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July 25, 1944

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ALLIES CLEAR ARNO ON WIDE STRETCH; 49 Miles of South Bank Freed of Germans -- Pisa Street Fighting Continues ALLIES CLEAR ARNO ON WIDE STRETCH

By the United Press

Allies reach 12 mi of Florence; clear 49 mi of Arno River south bank from its mouth to San Miniato; Pisa st battles reptd, Leaning Tower area; US units cross Arno Canal; occupy Cascina and Tenuta del Tombola area; Gers shell Pontedera and Leghorn; Allies capture Monte Morocco; push north, Strada sector; S African units meet stiff resistance, Greve and San Michele areas; 8th Army forces capture San Giovanni; reach toward Monte Marciano; fight on Prato Magno Mt mass to command Arno Valley; Gers hold Terranova; Allies progress from Citta di Castello; Gubbio monastery captors refusal to surrender noted; Poles battle Gers in Ostra area, Adriatic sector

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Notable Births

1944Sally Beauman, English journalist and author (died 2016)[†]

Sally Vanessa Beauman was an English journalist and writer. She was the author of eight widely translated and best-selling novels.

Historical Events

Operation Spring

1944World War II: Operation Spring near Caen is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.[†]

Operation Spring was an offensive operation of the Second World War conducted by II Canadian Corps during the Normandy campaign in 1944. The plan was intended to create pressure on the German forces operating on the British and Canadian front simultaneous with Operation Cobra, an American offensive. Operation Spring was intended to capture Verrières Ridge and the villages on the south slope of the ridge. A successful German defence of the ridge contained the offensive on the first day, and inflicted many casualties on the Canadians.