Allied invasion signals dawn of second battle of France
The piece chronicles the Allied landings in France marking a pivotal shift in World War II. It notes General Eisenhower's leadership, the involvement of American, British, Canadian, and allied forces, and the broader Franco British resistance history from Dunkirk to Toulon. It also references Petain, de Gaulle, and the shifting political landscape shaping France's role in the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl C. Cranmer
Associated Press
Warsaw
Dunkerque
Paris
France
Churchill
Vichy
America
Congress
United States
House of Commons
Bordeaux
Talen
Oran
Mers-El-Kebir
Algeria
Southeast Asia
Petain Orang
Syria
Madagascar
Dakar
Algiers
Non
Martinique
St. Pierre
Hitler
Toulon
Eisenhower
French North Africa
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee
North
Africa
Petain
Marshal
de Gaulle
Ships Double As Hospitals
The landing ships carry 3 000 medical items and portable operating tables to serve as floating wards for wounded Allied soldiers. Blood is stored on board, and if power fails doctors can rely on emergency equipment. Capt John H Chambers notes rapid treatment saves lives. Naval litter units and Army hospital corpsmen prepare to ashore with eight litters to transfer wounded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley Ann Harmon
London
Pacific
John H. Chambers
Philadelphia
U. S. Naval
European
United Press
Army
U. S
Navy
Chambers
North
Africa
Italy
Allies Thwart Rommel Walls in Atlantic Fortifications
Allied forces face a vast Atlantic coastal defense system built by Germany led by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. The network spans from Norway to the Pyrenees with seawalls, minefields, swamps, and anti tank obstacles designed to stop any invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Heinzen
France
Germany
Rhine
Atlantic Wall
Hendaye
Hague
Netherlands
Norway
Petsamo
Finland
Picardy
Somme River
Mediterranean
Pyrenees
Alps
Adolf Hitler
Rommel
Hitler
Atlantic
Kurt Gerd von Rundstedt
Nikolaus von Palkenhorst
Hermann von Mannstein
Gestapo
Potsdam
Wiener Neustadt
Poland
English Channel
North Africa
Romme
el Alamein
8Th Army
Superman
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Malcolm Muir, JR
United Press
Erwin Rommel
Trondheim
Biarritz
Karl Rudolf Gerd von Ronstedt
Maginot Line
von Rundstedt
Stockholm
Vast Supplies Sent to Isles
A U S Army Service of Supply system in Britain formed a vast parallel economy. The article notes diverse operations from orthopedic shoe shops to an airplane plant, with details on personnel and daily outputs. By January 1943 the European Theater’s first orthopedic shoe factory produced over 200 pairs weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Hales
London
U.P
Europe
U. S. Army Service of Supply
Great Britain
U. S
Seattle
Wichita
U. S. Army
Transportation Corps
Howard L. Fleming
Olney
Ill
Lester H. Leonard
San Francisco
Tony Mastrocova
Endicott
N. Y
George C. O'Leary
Buffalo
Irvin W. Condrey
Richmond
John R. Wilson
Centralia
William J. Stewart
Columbia
S. O
Victor M. Adams
Miami
Fla
Four Years Ago Dunkirk Evacuations Recalled in Dispatches
Allied correspondents recall Dunkirk and Brest evacuations four years on. Descriptions of destroyers loading troops amid bombs, soldiers marching as parades, and the stark contrast with later Allied advances. Also brief notes on a snowman Hitler target and a Utah key-return incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Dunkirk
Brest
Frank Fisher
Edward W. Buattle
Brittany
London
Armida
Guvnor
H. M.S. Worcester
Worcester
Dover
Channel
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Arillo News and G
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Maine
California
Lafayette
Paul Reynaud
Berlin
Belgium
Kaiser
Napoleon
Low Countries
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Verdun
Britain
St. Nazaire
de Gaullists
Salem
Ore
Oregon
Port Oxford
Wolff Creek
Portland
Ore Highway
Manchester
Liverpool
Spain
Fedinburgh
North Sea
Norwegian Sea
Sweden
LITH
Mediterranean Sea
Isles
Leonard Woon
Engineers Replacement Training Center
Edward W. Beattie
N.p
Marshal Retain
St.Malo
Dovg
Dover-Calais
Dll
England
51St Highland Division
San Valerie
Royal Air Force
BEF
RAF Ste&g
Britanny
St. Aubin d’Aubigne
Alamein
Tunis
Sicily
Clearfield
Utah
Clearfield Naval Supply Depot
Shy Sone
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