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Allied air offensive and Japanese raid in Europe
Allied air offensive over Europe reports heavy RAF raids on Peenemunde and Berlin with Mosquito threats to France and western Germany. American Fortresses hit Regensburg and Schweinfurt while 77 bombers and 13 others are missing and 37 enemy aircraft destroyed. Japanese airfleet smashed with 120 aircraft destroyed and 1,500 killed, MacArthur calling it crippling. Red Army gains uneven ground near Kharkov as Allied regrouping in Sicily foreshadows a major push toward Italy and beyond. Roosevelt arrives in Quebec for Churchill talks to discuss decisions from New York summit. Airfields across France bombed and Calais marshalling yards hit. Mediterranean-based Fortresses fly 1,000 miles to strikes in southern France.
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Europe
RAF
Germany
Peenermunde
Baltic
Berlin
France
Low Countries
Regensburg
Bavaria
Schweinfurt
South-West Pacific
MacArthur
Red Army
Bryans
Kharkov
Red
Quebec
Roosevelt
Churchill
Washington
New York State
Dover Straits
Calais
Mediterranean
Sicily
Algiers