16 Inch Guns Bombard Okinawa In Closest War Action
U S battleships with 16 inch guns shelled Okinawa and nearby Ryukyus in a major surface attack. Mitscher’s carrier task force delivered two rapid strikes aimed at ships and air fields within 300 miles of Japan.
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Morrie Landsberg
U. SS. Pacific Fleet
Guam
United States
Ryukyu Islands
Adm
Marc Mitscher
Navy
Mitscher
Ryukyus
Japan
Dean Schedler
Manila
Formosa
Cebu Island
Philippines
China
Sulu
Douglas MacArthur
Taiwan
Okayama
Luzon
Okinaia
Ie Shima
Minami Daito Shima
Nagoya
Mitsubishi
Tokyo
Ryukyu Chain
Japan-proper
Okinawa
Miyako
Soviets Open New Offensive Toward Vienna
Russian tanks and infantry drove toward Austria, reaching 40 miles from Vienna and 81 miles southeast of the city along a 62 mile front in Hungary. Moscow claims 76,000 Germans killed or captured recently, with Tolbukhin's Third Ukrainian Army seizing Veszprem and advancing on 350 towns.
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Richard Kaisischke
London
Austria
Vienna
Hungary
Stalin
Moscow
Germany
Silesia
Brno
Prague
Hitler
Nzig Adynia
Danzig
Gdynia
Feidor T. Tolbukhin
Veszprem
Tolbukhin
Budapest
Newsmen protest censorship of Rhine crossing coverage
About 50 American and British correspondents with the U S Ninth Army protested SHAEF handling of the Rhine crossing press release. Censors delayed release until after reporters in Paris and Brussels had seen the story, leaving local field reporters without timely access to firsthand information.
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U.S. Ninth Army
Germany
U. S. 9Th Army
Supreme Headquarters
Paris
Brussels
Supreme Carters
Office of War Ation
Normandy
Cornts
Allies Unleash Mightiest Air War In History
Allied air power assaults Berlin in an unprecedented 33rd night of bombing as 11 000 planes cross the Rhine to support a western offensive. American fighters claim numerous Luftwaffe kills while heavy bombers from Italy reach Berlin for a record escort mission. A vast force of transports, gliders, Liberators, and fighters participate, dropping troops and supplies in the hours before daybreak.
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London
Berlin
Rhine
Reich
England
Luftwaffe
Italy
Alps
Belgium
Germany
Holland
France
Churchill Says Victory Near After Rhine Breakthrough
London reports Churchill at Montgomery headquarters telling troops that decisive victory in Europe will be near once the Rhine line is pierced and German resistance crushed. Montgomery echoed confidence while Eisenhower warned German officers and civilians of Allied punishment for aiding airborne troops. Prince Bernhard spoke under the official notice.
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London
Churchill
Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
Europe
Rhine
Montgomery
Eisenhower
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Grim Resolve To Flatten Japs Mixed With News From Europe
Washington dispatch notes a grim resolve to defeat Japan while early victory in Europe boosts morale. Allied successes across the Rhine prompt outlines: few soldiers to return, munitions and manpower kept tight, drafts eased gradually, taxes debated, price controls persist, and a slow civilian revival ahead.
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Grim
Europe
Washington
Japan
Pentagon
Capitol ‘Hill
Associated Press
Rhine
War Production Board
Byrnes
Allies tighten grip as Rhine crossings aid drive to Berlin
The Allies press hard on Germany from east and west with massive river crossings of the Rhine and a strong Soviet push from the Oder valley. Four Allied armies and air forces converge as Eisenhower massed over 1.25 million troops toward ending Nazi resistance. Russian advances push toward Prague and south central Germany, with key Silesian cities targeted for capture.
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Nazi Germany
Rhine
Berlin
Germany
Eisenhower
Oder
Upper Silesia
Frankenstein
Sudeten
Ratibor
Red Army
Silesia
Navy Men Sail the Rhine 250 Miles From Ocean
U S Navy crews joined U S Army on the Remagen bridgehead front advancing into Hesse after crossing the Rhine 250 miles from the sea. Navy amphibious craft moved troops, tanks and supplies in Hesse while Patton’s forces made a bold river crossing.
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Rhine
Ocean
Third Army
U. S. Navy
Hesse
First Army
Remagen
Marshal Montgomery
Ruhr
Navy
Ludendorff
English
Normandy
Army
George S. Patton
Omaha Head
Unconditional Surrender Declared as Allied Policy
Washington reports that Germany faces choice between unconditional surrender and pulverization with Allied officials stating the German people cannot claim duping into arms surrender. Officials outline aims including reeducation of Germans and restoration of workers rights, while Hitler and other Axis leaders will be punished.
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Washington
Germany
James C. Dunn
Robert Murphy
Eisenhower
Asee
Archibald Macish
Murphy
Europe
Hitler
Jonathan Daniels Named White House Press Relations Chief
President Roosevelt announced Jonathan Daniels will become White House secretary in charge of press relations. Stephen Early to stay on temporarily as secretary in charge of appointments. General E. M. Watson died returning from the Yalta conference. Daniels, 42, former Raleigh journalist, has written books and led press relations during Early's army assignment in France.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Jonathan Daniels
White House
Stephen Early
E. M. Watson
Yalta
Daniels
Raleigh
France
Josephus Daniels
William D. Hassett
Watson
Allied Allied Forces Cross Rhine in Mass War Offensive
Four Allied armies breached the Rhine on a 30 mile front pushing into the Ruhr and North German plain. Eisenhower leads a massive operation with thousands of guns and planes, creating a bridgehead toward Wesel and Duisburg as Berlin looms.
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Austin Bealmear
Paris
Germany
Rhine
Ruhr
Eisenhower
Bac
U. S
Second Army
First Army
First Airborne Army
North German
Berlin
Wesel
U. S. Ninth Army
Duisburg
Europe
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
Westphalian
U. S S. Third Army
mid-Germany
U. S. First Army
Remagen
Himmler Orders Civil Authorities Shut Down
German radio reports that Heinrich Himmler ordered all civil authorities in evacuated or Allied occupied areas to cease functioning for the time being and to establish interim offices to manage or liquidate institutions. The broadcasts claim files and property will be moved to safety as German chaos grows. Allied troops hold across the lower Rhine with Patton’s forces expanding a bridgehead, while the First Army advances east from Remagen.
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London
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Rhine
Himmler
Lower Rhine
Remagen
George S. Patton, Jr
U. S. Third Army
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Ill
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William C. Allen
Aen
Kirke L. Simpson
Zellin
Western Front
Astheim
Third Army Front
Reno River
Great Central Plain
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Sudeten Mountains
Lauban
Dresden
Zittau
Moravian
Edward D. Ball
William Liede
Atlanta
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O. Miller
Chicago
Robert Carter
Austin
Tex
John Edgar Worthen
Witchita Falls
Worthen
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Spring St
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Detroit
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Malden
Mass
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