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Allied invasion and global war updates from Pacific to Europe
Tokio Radio reports Allied invasion of the Philippines began with landing on Suluan Island amid heavy air attacks on Luzon. Allied strength in the Western Pacific cited as capable of facing the Japanese Navy. Other notes include bombings of Nicobar, Soviet advances into Czechoslovakia, Belgrade fighting, and Allied progress on multiple fronts in Burma and Italy.
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Tokio Radio
Philippines
Suluan
Moring
Luzon
Admiral Mitscher
Formosa
U.S. Navy
Forrestal
Western Pacific
Tokio
Nicobar Isands
Indian Ocean
Malaya
Western Front
Red Army
Carpathian Mountains
Czechoslovakia
Belgrade
Bonn
Hanover
Mannheim
Churchill
Eden
Kremlin
Marshal Stalin
Burma
Tiddim
India
Bologna