Soviets Push Through Strong Points In Ukraine Front
Recounting aid broadcasts, the report says Soviet forces in the Southern Ukraine sector captured several strong points near Kirovograd, killed about 1,400 troops, and wrecked 28 German tanks. German sources claim a Nevel breakthrough by 250,000 troops near the Latvian border, with heavy fighting continuing and German counterattacks noted.
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James M. Long
London
Kirovograd
Moscow
Berlin
Nevel
Ernst von Hammer
Ine
Ivan S. Konev
Ger
Yanks Tighten Grip On Cassino Road Continue Rome Push
Allied forces close pincer on San Pietro area near Cassino as Fifth Army surrounds the village from multiple approaches. Lagone taken as mountaintop fighting persists. Eighth Army reports strong German counterattacks with tanks. Canadian First Division leads Adriatic coastal drive while air forces hammer Balkans.
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Algies
Fifth Army
Cassino
San Pietro
Rome
Lungo
Cassino Plain
Russia
Lagone
Filignano
Tish
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Balkans
New Zealand
Orsogna-Ortona
London
Daily Herald
Dead Man's Gulch
8Th Army
Front-rank debate on Allied Western Europe command
Reports from Newsweek and Army and Navy Journal say Gen George C Marshall may remain army chief of staff rather than lead Western Europe invasion planning. They clash with claims Eisenhower or Alexander may be supreme commander with Patton cited for operation roles in the Mediterranean theatre.
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Ashington
George C. Marr
Europe
Fet
Adea
Western
the and Naval Journal
Themy
Navy Register
Roosevelt
Churchill
Marbeen
Genright Eisenhower
Ge Patton
Nth
Cairo
Eisenhower
Ans
Sicily
Patton
Seventh Army
Derailed Train Headlights Blamed For ACL Tragedy
The engineer Frank Belknap blamed snow glare and missing warning signals for the ACL wreck. Officials reported a death toll of 70 with over 50 injured as crews searched wreckage and identified victims.
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Belknap
Bomber Weather Seen as Key to European Invasion
London dispatch argues winter bombing weather will largely decide if Allies can cripple German industry and enable a quick cross channel invasion. It cites six border cities in northwest Germany already damaged and notes German dispersal of industry eastward.
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London
Dec
Oma
Reichs
Germany
Berlin
Stockholm
Curtis Lemay
Flying Fortress
Methodical Doctor Improves Air Helmet Fit for Aviators
Maj. I Louis Hoffman of the 15th Air Force reports head wounds were a leading injury in fighters and bombers. He redesigned the steel helmet with a hand screwjack to adjust size and a padded lining for earphones, improving fit and protection without restricting circulation.
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Italy
I. Louis Hoffman
15Th Air Force
Hoffman
Stalin and Benes Meet in London Amid War Talks
Premier Marshal Stalin and Edouard Benes head the Czecho-Slovak government-in-exile in discussions in London as Moscow radio notes. The Dec. 12 treaty pledge links the Soviet Union and exile government for 20 years to deter future German aggression and to pursue postwar collaboration.
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Benes
Stalin
London
Marshal Stalin
Edouard Benes
Moscow
Soviet Union
Europe
Soviet War Crime Trial Finds Four Guilty in Kharkov
A Soviet military tribunal at Kharkov convicted four men including a Russian traitor for mass slayings of prisoners and civilians. They were sentenced to death by hanging. A German police corporal testified to participation and cooperation with German orders.
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James F. King
London
Kharkov
Moscow
Hitler
Stab
Gestapo
Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Russia
Britain
United States
Reinhardt Ratzlaw
A. N. Maisanikov
Drowned Troops After Lake Pontchartrain Boat Sinks
The 66 foot boat sank during maneuvers off New Orleans three miles from shore. Twenty four soldiers drowned with 25 bodies recovered and 44 survivors treated. The missing man’s name was withheld. Aboard were new recruits from the Transportation Replacement Training Corps.
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New Orleans
Army
Lake Pontchartrain
Transportation Replacement Training Corps
Christmas Mail Behind Front Lines In Italy War Zone
Behind the Fifth Army in Italy military mail speeds Christmas packages from New York to doughboys. Postal crews prioritize unloading, with 40 pound bags loaded by trucks under officers Major Merritt of Roundup Montana and Captain Frank Viola of New York City.
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United States
Army
New York
Central Army Post Office
Fifth Army
Army Post Office
Merritt
Roundup
Mont
Frank Viola
Roberts Ave
New York City
Federal Post Office
Sixth Army Advances On New Britain
Fifth paragraph from General MacArthur announces U S Sixth Army continues advance on New Britain after capturing Umtingalu settlement and its gun positions that blocked the Arawe objective during the Wednesday landings.
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New Britain
C. Yates McDaniel
New Guinea
U. S. Sixth Army
Umtingalu
Arawe
MacArthur
Japanese planes downed at Arawe beachhead by Thunderbolts
American headquarters announced that ten more Japanese planes were blasted from the skies by Thunderbolts at Arawe New Britain, without damaging the U S Sixth Army position. This adds to fourteen enemy planes already downed in earlier attacks.
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New Guinea
Sixth Army
Arawe
New Britain
Allied Losses Mount as Arawe Beachhead Presses On
Troops on the Arawe reef area near Umtingala suffer heavy losses while landing to block enemy retreat. Allied air forces claim success with Thunderbolt patrols downing seven dive bombers and two Zeros as Australian and American units push east and northeast of the beachhead amid ongoing skirmishes and aerial raids.
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Umtingala
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolts
Cape Gloucester
Arawe
Tanks Sweep Solomons Front In Coastal Tank Battle
In Cape Torokina area two Marine light tanks named Ace of Spades and Lady Luck joined the Koromokina Lagoon fight on the left flank. They fired into Jap foxholes for 40 minutes, halting enemy fire as 240 Japanese casualties were counted the next day. Corporal Harry Trefsgar, driver of Ace of Spades, earned high praise for leading the assault through heavy obstacles.
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Cape Torokina
Bougainville
Solomon Islands
Marine Corps
Koromokina Lagoon
Harry Trefsgar
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Korare
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Harbor
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Tongari
PRAED
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