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The ten-volume set V for Victory chronicles the significant events and leading personalities of World War II. Using original newsreel stories, the program V for Victory: Anzio and the Italian Campaign examines the difficult American drive in Italy. In July of 1943, discontent among Italians led to the rebellion of the Fascist grand council against Mussolini and the subsequent dissolution of the Fascist party. In September of 1943, Italy surrendered to the Allies while the German forces occupied North and Central Italy. Mussolini escaped from prison and with the help of the Germans established a republic in north Italy. In January of 1944, allied troops landed at Anzio and nearby Nettuno to draw the German camp from Cassino. The Allied campaign played out to be a harsh, grueling offensive. Eric Sevareid and Edwin Newman host the gritty accounts of the war. Other volumes in the set include V for Victory: Women at War, V for Victory: Pearl Harbor to Midway, and V for Victory: North Africa and the Global war, and more.