Soviet Army Menaces Rail Junction Near Ukraine Front
Gen Nikolai Vatutin's First Ukraine army swung southwest of Kiev cutting two rail lines and threatening the German flank near the lower Dnieper. The advance centered on Andrushevka, 120 miles from the Romanian frontier, with heavy artillery and a push toward the Zhitomir Odessa line. Soviet gains also isolated Vitebsk and pressed toward Poland while reporting heavy German losses across fronts.
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Henry
Cassidy
Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
First
Ukraine
Kiev
Rumania
Dnieper
Vatutin
Andrushevka
Brusilov
Zhitomir- Odessa
Fritz von Mann‘Stein
Berdichev
Vonannstein
Zhitok-Korosten
Poland
Vinnitsa Zhmerinka
Warsaw
Cheraishe
Vitebsk
Ivan C. Baramian
Itebsk-Polotsk
Yester
Bitebsk
Orsha
Minsk
Bagramian
Itebsk
Unique
Vitebsk-Orsha
Iaw
Berlin
Invasion Rehearsal Under Eisenhower Near Britain
United States forces train in large scale coastal maneuvers to simulate the first American invasion of Western Europe. Navy and land units including amphibious, artillery, armor, engineers and supply corps practice day and night across a broad coastal area to be ready for operations under Eisenhower.
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U. S
Engnd
Union of Western Europe
N. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
United States
Livere
Germans Evacuate Ortona as Allied Push Intensifies
Reported by Transocean German authorities the Germans evacuated Ortona after flame thrower combat as Canadian Eighth Army pressed bayonet fights through the streets. Allied patrols and artillery noted on the Fifth and Eighth Army fronts with continued advances near San Vittore and Cassino while the Mediterranean theater saw renewed activity.
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Couarters
Maslock
Arters
Algiers
Eighth Army
Ortona
Rome
Transocean
Adriatic
Berlin
Azi
Stalingrad
O Port
Pesi
Samucro
San Vittore
S&s
Castel San Vincenzo
Catenel Degli Mainardi
Monte Marrone
Tedder Appointed Deputy to Eisenhower in Allied Invasion
In London on December 28 Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, famed for clearing North Africa of the German air force and directing air cover for Sicily and Italy, was named deputy to General Dwight D. Eisenhower, supreme Allied commander. The move signals stronger air power for the European invasion as plans for a west and south encirclement take shape.
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London
Europe
Arthur Tedder
Britain
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tedder
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Sir Bernard (Tolly) Paget
Norway
British Home Forces
Middle East
Cairo
Sir Brucer
Scharnhorst
M. R. Holcomb
Pasadena
Lower North Ireland
U. S
Londonderry
Dense southeast fog blankets region from warm to cold air clash
Atlanta reports heavy fog across most of the southeast with a smog condition in cities where moisture-laden smoke cannot rise. The Atlanta weather bureau says the fog likely lasts until Wednesday as warm southwest air meets cooler air, affecting North and South Carolina.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Regional Weather Bureau
North Carolina
South Carolina
Time Magazine Buys Stake in National Radio System
Time Magazine reportedly bought a substantial part of a national radio system. The deal, discussed for some time, could give Time Life and Fortune staff access to expanded newsgathering for the broadcasting chain. Previous Blue Network talks with a magazine owner had fallen through.
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Time Magazine
New York
One
Henry R. Luce
Eer
Alged
Time
Life
Fortune
Edward J. Noble
Blue Neckwork
Chocolate gifts delight soldiers at an Italian base
Leaves from a war notebook by Joe Wants Chocolate recount a Christmas survey by Corp. William E. Carter of gifts sent to U S troops in Italy. He notes chocolate is highly prized beside photos, while some packages miss the mark with pork luncheon meat and almonds. A lieutenant receives a $10 money order, highlighting needs here.
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Italy
Corp
William E. Carter
Port Street
South Orange
N. J
Newark
Carter
Montana
Pageight
American destroyer sunk at Cape Gloucester New Britain
In the New Britain landings at Cape Gloucester, a U S destroyer was sunk and a small coastal transport ship damaged by Japanese bombs. The action occurred as Allied forces pressed operations on the western tip of New Britain Island.
