crusade in Europe

Assault on Italy (Season 1, Episode 9)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 19 min | Documentary, News, War

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 ...See moreGeneral 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 Montgomery's forces coming from the south. Naples is taken on October 13, 1943. FDR, Churchill and Chiang Kai-Shek meet in Cairo. Written by Col_Hessler See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Harold Alexander Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Universal Newsreel (XIII) (1945)
Kai-Shek Chiang Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The People Between (1947)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Mark W. Clark Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Was an American Spy (1951)
Anthony Eden Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Maurice Joyce Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice) Dwight D. Eisenhower (voice) See fewer	Crusade in Europe (1949)
Albert Kesselring Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Croix de Lorraine en Italie (1944)
George C. Marshall Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Krymskaya konferentsiya (1945)
Bernard L. Montgomery Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Victory at Sea (1952)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Westbrook Van Voorhis Narrator Narrator See fewer	Tembo (1952)