Heavy Losses In The Drive Into Holland
Prime Minister reports about 4000 British and Canadian casualties in the drive into Holland and Germany. The Schelde estuary battle, victory at Schelde, and the opening of Antwerp port are cited as turning points enabling Allied sea and land operations. Canadian, British, Polish, Netherlands, Belgian, Czech and American units contributed to the campaign, despite heavy German resistance and flooding.
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London
Churchhil
House of Commons
Holland
Germany
Th Scheide
Walcheren
Antwerp
Schelde
France
Belgium
Crerar
Netherlands
Scheide
Radar device nicknamed Mickey aids bombing through clouds
London reports the secret radar device enables Allied airmen to bomb German targets through dense cloud and smoke screens. The system transmits radio waves that bounce off surface objects to a receiver in the bomber, outlining cities, coastlines, ships, rail yards, and other targets, with individual buildings potentially focused.
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London
United States
Prisoner Haulage Report for 21st Army Group
From D day on June 6 to November 24, the 1st Canadian Army captured 102 438 prisoners including 1 986 officers and 100 452 other ranks. The British 2nd Army took 100 297 including 1 257 officers and 98 940 other ranks. French forces of the interior added 20 000, bringing the 21st Army Group total to 222 735.
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21St Army Group Headquarters
1St Canadian Army
2Nd Army
Interior
21St Army Group
Direct Soviet Fur Shipment Reaches Toronto Firm
The first direct shipment of furs from the Soviet Union arrived in Toronto for the Russian Fur Company, Ltd, valued around 25000 dollars. Previously Soviet fur imports came via New York buyers, a change expected to cut local consumer costs by up to 25 percent.
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Toronto
Soviet Union
Russian Fur Company, Ltd
Canada
New York
RAF officer fined for illegal game shooting praised for marksmanship
An RAF officer in Kestevan Lincolnshire was fined two pounds for killing two pheasants without a license. The magistrate praised the airman’s marksmanship and congratulated him while imposing the penalty.
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Kestevan
Eng
Lincolnshire
RAF
Vichy Militia Members Executed for Mandel Assassination
Two young Vichy militia members were executed by firing squad at Fort Montrouge for the July assassination of Georges Mandel, the interior minister in the Daladier cabinet before France fell.
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Paris
Vichy
Fort Montrouge
Georges Mandel
Daladier
France
Canada Meets UK Beef Contract With Large Shipments
Ottawa reports the Canadian meat board has purchased 163,000 090 pounds of beef for shipment to the United Kingdom, meeting the minimums set for 1944 and 1945. Officials say UK will take all surpluses that can be shipped, with final two year shipments possibly three to four times the minimum.
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Ottawa
Canadian Meat Board
United Kingdom
Dominion
Gardiner
Canada India mutual aid pact announced by Prime Minister
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced a mutual aid agreement between Canada and India. A large part of India's motor transport needs will be supplied by Canada and further war supplies to India will include automotive equipment for the military forces.
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King
Ottawa
Mackenzie King
Canada
India
Human Torpedo Team Sinks Italian Cruiser Bolzano
Sub-Lt Malcolm Causer and Able Seaman Harry Smith manned a British human torpedo to pierce Spezia harbor and attach a warhead to the Bolzano. Causer was captured while Smith is missing. Awards praise their gallantry amid previous similar exploits, with Ulpio Traiano also sunk earlier.
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London
Malcolm Causer
R.N.V.R
Harry Smith
Bolzano
Spezia
Admiralty
Causer
Smith
D.S.O
Ulpio Traiano
Palermo
Pilot Becomes First to Fly Atlantic 100 Times
Capt L Stewarts feat marks 100th Atlantic crossing in a Liberator flying nonstop 3150 miles from Montreal to Prestwick Scotland. He beat Capt L Messenger by a few hours as Messenger also completed his 100th trip on the crossing.
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Montreal
L. Stewart
British Overseas Airways Corporation
L. V.buddy
Messenger
Capt
Stewart
Prestwick
Scotland
Capt. Stewart
Blinded soldiers from France begin training in London
London reports the arrival of the first group of blinded soldiers from France who are now under instruction by blinded veterans of the First Great War, reflecting ongoing rehabilitation efforts.
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London
France
Shipping Losses Of The Allies And Neutrals
Washington reports cumulative shipping losses from the start of the Second Great War through 1943 total 5,758 vessels and 22,161,000 gross tons. Britain and Allies account for most losses. U S losses reach 753 ships and 3,311,000 gross tons. Construction largely offsets these losses with a favorable 1943-44 trend toward net gains in tonnage.
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Washington
Office of War
Britain
United Nations
War Shipping Administration
United States
Maritime Commission
Tantalite Deposit Found Near Yellowknife by Prospector
Veteran prospector Gus de Staffany reports locating a large tantalite ore deposit on the shore of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories about 70 air miles east of Yellowknife. The ore, rich in tantalum, was placed in first shipment totaling 700 pounds sent to the U S Commercial Company in Washington.
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Edmonton
Gus de Staffany
Yellowknife
Nwt
Great Slave Lake
U.S. Commercial Company
Washington
Britain Says It Will Not Need Lend-Lease After War
Washington reports British minister Harold Butler declares the empire is in the red but not broke and does not expect postwar lend-lease aid. He notes Britain will tailor imports to ability to pay, foresees no luxury goods, and doubts a grant in aid to restore economy by 1950.
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Britain
Washington
Harold Butler
United States
Butler
Winthrop Aldrich
New York
Scandinavia
Russia
Churchill Praises Allied Armies Amid War Strain
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament that the war against Germany may extend beyond early summer. He lauded Allied progress on the western front, especially French near the Swiss frontier and American advances capturing Metz and Strasbourg. He warned of continued heavy losses to both sides and pledged a full war review after Christmas.
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London
Church
Germany
Churchill
Cologne
Rhine
Metz
Strasbourg
Prinz Eugen Damaged in Baltic Port Evacuation Action
Paris radio quoted Swedish reports that the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen was damaged and taken to a Baltic port. The Paris broadcast also cited Russian reports of damage to a German cruiser attempting to evacuate soldiers from Svorbe peninsula, possibly the Prinz Eugen.
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Prinz Eugen
Baltic
London
Paris
Svorbe
German generals captured at Allied HQ Paris defense chiefs
News from Paris reports the capture of two German generals tied to Strasbourg's fortress defence. Gen Maj Franz Waterrot led the city military command and Gen Maj Wilhelm Utterspergen headed fortifications as engineer commander.
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Allied
Paris
Strasbourg
Franz Waterrot
Wilhelm Utterspergen
German workers shot during strike and revolt reports
The Arbeiter Zeitung claims 300 German workers were shot during a strike at Mannerheim and that several hundred were jailed during a popular revolt in Düsseldorf. The report cites Swiss newspaper coverage as the source.
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New York
Arbeiter-Zeitung
Mannerheim
Dusseldorf
Harvest Woes Hit Inverness Area After Wet Summer
North east Scotland suffered its worst harvest in fifty years as a wet season forced 10 to 25 percent of the grain crop to be left in fields due to excessive rainfall through summer and autumn.
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Inverness
Scotland
Channel Islands relief talks under Red Cross bid
Negotiations are under way to send relief to the British civilian population in the German occupied Channel Islands through the International Red Cross.
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London
Channel Islands
International Red Cross
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