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War News In Brief From The Front
Allied columns pin Japanese forces in New Guinea Buna Gona area as four enemy destroyers appear nearby in a last-ditch threat. Tunisian front sees massed Allied buildup with minor engagements and German moves toward Gafsa and Kairwan. New Caledonia and Fiji host U.S. buildup as Guadalcanal makes fresh advances. Russian winter offensive gains Stalingrad region and opens with major breakthroughs.
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Papua
New Guinea
Narow
Buna
Gona
Soputa
Buna-Gona
Tunisia
British First Army
Gulf of Hammamet
Bizerta
Tunis
Tripolitania
Gafsa
Kairwan
Morocco
Gahes
New Caledonia
New Zealand
United States
Fiji
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Russia
Stalingrad