CBS World News – April 13th, 1952
April 13th, 1952
CBS World News
"The world today. The Columbia Broadcasting System now presents a summary of the all the important world news today. Reports from CBS correspondents by trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific short wave radio, and the latest developments as received by the Columbia's news room here in New York. Tonight we will be reporting on the latest military events from Europe via our correspondents in Paris."
"This is Paris. In recent news regarding the front in Europe, significant gains have been made against Axis forces along the Franco-Italian border. It is here that Allied troops, spearheaded by the American and British units, have continued to decimate Axis lines in the area. After sustaining heavy poundings by the American and British airforces, Italian troops have retreated from the key fortress cities of Turin and Genoa. These cities, heavily defended by massive works of concrete emplacement, have been previously a thorn in the Allied advance. This is no longer the case, and these fortifications will assist the Allied effort in knocking Italy out of the war, thus opening the entire southern belly of the German beast."
"German forces have again assaulted the Cottbus segment of the Allied line near Berlin. This attack, which comprised of over 750,000 German soldiers, is the latest in a series of assaults aimed at taking pressure off of Berlin. The Allied efforts have been hampered by these assaults, which has delayed the preparations for the massive assault on Berlin."
"In Asia, the Red Army has begun putting heavy pressure on Korean forces. The recent advance opened up with a heavy aerial bombardment by 24 squadrons of ground-attack fighters that struck anything that moved. The few Korean fighters that put up a fight were quickly destroyed. After the bombardment, 420,000 Soviet soldiers assaulted the mountainous region in a grueling and heavy match between the two armies. The outnumbered Koreans could not hold out forever, and were forced to withdraw. The retreating columns were repeatedly attacked by fighters and suffered heavy losses."
"In Africa, German forces have disbanded the Tunisian government after German divisions took the capital. With American and Algerian forces forming up to counter-attack, it appears that the next conflict will take place over a series of passes locally known as ‘Kasserine Pass’."
**That Soviet attack is slightly concerning. Those divisions were holding mountains, which were crucial to the defense effort in the region.**
The works of art were not destroyed, I'm going to assume that the great works were evacuated as Allied armies advances up Italy 
