Stalin pressed for western invasion and won over Churchill
A long analysis of Stalin pressing for a 1942 western front and Roosevelt backing the plan with Churchill resisting until mid 1943. The piece traces the diplomacy from Molotov meetings through Casablanca and Teheran, naming Eisenhower as invasion commander and detailing Soviet insistence on a second front.
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Washington
Western
Europe
Kremlin
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Roosevelt
George C. Marshall
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Russians Contend Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt Reey
M. Molotov
White House
Moscow
United States
Great Britain
West
Rooosevelt
Casablanca
Quebec
Chiang Kai-shek
Cairo
Teheran
Cordell Hull
Anthony Eden
Molotov
Chiang
Mr. Roosevelt
Roosevelt-Churchill
Eisenhower
Saborov
Ike
Red Army
East
What Shall We Do With Germany
Lord Vansittart urges total and permanent German disarmament after World War II with occupation as needed to enforce it. He calls to dismantle Prussia into autonomous provinces, decentralize power, and pursue Allied supervised reform and reeducation to curb militarism and racialism, aiming for a peaceful, humane postwar Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Vansittart
Europe
London
Germany
Asia
Prussia
Brandenburg
Pomerania
Rhineland
Westphalia
Hanover
Hesse
Schleswig- Holstein
Bavaria
Baden
Wurttemberg
Saxony
Britain
United States
WACs in London Aid Army with Language Mastery
WAC personnel in London prepare to assist Allied forces by interpreting and translating for Army intelligence in multiple European languages. Pvt Esther A. Puglestad of Seattle leads in African dialects, with many WACs studying French and handling German Russian French tasks. A foxhole training anecdote from Camp Blandings notes Pvt Virgil J. Cobb dispatching a snake from a foxhole during maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Esther A. Puglestad
Seattle
Wash
Army
Blanding
Fla
Virgil J. Cobb
Chillicothe
Cobb
Chicago hotel opens chapel for servicemen weddings
A Chicago hotel has installed a chapel for marriages of out of town servicemen. Use of the chapel and the minister’s services will be provided free for members of the armed forces.
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Aids Service
Chicago
U.R
Home Fleet Pays Off After Darkest Hours
British home fleet crews kept vigilant edge through long quiet spells in northern waters. They guarded Allied convoys to Russia and hunted enemy raiders, contributing to major operations from Bismarck pursuit to Scharnhorst destruction, with pride in steady, lethal readiness.
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Russia
Atlantic
Britain
Germany
Hood
Home Fleet
French
Alten Fjord
Norway
Tirpitz
Bruce Fraser
Flete
Bodo
Duke of York
Matey
Washington plants 18 million fish in 1943 efforts
The Washington state game department planted more than 18 million trout and other fish in lakes and streams during 1943. Species included 12.5 million Silver trout, 2.4 million rainbow trout, 800 thousand eastern brook trout, 750 thousand cutthroat trout, and 1.22 million steelhead trout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
U.P
Washington State Game Department
Warrensburg Fire Douses Dog House Fire No Casualties
Warrensburg fire department responded to a blaze in a dog house with interior damage but no casualties reported. Fire officials provided the update from Warrensburg, Missouri.
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Warrensburg
Years To Get Set By
The Allied invasion of western Europe grew from four years of careful planning starting after Dunkirk. American, British, and Allied forces built experience in raids and campaigns from Dieppe to North Africa and Sicily, culminating in the broad invasion plan for Europe. The piece notes air power and coordination as key lessons shaping the 1943 Sicily success and broader Western Front strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Richards
London
U.P
Europe
Britain
North Atlantic
Western
France
Dunkerque
RAF
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Ireland
Rangers
Dieppé
Dieppe
Western Europe
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Sicily
Walter B. Smith
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Wms
Sd Ei
Hitler
Balkans
North Africa
Re House
Rommel
Afrika
Egypt
Ernest J. King
Harry L. Hopkins
Stephen T. Early
Marshall
King
Ers
John Bull
Oran
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Eighth Air Force
North African
Alamein
Soviet Union
Joseph E. Davies
Mr. Premier
Winston
FDR
Tae Neale
Italy
Pthe la 1
Lord Vansittart
Vansittart
Wacs
England
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By Paul Kern
LEE
Associated Press
Africa
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