Skycraft Land Invaders Reach Southern Holland
A powerful First Allied Airborne Army force landed in southern Holland near Tilburg Eindhoven and Nijmegen amid a daylight D-day style assault. The operation involved 1,000 transports and gliders, with heavy air support and light German flak, as Dutch workers were urged to strike and patriot volunteers rose to oppose the Nazis.
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Holland
Netherlands
Adolf Hitler
Westwall
Berlin
Tilburg
Eindhoven
Nijmegen
Middle Holland
Rhine
Western Reich
Siegfried Line
Germany
U. S
Hilversum
Geel
Belgium
Waal
Arnhem
Ruhr
Rhineland
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Venlo
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Air Power Cleared Path for Holland Invasion
More than 2,000 Allied planes including up to 1,000 Fortresses and Liberators blasted gun sites and air ports in Holland to pave the way for airborne troops. RAF bombers hit Boulogne, Hungary targets and rail yards near Rakos Kobanya and Ferencvara as Mustangs and Lightnings escorted. Night raids hit Dortmund Brunswick and Moordijk as German troops near Loire surrender negotiations began.
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London
Holland
RAF
Boulogne
15Th Air Force
Italy
Budapest
Leewarden
Steenwijk
Germany
Rakos
Kobanya
Ferencvara
Hungary
Balkans
Piacenza-Milan
Bomber Command
Dortmund
Brunswick
Moordijk
Loire River
Ninth Air Force
Samuel MaGill Young
Ashtabula
Loire
Yanks Land On New Isle
American forces continued Pacific Island advances with the 81st Division landing on Angaur in the Palau Islands six miles southwest of Peleliu where Marines already hold an airfield and have defeated about 1,400 Japanese defenders.
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Associated Press
Japan
Pacific Island
81St
Wildcat
Angaur
Palau Islands
Peleliu
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Angaur Island
Doughboys Iit
Tokyo Radio
Molucca Islands
Philippines
MacArthur
Morotai Island
Pitoe
Morotai
Halmahera
Celebes-Ceram
Soviets Close In On Riga Amid Baltic Offensive
Soviet forces press toward Riga as Berlin reports 14 miles to the capital of Latvia. Parachute aided Polish resistance fights in Warsaw while Red Army counters German counterattacks near Jelgava and Baldone.
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Riga
Baltic Sea
Latvia
Estonia
Berlin
Warsaw
Red Army
Vistula
Praga
Moscow
Jelgava
Baldone
New Red Army Ready To Go
Soviet Russia declares millions of youths prepared for war under three years of universal military training begun by Stalin. Pravda says the Red Army must be reinforced with reserves to secure ultimate victory and calls education bodies and the Young Communist League to expand military training for students.
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Moscow
Germany
Soviet Russia
Stalin
Red Army
Communist Party
Pravda
Young Communist League
British Surging Into Halland Doughboys Aim at Cologne
Allied forces under Lt. Gen. Miles C. Dempsey crossed the Dutch border in a major offensive tied to the first airborne operation. British troops pressed toward the Siegfried Line while American and Commonwealth units advanced near Aachen Metz Nancy and Luneville with heavy fighting and substantial prisoner captures.
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Halland
Cologne
London
Miles C. Dempsey
Dempsey
Siegfried Line
VII. S. First Army
Rhineland
Aachen
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Germany
Prum
Trier
Patton
Third
Strasbourg
Luneville
Nancy
Metz
Moselle
Boulogne
Holland
First
Maastricht
Rott
Rotgen Forest
U. S. Third Army
Tiny Baby Found Abandoned in Alley
A newborn boy, alive after hours of exposure, was found in a waste basket in an alley behind a North Fillmore Street tourist court at 5 p m yesterday. Police took him to hospital where staff said the infant seemed healthier than expected. Detectives questioned a woman as authorities investigated the baby's parents.
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Fillmore Street
Wind Storm Damages Huntoon and Booker Area
A strong wind with a slight twist struck Huntoon then Booker in the northeast Panhandle about 7 p m causing considerable damage. Bernard Hurter’s home was blown off its foundation and roofs at two elevators were damaged. In Booker the Hatchery front was blown out a brick wall at Leo Roberson Sheet Metal damaged and several buildings unroofed with hundreds of windows shattered.
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Huntoon
Booker
Panhandle
Bernard Hurter
Booker Hatchery
Leo Roberson Sheet Metal Company
Booker Equity
Finland and Germany at war as fires rage in north
Stockholm dispatch says a state of war may be declared with little notice as Finland's cabinet meets amid anger over German scorched earth tactics. German forces burned villages and farms in Suomisaalmi and Kuusamo, forcing residents to witness their homes burn during withdrawal. Russians reportedly seek occupation of northern Finland amid the chaos.
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Stockholm
Finland
Germany
Helsinki
Suomisaalmi
Kuusamo
Arctic Circle
Chinese Blunders Force U.S. To Give Up Airbases
U S 14th Air Force destroyed and abandoned air bases near Kweilin as Japanese pressure nears the city in Kwangsi. Chinese losses in Hunan Kwangsi blamed on command failures, weak logistics, and poor coordination, with General Hsueh Yueh noted for limited success amid heavy combat.
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U.S
Kunming
China
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kweilin
Kwangsi
Hunan- Kwangsi
Canton
Hu« Nan
Taohsien
14Th Air Force
Hsueh Yueh
Chungking
Hunan
Hengyang
Storm Sinks 3 Navy Ships
The Navy reports the loss of destroyer Warrenton with 230 men and two Coast Guard patrol craft Jackson and Bedloe after an Atlantic hurricane. Some survivors rescued, casualty list incomplete, next of kin to be informed as names are confirmed.
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Washington
Navy
Coast Guard
Warrenton
Jackson
Bedloe
Department
Airmen Fly The Hump By Music Over-The-Hump
The War Department reports U S Air Force and Air Transport Command crews flying the India China air route now receive music instead of the usual radio beacons. Transcriptions of home recordings replace the dot dash signal to boost morale during night flights.
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Washington
United States
Loth Airforce
Air Transport Command
India
China
War Department
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