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War News In Brief. Red Army Near Great Victory At Stalingrad
Major Allied and Axis moves reported across multiple theaters. Red Army closes on about 300,000 Axis troops near Stalingrad, siege raised after three months, and forces threaten to flank German positions along the Stalin grad Tikhoretsk railway. British and American columns push toward Bizerta and Tunis while Allied air strikes hammer Buna to Gona in New Guinea. Admiral Nimitz doubts large naval clashes in the Solomons, as Tokyo Radio claims a battle. Italian bombed cities evacuations noted. French West Africa’s path toward equality called for sacrifices.
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RED Army
Stalingrad
Stalingrad-Tikhoretsk
Caucasus
Grozny
Tunisia
Bizerta
Tunis
Libya
el Agheila
New Guinea
South Pacific War Zone
Buna
Gona
G. C. Kenney
Solomons
Nimitz
Pacific
Pearl Harbour
Tokyo
New York Times
Fpaly
R.A.F