Allies Land on French North Coast Speech by Eisenhower
New York AP reports that Gen Eisenhower’s radio broadcast from London announced Allied troops landing on the French coast as the opening phase of a larger invasion. He urged French citizens and occupied nations to stay disciplined, follow leaders, and resist prematurely rising. He pledged French administration by Frenchmen and warned traitors to be removed while promising relief as the liberation progresses.
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Picked Americans First Attack On Fortress Europe
Washington reports specially trained assault teams of the U S army led the initial landings on Fortress Europe. The units, composed of 30 men each, used Bangalore torpedoes to cut barbed wire, cleared lanes through mines, and moved under heavy naval and artillery fire to seize pillboxes and open beaches for the main invasion.
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U S Battleships Support Landings In France
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS Allied Expeditionary Force reports United States battleships are supporting the Allied landings in France along the coast. U S coast guard units are taking part and American marines are in the fighting aboard the big ships, manning secondary guns.
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Allies feints in buildup to invasion revealed
The Allies conducted a series of feints in advance of the invasion. They were predicted earlier by Prime Minister Churchill and aimed to mislead the Germans so they would not know when the main attack would come.
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Allied invasion across channel with 4000 ships reported
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons an immense Allied armada of more than four thousand ships carried troops across the channel for the invasion of Europe. Massed air borne landings behind German lines were reported as successful.
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Allied invasion opens Western Front under Eisenhower
Allied forces led by General Eisenhower and General Montgomery launched the Normandy invasion on the northern French coast. British American Canadian troops landed under heavy air and sea bombardment as paratroopers and gliders entered inland. Berlin claimed Caen and other targets as centers of heavy fighting while Allied leaders urged full victory.
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