Allies Take Titanic Gamble In Europe Invasion
Hal Boyle surveys Allied invasion planning for Europe, detailing the crucial factors for a successful land assault. He notes the Moroccan landings as training ground, the need for specialized troops and equipment, naval and air support, surprise, and favorable weather, plus the challenge of covert timing and coxswain reliability.
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Europe
Hal Hoyle
Associated
Morocco
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Hal Boyle
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Italy
Algeria
Rica
United States
Axis
Britain
U. S. Naval Air Arm
Who Was Edward Teach and the Isadora Duncan Warning
Edward Teach is Blackbeard the Pirate. The lit toral of a country refers to its coastline. The dancer Isadora Duncan was strangled when her scarf caught in automobile wheels.
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Edward Teach
General De Gaulle Arrives in Britain
General Charles De Gaulle arrived in Britain and met with Prime Minister Churchill soon after the allied invasion of France was announced. His secret voyage from Algiers was for military reasons to discuss his French Committee of National Liberation which recently designated itself as France’s provisional government. China bans luxury sales.
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London
Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Churchill
France
de Gaulle
Algiers
Committee of National Liberation
Navy reports Block Island sunk in Atlantic
The Navy reveals the sinking of the escort carrier Block Island, the 158th U S ship lost in the war, in its fortnightly submarine warfare report. It also notes 16 additional Japanese merchant ships sunk by U S submarines.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Block Island
U. S
Key Offices In Washington Have Busy Day
Washington reports intense activity at the War Department as Europe invasion unfolds. General Marshall remains at his desk, while the operations staff, Signal Corps, and intelligence units coordinate urgent messages. Secretary Stimson’s aide McCloy works late as reporters gather near the Pentagon.
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Washington
War Department
Europe
George C. Marshall
Gromyko
Order of Suvorov
Soviet Union
General Staff
Signal Corps
Pentagon
Henry L. Stimson
John J. McCloy
War's Secret Hatched Early During Year
Allied headlines reveal D-day and H-hour as the wartime secret hatched early in the year. Adolf Hitler risked vast losses to learn it, while the Pentagon issued the first communique describing invasion timing. Pershing and invasion groundwork discussed, White House quiet as guards stood watch.
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Europe
Pentagon
John J. Pershing
White House
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Loffies
D-Day Planning and Personal News From Nutley
A glimpse of Allied planning for D-Day shows weather, tides, and timing experts weighing countless variables before Eisenhower chose the invasion date. In Nutley New Jersey, Elizabeth A. Walthour, 22, received an engagement ring from Marvin Kierstead, a Naval ensign, in a family ceremony approved by her parents and Mrs Kierstead.
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Elizabeth A. Walthour
H. Kierstead
Essex County
Commencement Ends at UNC Chapel Hill
Commencement ceremonies concluded at the University of North Carolina with the conferring of degrees on more than 500 graduates signaling the end of a three day program last night in Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill
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University North Carolina
Funeral tomorrow for Mayor Hen W. Lockwood
The funeral for Mayor Hen W. Lockwood will be held tomorrow at 7 p.m. at his Charleston home after an illness of 25 days. He died yesterday.
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Charleston
S. C
Hen W. Lockwood
Eisenhower’s D-Day timing and lucky coins in war plan
The article describes Eisenhower as a “lucky general” who chose D-day dates in North Africa and Sicily with favorable odds. It notes tides near Morocco, the Sicily invasion timing, and Salerno, saying he kept a purse with lucky coins to rub on tough days during those campaigns.
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North Africa
D-day
Morocco
Iron Coast
Sicily
Rance
Salerno
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