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War News in Brief from the Fronts and Raids Across Europe
German counters on the Don front press heavy losses onto Soviet lines while the Red Army holds a long stretch of the Don front from Proletarsky to beyond Rostov. Soviet gains reported at Voronezh as Dusseldorf, Hanover, Frankfurt, Wilhelmshaven, Hamburg endure RAF bombing. Norwich attacked with light damage. Plans for a flying aircraft carrier are reviewed in the United States Senate. Eight German saboteurs face Roosevelt’s decision after military commission findings. British air forces raid Egyptian camps and blow up ammunition dumps. Kokoda and Port Moresby remain under Japanese pressure, while raids in the Banda Sea target an enemy cruiser south of Ambon. A Japanese plane drops bombs near Mossman north of Cairns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stalingrad-Krasnodar
Proletarsky
Tikhoretsk
Rostov
Red Army
Don River
Don
Tsymlyanskaya
Kletskaya
Hanover
Frankfurt
Wilhelmshaven
Hamburg
France
Boulogne
Norwich
House of Commons
Russan
E. L. Granville
Commons
Portsmouth
India
Britain
Indian Congress Party
United States Senate
Roosevelt
Chavannes
Normandy
Australia
New Guinea
Kokoda
Papua
Port Moresby
Banda Sea
Ambon
Mossman
Cairns