FDR: “After years of war and suffering and degradation, the Italian people…”

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After years of war and suffering and degradation, the Italian people are at last coming to the day of liberation from their real enemies, the Nazis.

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Roosevelt speaks about the liberation of the Italian people from Nazi control after enduring years of suffering.

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