The battle on the French coast from Cherbourg to Le Havre

Source	“La Stampa” (Wednesday 7th June 1944)
Event referred to	6th June 1944: D-Day
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Description of the source	Kind of source: Newspaper article Origin of the source: Archive of the newspaper Language: Italian Copyright issues: full availability
Contextualisation of the source	The newspaper "La Stampa" is printed Turin, city evidently spin-German centre of the Italian Social Republic: the event of the disembarkation in Normandy, announced from the newspaper the day after (7 June 1944), in any case comes diminished.
Interpretation of the source	Besides the comments on the disembarkation in Normandy, there are comments aimed only to emphasize the German victories. The newspaper, in that period, could only write what Nazi and Fascist wanted and what could in any way help their propaganda towards the victory.
Original Contents
Original Contents (English Translation)	“Launch of parachutists in the night on the Norman Islands and behind shoreline - Disembarks begin at the dawn on the peninsula of Cotentin and at the outlet of Seine, Orne and Vire - After eighteen hours of strong fight the enemy maintained only one bridgehead in the zone of Caen.”