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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 22, 1945
Page
1
Fragmented dispatches report Formosa headquarters claiming heavy aerial attacks near Berlin. Tokyo and radio broadcasts claim Japanese planes shot down several raiders while factories suffered damage as maritime and air forces engage.
Tokyo radio quoted Premier General Fine claiming Japan’s unity with Germany and the Allied cause remains firm. He warned against any policy that would undermine national solidarity and Japan’s rightful position in the world.
Chinese High Command reports Japanese forces in Hunan and Kwantung provinces mounting converging assaults to seal the Canton Mankow railway. Fighting also swirls near Canton Henkow and Hunan railways as American air power and Allied plans aim to keep routes open to Burma.
Roosevelt and Churchill prepare for a hard peace approach in a Washington conference as Allies push for occupation and economic plans. Sources say a Franco British Russian American partnership may oversee Germany with future revisions.
Bunduy Na Mtnjenty reports the King has appointed Lord Gowrie as Deputy Constable and Lieutenant Governor of Windsor Castle, succeeding Lord Wigram who has retired, amid royal changes in London.
Russian and German fronts report heavy fighting across Poland and East Prussia. Soviet advances threaten Lublin, Krakow, and the Danube line while Berlin asserts counterattacks and evacuation moves. British and American reports note Allied pressure in Western Europe as Axis defenses fracture.
London reports crowds of about a hundred thousand men women and children went to Praga in the ruined city to search for relatives and friends. The center of Warsaw contains crime pits and ditches used as communal graves. only one street remains with German marks.
A Berlin radio commentator reports Bree amu, Germany, facing danger as Soviet forces near the Lower Silesian border in the Kepno region about 40 miles from Breslau. A German frontline reporter notes Bitewlan aminers.
In a wartime address, President Roosevelt calls for total victory and a durable peace. He emphasizes learning from history, worldwide citizenship, and the need for trust, courage, and understanding to build a lasting order with allies and nations beyond America. He notes not failing due to heart or principle and seeks vision for a peaceful, just world.
Japanese factory west of Kobe suffered heavy damage in air attack. About 20 planes parked around the Kaweeak plant were set ablaze. Fire spread within a thousand feet of the engine assembly area and adjacent warehouses. American press dispatch described strafing and bombing impact near critical facilities.
Reports say Tactical Air Force sorties limited by weather hindered operations against V bomb sites in Britain and Holland. Text mentions attacks on railway targets and lines from Germany to the Low countries as part of wartime diversion and defense efforts.
A fragment reports that spies trained in Germany for espionage and sabotage planned to enter the United States. The text references individuals including William Colapeugh and a maritime event in November, with vague details about orders and intent.
British Second Army lines advance as Allied forces push through northern Alsace. American and French units repel German counterattacks north of Bastogne retreating across the Rhine corridor. The SHAEF report notes gains near Nijmegen Sturing and Majinat Line sectors with heavy fighting continuing.
American forces broke through on Luzon driving toward the Agno River and cutting off northern Japanese units. Allied tanks and infantry repelled counterattacks, capturing Man Felipe and Asignan, while large Japanese patrols near Rosario and Urdaneta suffered heavy losses.
The War Shipping Administration notes gunners aboard American merchant ships shot down ten Japanese planes in ten weeks after the Leyte landings. Shipping routes extended from Amurotay Mindoro to cut off enemy forces, while Japanese fast bombers posed new risks to cargo ships and crews.
From our war correspondent a report notes Japanese forces in Luzon failed to exploit oil and sugar resources during a three year occupation. The piece mentions missed opportunities to stockpile oil, use sugar mines, and potential reinforcements from Borneo if supply lines run low. The text references an armored division moving toward a goal and the strategic strain on Japanese resources.
Admiralty reports British submarines and East Indies Fleet damaged five more enemy ships during recent operations in eastern waters. Torpedoes struck vessels carrying troops supplies food and other goods to Japanese forces in Burma and at allied stations.
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