The massive fire potential of German’s defense hits allied forces on Normandy coast

Source	Front page of “Corriere della Sera” (June 7th, 1944)
Event referred to	6th, June 1944: D_Day
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Description of the source	Kind of source: Newspaper Front page Origin of the source: website of “Corriere della Sera” Language: Italian Copyright issues: The cost is € 17,00
Contextualisation of the source	The file shows the first page of the main Italian daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera, on June 7th, 1944, the day after the “D-Day”. This newspaper is printed in Milan, and at that time it was still under the control of the fascist Italian Social Republic (RSI – Repubblica Sociale Italiana) and of the Nazi, who didn’t agree any freedom to the press.
Interpretation of the source	The source has a great value in order to understand the Italian point of view. This, in that period, was nothing more than a Nazifascist point of view, so the Allied invasion of Normandy is presented as an immediate defeat.
Original Contents	Arde la battaglia del Vallo Atlantico. La massa di fuoco della difesa germanica batte le unità “alleate” sulla costa della Normandia. Reparti tedeschi di tutte le specialità immediatamente entrati in azione. Quasi tutte le forze paracadutiste annientate. Gran parte delle truppe sbarcate ricacciate in mare.
Original Contents (English Translation)	The Atlantic Wall battle is burning. The massive fire potential of German defence strikes the “allied” units on the coasts of Normandy. German units of all specialities entered immediately in action. Nearly all the parachutist forces destroyed. Great part of disembarked troops removed in the sea.