£1.45 No.4347 STORY FERG HANDLEY ART OLIVERA COVER IAN KENNEDY SUMMER OF 1943 HAD RESULTED IN THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF ITALIAN FORCES. HOWEVER, THE GERMANS STILL HELD THE COUNTRY AND THEIR DEFENSIVE ACTIONS TURNED THE ALLIED ADVANCE INTO A LONG, BITTER SLOG. BY LATE NOVEMBER BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH TROOPS HAD REACHED THE ENEMY’S “WINTER LINE”. AMONG THE OBSTACLES WAS THE TOWN OF SEZONA, WHICH WAS SEEN AS THE KEY TO THE SURROUNDING SECTOR — BUT IT WOULD PROVE A DIFFICULT NUT TO CRACK.
