Russians Push Toward East Prussia Across Narew Vistula
Moscow dispatch reports Russian armies pressing toward East Prussia within 50 miles of Tilsit and Mevel as Rokossovsky siege of Warsaw continues. Soviet forces breach the Vistula near Kielce and Warka while Baltic-area operations threaten to wipe out German divisions trapped in the region.
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Moscow
East Prussia
Tilsit
Mevel
Junkers
Narew
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Vistula
Suwalki
Germany
Poland
I. Jankovsky
DNB
Augustow
Vistula River
Kielce
Red Army
German Silesia
Krakow
Warka
Baltic States
Baltic
Riga
Red Air Force
Hitler
Bulk Of German Forces In Northwest Europe In Bad Way
Allied forces report the bulk of German troops in northwest Europe are in a bad way as American tanks push toward Paris. Montgomery says German resistance is collapsing behind the advancing Allied wedges near Caen and Le Mans, with rapid territorial gains and liberations continuing across many towns.
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Europe
Rome
Churchill
Italy
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Bernard L. Montgomery
France
Alencon
le Mans
Falaise
Seine
Montgomery
Caen
Yanks Establish Pacific Amphibious HQ at Saipan
Vice Admiral Turner announced headquarters for the Pacific amphibious fleet are set up at Saipan, less than 1,500 miles from Japan, as the campaign advances after Guam. He praised Admiral Spruance and the Marianas victory as the greatest naval achievement for the United States.
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Admiral Turner
Marianas
Navy Radio
Richmond Kely Turner
Saipan Island
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Guam
Turner
Raymond A. Spraance
Fifth Fleet
United States
Bombing Raids Hit Palembang and Nagasaki by B 29s
Twenty first bomber command reports three B 29s missing and one down in friendly territory after night raids on Palembang oil refinery in Sumatra and Nagasaki on Kyushu. One B 29 forced landed in China and was strafed. several enemy aircraft destroyed.
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Washington
20Th Bombing Command
Palembang
Sumatra
Nagasaki
Kyushu
Pladjoe
Nippon
War news analysis on East Prussia and Vistula Fronts
The piece weighs strategic moves by Russian forces against East Prussia and the Vistula line. It compares current raids to World War I tactics, notes a possible flanking push south of Warsaw, and warns Hitler’s defenses could crumble if Warsaw and Paris fall simultaneously. It questions whether Moscow aims for a double strike and highlights the keystone role of Warsaw.
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Paris
Angers
Nantes
Vistula
Narew River
East Prussia
Masurian Lake
Insterburg Gap
Konigsberg
Allenstein
Tannenberg
von Hindenburg
Tennenberg
Warsaw
Hitler
Reich
der Buehrer
Yanks Stride to Guam Victory After Heavy Losses
General Headquarters reports the Guam ground fight ended with U S forces suffering 1 214 killed and overall 7 247 casualties. MacArthur announced bombing of the Philippines as Nimitz notes finish of Japanese resistance on Guam. Three night raids targeted Davao Mindanao as part of a broader Pacific offensive.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Guam
Philippines
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
American Marianas
Japan
Nagasaki
MacArthur
Davao
Mindanao
MacArthur Silent On FDR Conference In Honolulu
Gen Douglas MacArthur refused to comment on his Honolulu meeting with President Roosevelt, deferring to the White House. The talks followed his New Guinea campaign as he sits near Mindanao in the Philippines area and announced land air strikes on Davao during the Philippine campaign.
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Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Roosevelt
Honolulu
White House
MacArthur
New Guinea
Philippines
Mindanao
Australia
Davao
Corregidor
Nazi Bases Smashed By Yank Planes
American heavy bombers attacked oil dumps airfields and rail yards near Paris Saarbrucken Strasbourg Mulhouse and Dijon while RAF forces struck U boat depots at Bordeaux La Pallice and rail targets elsewhere in France. Up to 1 000 Allied planes pressed the offensive dawn to dawn against German fuel and transport hubs and Berlin endured air raids.
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London
Paris
Saarbrucken
Alsace Lorraine
Strasbourg
Mulhouse
Berlin
U. S
St. Florentin
Pacy
Armacon
Villacoublay
Toussus-Le-Noble
Coulommiers
Belfort
Alsace-Lorraine
Rhine
Oid
Bordeaux
la Pallice
Hitler
Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Ordeaux
Gironde
RAF
Atlantic
Dijon
British seize Thury-Harcourt rail hub in Normandy assault
British Second Army stormed Thury-Harcourt on the Orne front, a key rail and road center where seven major roads meet. Engineers opened a new Orne crossing while a parallel push seized Hill 128, signaling a major blow to German defenses in southeast Normandy.
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Orne River
France
Thury-Harcourt
Orne
Switzerland
Normandy
Hatton Crome
Thury- Harcourt
Miles C. Dempsey
Guenther von Kluge
Hill 128
Thury - Harcourt
Fronts Distances To Berlin World War II Map Update
The Associated Press reports current fronts with distances to Berlin from major fronts: Russian front 322 miles from Warsaw, Italian front 603 miles from Florence, and French front 626 miles from Seignolles. The figures map strategic progress across Europe.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Florence
Seignolles
Ford says war fought for munition makers and urges peacetime reform
Henry Ford on vacation in Michigan argues postwar tasks include exposing war munitions profiteers to end hatreds and prevent future conflicts. He envisions a world federation with tariff free trade and cites leaders like General Arnold and Admiral Nimitz as examples of high character. He says the US will rebound quickly and aid global living standards.
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Big Bray
Mich
Henry Ford
Hitler
Ford
Germany
Federation
General Arnold
Nimitz
United States
Reduction In Number Of Strikers
The idle workforce in a national labor dispute ranged from 60,000 to 68,000 as conflicts continued. Wright Aero nautical plants in Paterson New Jersey voted to return to work after arbitration talks. government action loomed in the Midwest bus strike with an idle estimate of 25,000. A Tulsa truck stoppage, a York Harrisburg trucking dispute, and a Detroit General Motors stoppage also feature in the broad labor unrest across Midwest and other regions.
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Associated Press
Paterson
N. J
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Company
Cio-United Auto Workers
Midwest
Francis Biddle
Seattle
Wash
Midwest Operators Association
War Labor Board
Iowa
Nebraska
Minnesota
Missouri
Kansas
North
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Tulsa
Ohla
AFL Teamsters Union
AFL
York-Harrisburg
Lancaster
Detroit
Cslo-United Automobile Workers
State Polio Cases Exceed 500 Mark
A total of six new infantile paralysis cases were reported to the state board of health on August 11, with Wake and Madison counties each recording a first case. The new counts bring North Carolina's total to 508, and the death toll to 22 since June 1, including Mrs. Robert S. Miles of Charlotte.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Wake
Madison
Forsyth
Gaston
Iredell
New Hanover
Health Department
Robert S. Miles
Charlotte
Polish Troops Press Adriatic Coast Offensive
Allied headquarters report Polish infantry and tanks attack along a six mile front on the Adriatic coast. They capture high ground overlooking the Cesano valley and seize Scappezzano Monterado and Corinaldo. Outposts reach the south bank of the Cesano about halfway to Pesaro near Ancona while heavy German counterattacks fail. Three hundred prisoners taken as storms slow but do not stop the advance.
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Rome
Adriatic
Cesano
Scappezzano
Monterado
Corinaldo
Ancona
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Beauvais
la Ferte Bernard
St. Malo
Vimont
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