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Washington
Cape Gloucester
New Britain Island
Knox
Navy
Tokyo Radio
U. S
Harry W. Hill
Tarawa
Makin
Hill
Duke of York and destroyers sink German battleship Scharnhorst
British forces led by the Duke of York fought off Norway and sank the German battleship Scharnhorst after she attacked a convoy. Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser commanded the home fleet group with Jamaica and four destroyers as part of the flotilla. No casualty details or precise losses were given.
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Duke of York
London
Scharnhorst
Admiralty
Tonicht
Norway
Cape Dee
Bruce A. Fraser
Home Fleet
Fraser
Jamaica
War Today predicts early victory in Europe despite high casualties
The column notes General Eisenhower’s forecast of Germany’s defeat in 1944 while warning of heavy losses and costly amphibious invasions. It cites Cairo Teheran talks and Allied air and ground advances as backing, and warns of large casualty figures and continuing supply needs.
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Eisenhower
Germany
Cairo
Teheran
Red Army
Europe
Britain
Tarawa
Germans Fall Back Before Slav Drive
London dispatch reports German troops retreating before Yugoslav Partisan assaults across Croatia and eastern Bosnia. Tito says Partisans inflicted heavy losses, halted a German column near Livno, and intensified offensives while striking at Zagreb area airfields and capturing prisoners.
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London
Coratia
Josip Broz
Bosnia
Livno
Broz
Tito
End of Steel Strike Sparks Retroactive Pay Talks
Pittsburgh dispatch reports a one day steel strike ending as workers gain retroactive pay under new contracts. CIO United Steelworkers head Murray ordered resumed production nationwide and the War Labor Board approved retroactivity 8 to 4, signaling a return to normal output across plants in nine states.
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Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Murray
War Labor Board
Presi Cat ‘Roosevelt
War Production Board
Benjamin F. Fairless
U.S. Steel Corp
Republic Steel Corp
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Wheeling Steel
West Virginia
America's Defense Program
Labor Board
Marines Move Tanks as Invasion Expands in New Britain
Advanced Allied reports reveal U.S. Marines pushing along roads to Cape Gloucester airdrome with light and medium tanks. They drive Japanese from Target Hill near Bergen Bay and shell Cape Gloucester airstrip as Arawe forces repulse three counterattacks, prompting patrols to redeploy north and east.
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New Guinea
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
Bergen Bay
Cape G Ter
Gloucester
Arawe
Sixth Army
Umtingalu Villa
Dee
French forces for main Europe invasion approved by liberation committee
Algiers reports the French committee of national liberation approved an agreement with the allies for participation of French troops in the main invasion of Europe. The size and types remain secret.
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Algiers
Europe
French Committee of National Liberation
Royal Navy Chases Enemies After Scharnhorst Sinking
Berlin reports German surface units fought the British in the Arctic as the Royal Navy hunted other enemy warships that attacked a convoy bound for Russia. Admiralty notes the Scharnhorst was sunk with minor damage to two British ships, while heavy German units may have pressed the attack amid poor visibility.
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Royal Navy
Russia
London
Berlin
Scharnhorst
Admiralty
DNB
Paris
Dakar
Stockholm
CBS
New York
FDR Acts To Safeguard War Moves
Washington dispatch reports the Army will control U.S. railroads to keep trains moving, with troops available if needed. Secretary Stimson and Lt. Gen. Somervell outlined conditions including wage freezes, arousal of seven railroad presidents as colonels, and federal statutes preventing strikes while civilian management is suspended.
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Washington
Stimson
Brehon Somervell
Army Service Forces
Army
Roosevelt
Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers
Uest
Amen
National Rail Notework
Iic
Ithe Connally
Martin W. Clement
Pennsylvania Railroad
Charles P. Gross
American Rail Road Association
John Pelley
Navy Reports Secret Weapons Used Against Japan in Pacific War
Secretary Knox disclosed in a 1943 activities summary that the U S Navy is employing secret and conventional weapons to push back Japan in the Pacific. He noted more than 42 aircraft carriers in operation, with Corsair and Hellcat fighters strengthening the fleet and a powerful new dive bomber, likely the Helldiver, entering action. The Navy now has over six times as many carriers as on Pearl Harbor day.
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Washington
Pacific
Knox
Rabaul
Navy
Pearl Harbor
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Kwajalein
Marshall Group
von Runstedt
Joe
Hal V. Boyle
Dewitt MacKenzie
William Irye
U.S
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