U S Air Force Launches New B 29 Raid on Tokyo
In a historic disclosure the War Department announced the first mission of the B 29 Super Fortress from the 20th Air Force led by Gen Arnold. The raid struck Tokyo and several mainland Japanese cities, signaling a new global reach for American air power.
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United States Army Air Forces
20Th Bomber Command
Tothie Wan
Ilanen
China
India-Burma
Joseph Starnes
Dem
House of Representatives
C Alleagues
Tokyo
Japan
Carter Manases Dem
Ala
War Department
Armser
Armold
Flying Fortress
20Th Air Force
Arnold
Fighting Strength Poured Into France For Victory
President Roosevelt quoted Gen. Eisenhower promising that Allied fighting power would be poured into France beyond the initial beachhead and into future assaults. He described the operation as the first major obstacle conquered, with broader plans including Soviet forces from the east and Mediterranean troops. Moscow radio reported panic in Vichy with SS units deployed and zone restrictions around government offices and collaborationist homes.
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Washington
Eisenhower
France
Roosevelt
London
Vichy
Moscow Radio
Moscow
First Allied Airman Reaches France in Daring Landing
The first Allied airman to touch down on the French invasion coast is believed to be Flight Lieutenant Harry Dowding DFC of Sarnia Ontario a Spitfire pilot. Dowding landed with wheels down on an emergency beachhead strip as German flak punctured his fuel tank spraying gas into the cockpit. His companion Flight Lieutenant G S Keltie DFC of Edmonton Alberta warned the strip by buzzing it several times before Dowding crash landed into a hayrack and escaped unhurt to return to England for another mission.
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RCAF
Photoa
Harry Dowding
Sarnia
Onton
FL. Dowding
G. S. Keltie
Edmonton
Alta
Dowding
England
Changes In Regulations For Ex Service Men
Ottawa Pensions Minister Mackenzie announced an order council that consolidates and broadens medical and treatment rules for ex servicemen. The overhaul reduces 21 classifications to 12, preserves rights, and extends rank pay allowances to 12 months retroactive to May 1, 1943, for treatment begun at discharge.
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Ottawa
Mackenzie
Pension Department
Canadian Pensions Commission
Turkish Plans to Halt German Transit Through Dardanelles
Well informed sources say Ankara will soon act to stop German transit via the Dardanelles and the Bosporus linking the Black Sea with the eastern Mediterranean, amid wartime navigation controls.
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Ankara
Dardanelles
Straits of Bosporous
Black Sea
Mediterranean
French Underground Blows Up Rail Lines and Stations
French underground forces estimated at 700 operatives attacked Allied targets along the Atlantic wall. German railroads and power stations were hit. one rail line reportedly blown up in 18 places as the Normandy invasion approached.
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Algiers
Atlantic Wall
Normandy
Germany prepares for war on home soil warns citizens
Stockholm Morgentidningen cites an Ankara dateline reporting that Germany is issuing civilian defense instructions for airborne Allied attacks. Coastal residents would be alerted by signals, and Bremen civilians told to evacuate to the Baltic coast if invasion occurs.
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Stockholm
Stockholm Morgentidningen
Ankara
Atlantic
Morgentidningen
Germany
Bremen
Baltic
Women Snipers Among Enemy War Prisoners
Allied reports describe women snipers among German and French collaborationists captured in Normandy. A French widow, once aiding German troops, was wounded at her village home and evacuated to Britain. A French underground worker led Allied troops through flooded marshland before being wounded and brought for treatment. Myra, an identified girl sniper, wounded several allied soldiers before capture.
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London
Normandy
Montgomery
England
British Coast Town Hospital
Myra
Alled
Ottawa newspaperman becomes Canadian Press war correspondent
William Boss 28, former Ottawa journalist, just discharged in Italy from the Canadian army, joins The Canadian Press as war correspondent. He will team with Doug Amazon and Doug How, attaches to the 1st Canadian Corps in Italy.
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London
William Boss
Ottawa
Italy
Boss
Doug Amazon
Doug How
Canadian Troops Backed as Key to Allied France Assault
Gen Crerar tells Allied correspondents Canadian forces will play a vital role in the large and decisive invasion of France. He praises their training and resilience, says the full story of preparations will show the Canadian contribution's importance, and vows they will spare nothing to achieve final victory.
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Britain
Crerar
France
Sicily
Italy
Canadian Navy expands North Atlantic escort role
In Parliament Navy Minister Macdonald said Canada has taken on greater North Atlantic escort duties after the frigate Prince Rupert helped destroy a German submarine and capture 14 prisoners. Canada previously handled 45 percent of escort work as British and American ships focus on the English Channel. Macdonald noted losses of Canadian landing craft were small and naval personnel losses negligible. Also, civilians from Normandy arrived in Victoria houses in a quiet square in London.
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Ottawa
Canada
North Atlantic
Navy
Macdonald
Prince Rupert
Atlantic
English Channel
Bombers Dominate Western Front Air Offensive
A Supreme Headquarters briefing credits Allied bomber command for orchestrating air offensives against Europe. It notes coordinated raids by RAF USAAF and RCAF against German airfields and industrial targets, including Berlin and Gelsenkirchen, with emphasis on air superiority and reconnaissance effects over German defenses.
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Supreme Headquarters
Leigh Mallory
Harris
Coningham
R.A. F
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces Coastal Command
R.A.F
Britain
Berlin
Cologne
Gelsenkirchen
Western
Reich
Hitler
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Caen
Bay War Savings
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Canadian Army
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