Fall of Cherbourg Inches Toward Final Assault
War summary reports hourly fall of Cherbourg with Allied forces pushing into the city outskirts. Bun day’s communique from Supreme Allied Headquarters says the port attack is launched and fronts spanning 10 miles near the coast have advanced to within three miles of the sea. The enemy fights desperately but Allied pressure is breaking defenses along the coastal strip as patrols reach Cherbourg Peninsula toe and Cherbourg coastal villages are liberated.
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Cherbourg
Bunday
Supreme Allies
Pointe de Barfieur
Vauville
Beautient
Russians Sweep Past Vitebsk in Major Breakthroughs
Soviet forces south-west of Vitebsk push toward Borisov near Minsk as four major German breaches are exploited. Moscow reports heavy fighting with high German casualties and multiple breakthroughs across the Orsha region Mogilev and north-west of Vitebsk.
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Vitebsk
Borisov
Minsk
Orsha-Minsk
White Russia
Reuter
Moscow
Red Army
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Msocow
Marshal Stalin
Orsha
Mogilev
Svir
Ladoga
Onega
Japanese Carrier Sunk After Submarine Attack
June 18 US submarine torpedoes hit a Shokaku class carrier, likely sinking. New York Times Pearl Harbour bureau reports unofficially 5 to 10 percent of Japan's air force lost in past fortnight. Allied carrier air strikes renew on Pacific bases from Kurile to Marshall Islands, threatening Marianas operations.
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United States
Pearl Harbour
New York Times
Central
South-west Pacific
Marianas
Kurile
Bonin Islands
Yap
Palau
Carolines
Marshalls
Fifth Army overruns Monterotundo and coastal towns in Italy
Allied forces on a broad Italian west coast advance report Monterotundo and Follonica captured, Montcalin seized, and near Mansa Marittima as the Eighth Army pushes east and west of Lake Trasimeno, taking Sarteano Pescia and Castelvieto while facing resistance north of Perugia.
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Italy
Fifth
Monterotundo
Rome
Groseto
Follonica
Montcalin
Mansa Marittima
Eighth Army
Lake Trasiameno
Sarteano
Pescia
Castelvieto
Perugia
The Great Housing Bungle Exposed by Letter Writer
A letter criticizes government housing policy and strict permit rules. It recounts cases of individuals including a married couple, a discharged veteran, and a master builder denied building permits, despite land and funds. The writer urges state action to ease and cheapen home building and warns against granting more powers after wartime controls.
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Windsor
Bis Orchard
Regult
Army
Navy
Air Force
Australia
WANTED CAR TO FIT TYRES FOR 550 BY 17S
A reader asks what car to buy to fit 550 by 17 tyres since the family cannot spare another vehicle. The piece notes tyres are valuable and suggests choosing a car to match available rubber. General Montgomery in Birmingham on March 9 visits a prisoners of war parcels packing centre praising Red Cross aid and its future value when men return.
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Montgomery
Birmingham
Town Hall
Red Cross
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