Nazis Pushed Back 15 Miles In Ukraine
Soviet and Russian forces advance across Ukraine push German lines back toward the Dnieper. new gains include Sevsk and Zenkov as Russians press to cut the Kiev Bryansk railroad and threaten Poltava. thousands killed or captured as the drive nears the Polish border.
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Zenkov
Sevsk
Orel
Belgorod
Red Star
Psel
Lebedin
Zen
East Bank
Poltava
Vorskla
Bryansk
Kiev
Kharkov
Kotelvo
Red
Rail network in Southern Italy crippled by Allied air raids
Allied forces report that Southern Italy's rail system is nearly at a standstill after relentless bombing. U.S. Fortresses hit Sulmona yards, Benevento works near Naples, Caserta yards, and other targets. 70 enemy planes were shot down as defenses stiffened.
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Italy
Allied
North Africa
U.S
Sulmona
Rome
Benevento
Naples
Caserta
Vila Garrison Imperiled By New Conquest
Allied headquarters report New Georgia in the Central Solomons is secure with Japanese resistance ended after American forces seized Bairoko harbor and advanced from Munda airfield. Remnants fled by night toward Vila on Kolombangara as Vila’s garrison now faces peril.
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Clen Clements
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
New Georgia
Solomons
Munda
Bairoko Harbor
Kula Gulf
Vila
Kolombangara
Bombing Raid Pounds Nuernberg In Major Allied Assault
British bomber fleet pounds Nuernberg in a heavy night raid described as a virtually obliterating attack. The operation involved long-range flights, Mosquito support against the Ruhr, and clashes with coastal observers noting immense air activity across Germany.
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Air Ministry
Ruhr
France
Low Countries
Vichy
RAF
Nuernberg
Berlin
Robert Ley
Neumnberg
England
Allied Bombs Change Nazi Drang Nach Osten
U S air forces under Maj Gen Claire Chenault conducted raids on Canton and Hongkong targets, damaging Tien Ho airfield, docks, and shipping, with losses and enemy aircraft claims reconciled by Stilwell headquarters. Madrid reports Berlin residents flee by train as Allied bombs curb industrial output and fuel the slogan shift to Drang Ins Freie.
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U. S. Air Force
China
Claire L. Chennault
Canton
Hongkong
Tien Ho
Kowloon
United States
Joseph W. Stilwell
Madrid
Berlin
10 000 Japs Doomed On Kolombangara
U S headquarters in the South Pacific says American occupation of Bairoko on New Georgia leaves Bougainville as the only Japanese base in the Solomons. It doom s a Japanese garrison of about 10 000 on Kolombangara. The navy spokesman notes Bairoko closed the 57 day New Georgia campaign.
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U. S
South Pacific
Bairoko
New Georgia Island
Bougainville
Solomons
Kolombangara Island
Navy
Adm
William F. Halsey, Jr
New Georgia
Douglas MacArthur
Munda
Jula Gulf
Fighter Pilot Bails From P 38 Trek To Safety In New Guinea
Lt. LeGrand Kneeskern of Kirkville New York, missing since July 31, fought through jungle hazards after bailing out near Central New Guinea. Wounded and with morphine, he traversed five days along a river with native guides and reached an allied base by August 10 14. He was promoted to captain upon return.
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New Guinea
Vern Haughland
LeGrand Kneeskern
Kirkvile
N. Y
Kneeskern
Solon predicts Japan will fall within a year of Nazi defeat
Sen Downey stated Japan will not last more than a year after Germany falls. He cited American war production, noting the United States builds ten times as many planes and out-produces Japan 20 to 1 on cargo ships and about 10 to 1 on naval shipping.
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Washington
Sen. Downey
D-Calif
Japan
Germany
Reich
Pacific
Mountbatten MacArthur Pincer Aims to Cut off Japs
The article outlines a potential joint operation led by Mountbatten and MacArthur to sever Japan from southern islands via a two-ended pincer from Burma to Truk. It stresses air base strategy, Burma’s role, and the risks of maritime escorts as the plan hinges on new Southeast Asia command decisions.
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Preston Grover
New Delhi
Japan
Quebec
Lord Louis Mountbaten
Southeast Asia
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Burma
Truk Islands
New Guinea
Sumatra
Java
Australia
Canton
China
Mountbatten
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
India
Malta
Mountbaten
Search for seven of 19 German POWs after Fort Henry escape
Canadian and U S soldiers and police patrolled both sides of the St Lawrence River seeking seven of 19 German prisoners who escaped from Fort Henry. Twelve were recaptured in the Kingston area after the tunnel under the fort’s walls led to a hill above the river. the escape was discovered when a captured man was found by a woman with a flashlight.
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Kingston
Ont
United States
St. Lawrence River
Fort Henry
Remeree
St. Lawrence
Bulgaria's King Boris Dies After Illness and Reports
London reports from August 28 that King Boris of Bulgaria has died at age 49. German radio, cited by the Associated Press, said the monarch's condition worsened after a five day illness described as angina pectoris. Unconfirmed rumors suggested a possible gunshot wound in an assassination attempt.
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London
Boris
Bulgaria
Associated Press
Liberator Skids to Safe Landing After Fuel Run Dry
A Liberator bomber stalled by a fuel shortage is forced to abandon altitude and path for a landing at an allied air strip. Crew members including 2nd Lt. Eugene Filip and deca Sgt. Lester McMinis performed daring jumps and held open bomb bay doors while others exited. Miraculously the plane landed with four men still aboard, who then realized they were safe and not at a Japanese field.
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Chicago
Kenneth Bennett
Long Beach
Calif
McMinis
Zipay
Filip
Flip
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Ukraine
Henry C. Cassidy
Moscow
Psel River
Dnieper
Catanzaro
Sibari
Cerraro
Paola
Salerno
Reggio
Salamaua Airdrome
Tibet
Bay of Benga
Andaman
Slanos
Chengtu
Louis Mountbatten
William Smith White
Transocean
U.S. Eighth Air Force
Nurnberg
Britain
Dieseen
Osten
William Hipple
Solon
Mountbatten-MacArthur
Vern Haugland
Eugene Filip
Louis Linkiewicz
Johnson City
George Bailey
Rochester
Charles Zipay
Deca
Lester
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