Allied Air Campaign Over Normandy Pushes Beachheads
In a major daylight strike from June 11, about 7,000 Allied warplanes attacked German air fields bridges and targets from the Normandy beachhead toward Paris. Ninth Air Force losses totaled 112 planes since invasion start with 26 Allied aircraft down overall.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Normandy
Paris
Pas de Calais
Ninth
Ninth Air Force
Britain
France
Hitler
Balkan
Russia
Bucharest
Italy
Eighth Air Force
Germany
Berlin
Budapest
Mediterranean
Allies Reach Deep On Cherbourg Peninsula Front
Allied forces on the Cherbourg peninsula reported strong progress on both wings near Montebourg and Lison. American units led by the 82nd and 101st Airborne advanced toward St Lo and Cherbourg while British and Canadian troops seized Tilly Sur Seulles and pushed inland.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Montebourg
Cherbourg
St. Lo
Normandy
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Seulles
Bayeux
Lison
Rommel
von Ronstedt
Omar N. Bradley
82Nd
101St Airborne
Read
Valognes
St. Mere Eglise
Caen
Sixth Airborne
Tilly Sur Seulles
Quineville
Berlin
U. S.S
Merderet
U. S
Isigny
D Day Parade Opens War Loan Drive in Amarillo
This afternoon at 2 30 H hour a Fighting Fifth War Loan Campaign parade will open in Amarillo. The city must raise 6585000 dollars as thousands of soldiers WACs and civilians take part moving west on Third Avenue to Polk Street then south to Tenth Avenue and east on Fourth.
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Amarillo
Amarillo Field
Pantex Ordnance Works
Third Avenue
Polk Street
Tenth Avenue
Forth Worth war bond parade led by Lt Col Odenweller
The 501st and 530th Army Air Forces Bands will march in Amarillo facing Third Avenue and Lincoln Street with WACs and negro troops, plus civilian groups and school representatives. Scouts distributed posters as Col E A Simpson urged residents to buy bonds to back fighting men.
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Rade
Army Air Forces
Richard L. Odenweller
Wacs
Pantex
Pantex Ordnance Works
Veterans’ Organizations
Red Cross
War Dads
Texas State Guard
Navy Mothers Clubs
USC
Scouts
Maverick Club
Amarillo
Third Avenue
Lincoln Street
Episcopal Church
Baptist Church
West Amarillo
Nazis Retreat On Adriatic Coast Press Advance Into Pesaro
The Fifth and Eighth Armies push north along the Adriatic coast overrunning Pesaro as Avezzano falls east of Rome. Russian forces widen attack on the Karelia Isthmus near Leningrad, breaking through Mannerheim line and capturing towns and villages amid heavy Finnish resistance. Terijoki and Yappilya fall. German retreats accelerate toward Rome and along the Italian front as Allied operations press coastal and inland targets.
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Eighth
Pescara
Adriatic
Avezzano
London
Red Army
Karelian
Leningrad
Mannerheim
Stalin
Lake Ladoga
Gulf of Finland
Finland
Russia
Baltic
Black Sea
Germany
Red Banner Baltic
France
Terijoki
Helsinki
Yappilya
Viipuri
Moscow
Balkan
Axis
Norway
Viterbo
Santo Stefano
Eighth Army
Chieti
Francavilla
Sulmona
Montalto di Castro
Tuscania
Cannino
Tessannano
Soriano del Cimino
Bassanello
Nazi Killer Escapes After Slaying Eleven Germans
Glider Pilot R B Fowler killed 11 Germans during a fast action near Normandy on D day, was captured, then escaped back to Allied lines with a stash of arms. He earlier killed nine Nazis with a hand grenade and rifle when his glider crash landed. Fowler later seized the colonel’s pistol and carbine before fleeing. Allied dispatch notes Sully near Bayeux as a joining point for American, British, and Canadian forces with heavy American losses.
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Ninth Air Force
R. B. Fowler
Normandy
Fowler
Nvaders
Sully
Bayeux
Carrier Raid Blasts Guam and Palau in Pacific Operations
Carrier and land based American planes destroyed at least 22 Japanese planes in raids on Palau and four bases flanking the Philippines. Additional strikes hit Guam Saipan and Tinian, with long distance expectations noted as Allied forces press the Southwest Pacific campaign.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Palau Islands
Guam
Saipan
Tinian
Marianas Islands
Palau
Carolines
Marshalls
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Burma
Myitkyina
Lungling
China
Chungking
Burma Road
Tengchung
Bhamo
Henan Province
Lingpao
Ling
Secret British glider Hamilcar used in Normandy landings
London disclosed a huge glider called the Hamilcar as a secret weapon in the Normandy landings. It is towed by a heavy bomber, lands in small fields, and can carry a light tank. One tank silenced a German gunpost within two minutes, another tank destroyed a sniper tower.
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London
Normandy
France
Border between Spain and Morocco Closed by French
The French National Committee announced that the border between Spanish and French Morocco is closed to all except French American British and Soviet diplomats and consular officials. It also bans external correspondence in code or diplomatic pouches by representatives of neutral governments.
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Algiers
French National Committee
Morocco
Weather summary for Amarillo Mexico and Texas region
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Amarillo and vicinity through Tuesday with little temperature change. Mexico sees widely scattered showers in the northeast and east, mainly Monday and Tuesday in the northern mountains, with minor temperature shifts. Texas remains mostly cloudy Monday and Tuesday with limited temperature variation.
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Amarillo
Mexico
Texas
Or Ours
Cautious View of Progress In France Warns Against Over-Optimism
London July 11 The Al lies may not advance in France before July ends. Col D Clifton Brown told a Hexham crowd that landing across the Channel is not a cake walk to Berlin and warned a general July advance may be lucky. Sir Stafford Cripps echoed the caution from the aircraft production ministry.
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London
France
D. Clifton Brown
House of Commons
Hexham
Cherbourg
Berlin
Stafford Cripps
Drizzle and Mist Sweep Dover Strait at Dusk
A freshening southerly wind brought drizzle and mist to the Dover Strait as sunset approached. Visibility was poor at dusk while the sea remained moderate. Temperature fell to 50 degrees Fahrenheit and the barometer held steady after a daytime rise. New Blackstone Coffee Shop announces opening soon serving the best.
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Dover
Dover Strait
New Blackstone
Partisans Shoot Down Vichyites in Southern France Uprising
Reports from Paris and London describe French partisans occupying Toulouse Limoges and Tarbes, executing Vichy officials and seizing key railway nodes as resistance spreads from Metz to Avignon. Dispatches note German punitive measures and Allied support fueling the revolt across central and southern regions.
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Iron
Spain
Toulouse
Limoges
Tarbes
France
Metz
Avignon
Bellegarde
Office of War Information
Pepe
Bern
Oyonnax
St. Claude
Morea
Lyon
Fort de L’ecluse
New York
CBS
Vichy Telegraph Agency
OWI
Frince-Allier
Cantal
Haute-Loire
Puy de Dome
Marseille
Bordeaux
Hendaye
Trun
Paris
Belgium
Paris-Bordeaux
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Buchanan Street
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