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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1944

Page

26

Allied Forces Write Sequel To Miracle Of Dunkerque

After a four year interval the Allies craft a follow up to the Miracle of Dunkerque recounting the rescue of 337000 Allied and French troops from Dunkirk between May 28 and June 3 1940. The dramatic evacuation involved about 900 ships under heavy German attack and kept Britain from collapse as the BEF and French forces retreated toward the English Channel.

Allied Forces Dunkerque Britain England Low Countries France Lord Gort Belgium Brussels Louvain Way Denmark Norway Chamberlain Hitler Netherlands Luxembourg Winston Churchill Meuse Maxine Weygand Gamelin Leopold Narvik Paris Munich Frankfort Ruhr Italy Henri Petain Great Britain Germany Compiegne Russia Bessardia Romania Petain Estonia Latvia Lithuania British Somaliland Somaliland United States Transylvania Hungary Berlin Roosevelt Naval Co Western Atantic Carol Son London Rooseevlt Japan Axis Neville Chamberlain Churchill Mussolini Brenner Pass U. S U.S Orient Greece Coventry Siovata Peter Finland Iceland Indo-China Iran Moscow Rostov Midway Prince of Wales Aes Ceslares Gehenny Haruna Guam Navy Normandie Manila Donana New Guinea Tunis Bizerte Washington Cap Bon RAF Auate Pantelleria Pope Hekaee Kula Gulf Munda Sicily Rome Palermo Sicilian Marshal Badoglio Middle-East Ploesti Hamburg U. SS Kiska Aleutians Kharkov Quebec Lord Mountbatten Burma Boris Bulgaria Ritler Taganrog Lae MacArthur Alamaua Sardini Europe Smolensk Falls Rusa Poland U. S.S Marshal Islands Kwajalein B ®Netok Atoll Marshall Admiralty Island McArthur Bucharest Polesti Czech Red Army Odessa Crimea Tiraspol Kerch Eisenhower Sevastopol Holandia Aitape Friedrichshafen Mediterranean America Truk West Crim Tay Stilwell Cassino

Invasion Commanders Portraits by Associated Press

The article lists Allied leaders in World War II theater portraits including Eisenhower, Tedder, Ramsay, Leigh-Mallory, Montgomery, Bradley, Spaatz, Smith, and Doolittle with brief biographical details and ages. It characterizes their roles from North Africa to Mediterranean air and ground campaigns and highlights Doolittle’s Tokyo bombing fame.

Associated Press Dwight David Eisenhower North Africa Sicily Italy Supreme Allied Sir Arthur Tedder Middle East Sir Betram Home Ramsay Dunkerque Allied Air Forces Trafford Leigh-Mallory Sir Bernard Law Montgomery Eighth Army el Alamein Africa Omar Nelson Bradley Bizerte Nder U. S S. Strategic Air Forces Car ‘Tooey Gpaatz Pennsylvania Endurance Flier Eighth Force Ican Mediterranean Eisenhower Walter Bedell Smith Indiana U. S Eighth Air Force James H Jimmy Doolittle Tokyo

Dunkirk Evacuation Highlighted as British Withdrawals Recounted

The piece recounts Dunkirk 1940 detailing the British and Allied retreat, evacuation of about 337 thousand men, and ensuing defeat of weaponry loss. It notes air and sea supports, leadership by Lord Gort and Sir Harold Alexander, and Churchill's later assessment.

Sedan Ninth Army Allt Dunkerque Calais Nieuport Straits Dover Admiralty Royal Air Force Brittan France Lord Gort London Harold R. L. G. Alexander Alexander Churchill Britain Ea Dunkerque RAF

Arm'ed Might of U S Felt in This War

American troops again fight in western Europe, mainly France, for the first time since World War I. The article notes troop numbers, casualties, and references key battles and historical context, comparing past and present military roles.

Europe France Dieppe Tog United States Chateau Thiery Meuse- Argonne St. Mihie London Times Lorraine Germany Belgium Ghent Rocroi Meuse Verdun Thiaucourt Steinbach Thann Altkirch Rhine Mayence Coblenz Cologne Reich

War's Big Moments From Blitz to Allied Invasion Proclaims Neutrality

A chronology lists major World War II events from Poland and Warsaw through Allied invasions, treaties, battles, and political shifts from 1939 to 1944. It notes Britain and France declaring war, Poland's partition, and key Allied offensives including North Africa, Italy, and the Pacific, with leaders and dates.

Poland Britain France Germany Warsaw New Zealand Australia Eee United States Neutity Maginot Line Canada Roosevelt Munich Bere Hall Hitler Russia Finand Admiral Graf Spee Montevideo Harbor

Shelter Half Details for Today in Civilian Terms

A Shelter Half is a pup tent used by soldiers with one half shared by two, forcing cooperation. Setting it up and taking it down becomes repetitive and frustrating, often under hot conditions. The halves develop odor from nights on the ground and require partners to complete the shelter.

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