The War Illustrated
Object
Magazine
Production date
1943 = 1944
Object number
1989.73
Physical Description
War magazine : 'The War Illustrated' no. 183
Material
Paper
Dimension
Height: 282mm
Width: 225mm
Width: 225mm
On display?
No
Inscription
General Sir Harold Alexander, G.C.B., C.S.I., D.S.O., M.C., Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Armies in Italy, watched keenly the succesful progress of our troops as they engage the enemy at the commencement of the great new offensive on May 11, 1944. General Alexander was appointed Commander-in-Chief on December 24, 1943. On May 12, 1944, in an order of the day addressed to his forces in Englsih, French, Italian, and Polish he declared, "We are going to destroy the German armies in Italy".