Articles from “Corriere della Sera” and “La Stampa”. These two important newspapers are printed in Mialn and Turin, both cities under the German occupation. Both articles were printed on the cover page of the papers on June 7th. “La Stampa” publishes a map indicating the areas of the landing and together with a concise text highliths a negative political comment about the “enemy”. The one article on the “Corriere della Sera” on the contrary, highlights the readiness and the efficiency of the German response which supposedly was able to avoid the landing of many crafts.
Journal
Silla G. Paparini, an intern in several military camps in Germany, kept a journal where he took note of events such as the liberation of Rome in the afternoon of June 6th, and in a more detailed fashion of the D-Day. Thee news came through the Germans. The anglo-american landing in Normandy had already been reason for bets among the interns but nobody expected it to arrive so soon. The news was welcomed with “ cries of joy”. The long wait and the news were all experienced in a hut in Sandbostel, a place where everyday life was a mixture of hunger, malaria, a wait for the packages and among the cultural activities, a conference about the Italian poet Pascoli.
Photo
The picture was taken from a web site, published on the 60th anniversary of the landing. The photo represents a bloodless landing, when the soldiers arrive on the beach.
Video. “Combat Film” .
The allied forces film the Germans giving up in a forest in Northern France.
Oral Source.
Interview to Domenico Baldolato. The interviewee was an Italian milirary intern (IMI) in a German camp. He heard about the news through the grapevine in the camp. No certainty about the news. The certainty about the Angloamerican action arrived only when the Germans abandoned the camp.