Allies Push Deeper in Normandy and Italy Advance
Allied forces drive deeper into Italy pushing over the Tiber near Rome with Rome captured and Tivoli seized 13 miles northeast as 5th and Sth Army units push outward. French seize Tivoli while thousands of prisoners march rearward amid ongoing invasion efforts in the west.
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Rome
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United Nations
Italy
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Tivoli
Avezzany Road
Highway 3
Sth
Eternal City
Mark W. Clark
Vatican City
Russians Welcome Invasion News While Germans Face Setbacks Near Iasi
Moscow reports German forces weakening in the eight day battle near Iasi Romania with heavy losses and reduced tank and infantry action. Russia proclaims invasion of France by Allied forces and masses for a push from the east as celebrations unfold with radio reports and street loudspeakers in Moscow.
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London
Yasi
Romania
Moscow
von Hammer
Berlin
Dnestr
Monitor
Red Army
Iasi
Jasi_itgelt
Normandy Beachhead Expansion Reported Invasion Progress
Allied forces moved inland along a 100 mile Normandy front from Cherbourg to Le Havre as tanks infantry and paratroopers penetrate Caen Rouen and other interior zones. Churchill and Montgomery praised progress, casualties on beaches light, air and naval forces massed, and reinforcements flooded in across the channel amid weather challenges.
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Caen
Rouen
France
Seine River
Cherbourg
le Havre
Hanfleur
Associated Press
Normandy
Churchill
Bernard L. Montgomery
Roosevelt
Naral
Supreme Command
West Wall
U. S
Nevada
Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Pearis
Hitler
San Filota
Orne
Russo Munro
Dunkerque-Calais
Dover
Page
Gripsholm Brings Home Axis Repatriates From Europe
The Swedish liner Gripsholm arrived in Jersey City at 3 40 p m with 131 passengers including 5 wounded American POWs from Germany. After a nine day voyage from Belfast she had carried 700 German prisoners and civilians to Barcelona earlier. American soldiers disembarked smiling, with news of the invasion. most walked ashore unassisted, some on crutches. Ambulances waited to take doughboys to Hal Jersey hospital Staten Island for interviews the next day. Canadian soldiers go to Canada.
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United States
Gripsholm
Germany
Belfast
Navy
Barcelona
Hal- Joran Hospital
Staten Island
Canada
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Page
Col
Europe's Hidden Army Receives Invasion Orders Warning
June 6 London dispatch reports a vast underground force in occupied Europe being told to await orders but stay ready for action at the signal. Eisenhower promises to trigger the effort, while De Gaulle urges active resistance and escape from capture among French, Dutch, and Polish fronts.
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London
Hitler
France
Dwight D. Eisenower
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee
Netherlands
P. S. Gerbrandy
Stanislaw Miko
Army Show Guards Get Ringside Seat As Invasion Opens
West Virginia state guards on duty at the Army show had a ringside seat and a private wire service as the Allies crossed the English Channel and entered France. An Aye wire was installed in the Gazette booth for the Associated Press teleype machine, allowing hundreds to inspect the operation during the evening.
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Hlash
West Va
English Channel
France
Gazette
Two Medal of Honor Heroes Missing Rome Visit
Lt. Ernest Childers and Tech Sgt Charles E. Kelly, both Medal of Honor recipients, regret not witnessing the liberation of Rome. The two, in town for a Gazette Army Show, express pride as GI Joes and reflect on D-Day and ongoing fighting in Europe, far from their Italian and French comrades.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Rome
Gazette
Ernest Childers
Tech
Charles E
Commando) Kelly
Italy
France
Kelly
Et Cysxino
Lt. Childers
Childers
Pittsburgh Commando
Oklahoma
Yanks Close on Mokmer Airfield in Biak Campaign
Allied forces advancing toward Mokmer airfield in Biak Island group have reached within a mile of the target after hard fighting since May 27. Hawking units seized cliff positions to narrow the gap and extend bombing range toward the Philippines. Further south at Maffin Bay Dutch New Guinea, 107 Japanese were killed as the Americans repelled a counter attack, while others near Hollandia Atape region yielded 283 Japanese dead and 3% prisoners taken.
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Mokmer
Biak
Schouten Islands
Philippines
Maffin Bay
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia-Aa- Tape
Allied Air Armada Destroys Normandy Invasion Stage
London reports say over 1 000 troop carrying aircraft carried the largest airborne force into France as part of the D day invasion. More than 7 000 sorties were flown from midnight to early morning with 10 000 tons of bombs dropped to clear the way for ground troops.
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France
Gome
Yaya
Supreme Headquarters
Chucchil
U. S
Russia
Galati
Lower
Danube River
15Th Air Force
Sky Giants
Associated Press
U S Slife in Europe two destroyers and LST lost
President Roosevelt announced that U S destroyers and an LST were reported lost in the first landing push in Europe. He noted aircraft losses near one percent and urged national prayers for victory and a sure peace as American and Allied troops advance in the invasion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
U. S
Europe
Rome
4000 Warships Blew Gaps In Hitler s Wall
London dispatch reports a 4000 ship Allied armada bombarded fortress defenses before the French landings. U S battleships Nevada Texas and Arkansas joined Royal Navy ships Warspite Nelson Romites and cruisers Glasgow Enterprise Orion plus Canadian destroyers Sioux Algonquin in the fleet. Rear Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk led the task force as the operation opened.
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Nevada
Cermai
France
U. S
Texas
Arkansas
NBC
BBC
Warspite
Nelson
Romites
Glasgow
Enterprise
Orion
Sioux
Algonquin
Alan Goodrich Kirk
Page & Col
Secret Weapons Ram Hitler Wall
London reports Allied forces breach Hitler’s western defenses with secret weapons. The ministry of supply says factories produced them for months under strict secrecy, with workers unaware of final purpose. The weapons arrived in small parts from dispersed plants for final assembly.
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London
Army of Liberation
Hitler
West Wall
Ministry of Supply
Invaders Hit Weak Point In Nazi Wall
Allied forces found a weak point in Nazi defenses along the beaches selected for invasion. The sector from Denmark to Spain had lighter inshore defenses and fewer obstacles, creating an Achilles heel exploited by American forces. Reconnaissance showed slow fortification progress through winter as German nerves grew over vulnerable spots.
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Ey Lewis
London
France
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
Favre
Cherbourg
St. Milo
Brest
Lorient
Nantes
Bordeaux
Spain
Eye Witness Describes Mighty Air Attack on D Day Invasion
An eye witness reports the Allied invasion of France on June 6 from Moor, noting thousands of planes raining explosives, precise air routes to avoid friendly fire, and heavy naval and shore bombardment. He describes gliders and aircraft marked with invasion stripes, vast ship forces, and strong Luftwaffe absence as Allied forces advance.
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Corresponten
England
Ine Jy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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