Invasion Front Advances and German Counterattacks
Allied forces kept pace with the invasion timetable while breaking out near Caen and Cherbourg, as German counterattacks at Montebourg and Carentan challenged progress. About 600 to 700 square miles of France had been liberated, with Caen sealed by north and south pincers. De Gaulle planned a visit to inspire resistance, amid high-level Allied inspections of the front by Eisenhower Marshall Arnold and King after D-Day.
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Europe
Eisenhower
Balleroy
Cerisy Forest
Caen
Montebourg
Carentan
Cherbourg
Erwin Rommel
France
Low Countries
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
Roosevelt
London
United States
Normandy
D-Day
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
U. S
Harry H. Arnold
Ernest J. King
English Channel
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Sir Allan Brooke
Jan Christian Smuts
South Africa
Helsingfors
Viipuri
Karelian
Finland
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Red
Mannerheim
Nazis Retreat From Tyrrhenian Coast and Across Italy
Allied reports describe a German retreat across Italy from the Tyrrhenian coast toward the Adriatic, with rapid advance on the Adriatic sector as Eighth Army crosses the Saline river near Pescara. American infantry probe east of Orvietoello, while center-front resistance persists near Terni. Meanwhile air activity is limited by bad weather.
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Tyrrhenian
Rome
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Saline River
Pescara
Orbeiello
Terni
Hne
Hungary
Almassuzito
Komarom
Budapest
Marianas Raid Victory and Biak Advancements
An American carrier task force attacked the Marianas for three days, sinking 13 Japanese ships, damaging 16, and destroying 141 aircraft, while ten ships were sunk or damaged as a fleeing formation left Saipan. Biak’s Mokmer airdrome is operational, as Biak infantry push toward Borokoe air field. U.S. casualties reported at Biak were 85 killed and 340 wounded in early June. President Roosevelt urged unconditional surrender of Japan, saying the Pacific smashes erode Japanese power and momentum, with Allied forces closing in on Tokyo and Germany under pressure in Europe.
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Marianas Islands
Tokyo
U.S
Saipan
New Guinea
Mokmer
Biak
Borokoe
Roosevelt
Pacific
Germany
United Nations
France
Stock gains from invasion progress lift peace shares
Stock markets in New York and other exchanges rose as early invasion successes in Europe boosted peace shares. Automobiles utilities and steels led activity while civilian goods makers also benefited. Volume on June 11 reached about 2 million shares, the highest since 1943. Canada’s lend lease to March 31 totals about 912 million dollars, mostly to the United Kingdom, with a projection past a billion. Canada remains the sole Allied member not to receive U.S. lend-lease aid.
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Europe
New York
Canada
Unite Kingdom
Allies
United States
Record Wheat Harvest Tops One Billion Bushels
The U S department of agriculture forecasts a total of 1 034 785 000 bushels of wheat this year, with 714 148 000 bushels winter and 320 637 000 bushels spring wheat. Bumper crops in both seasons push toward a historic national yield though not record by season individually. officials caution weather could trim totals, but progress remains excellent.
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United States
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Demobilization plans urge swift postwar readjustment
After victory plans call for rapid discharge of 2.5 million army ground forces, with priority to fathers and front-line veterans. A Senate report outlines postwar jobs for 57 to 58 million workers and 16 policy avenues to avoid economic chaos, while OPA price controls face Senate and House hurdles over cotton ceilings.
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Congress
James F. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization
Germany
Senate
Special Committee On
OPA
House
Chester Bowles
War Costs Reach 200 Billion With Vast Future Outlays
The United States has spent 200 billion dollars on the war and expects another 95 billion by year’s end. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau notes that the Naples to Rome campaign cost 6.7 billion and questions the Berlin march cost. Marshall Islands seizure is cited at 5 billion.
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United States
Treasury
Morgenthau
Naples
Rome
Berlin
Marshall Islands
Unpromoted Combat Fliers and War Time Debates
Washington dispatch notes resentment among frontline pilots over slow promotions for desk officers in the War Department. OPA probes tire certificate fraud and resale schemes by large companies impacting motorists. U S experts laud German leaders Rundstedt Rommel and Guderian as top brains and debate ending daylight saving time without a veto. Capital Chaff previews Lieut Barnhart’s South Pacific show and navy training for governance in occupied territories.
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Washington
D. C
War Department
England
Europe
Channel
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Clarence Lea
California
Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
White House
Lea
Harry B. Paul Barnhart
South Pacific
Army
State Department
Navy
Charlottesville
Pacific
Solomons
New Guinea
Train Window Vistas Through America War Frame
A lyrical travelogue of an AG FE F journey by train across the Midwest and beyond. Vivid scenes appear through Pullman windows including war plants, suburban homes, churches, and landscapes from Ohio to the plains. The piece contrasts peaceful scenery with looming war, noting facades, trains, roads, and travelers en route.
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America
Ohio
Mend-and-Save-for-Victory Darning and Patching Guide
A wartime instructional note describes Hook 2 in the Mend and Save for Victory pins or booklets, detailing directions for all types of darning and fabric repair with large diagrams. It notes points for using old materials and includes a price of 15 cents with an offered address.
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Marianas
Japan
China
Canton-Hankow
Changsha
Burma
Lungling
Yunan
Hunan
U. 8
Hitler
Karl von Rundstedt
Heinz Guderian
Chicago
mid-West
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills News
Sseceese
Tae
St. Joseph
Moore
Fleischmann
Speevy Riser
Reise
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