Allied Africa landings signal new phase of war
The United States announces large scale landings along the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts of French North Africa. The operation, with armored and artillery support, aims to weaken Axis control as British and American forces reinforce in Africa. Eisenhower is named to lead the expeditionary force, with MacArthur directing Allied operations in Australia and New Guinea.
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Solomon Islands
South Pacific
Roosevelt
White House
War Department
Mediterranean
French North Africa
Egypt
British Isles
Britain
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Eye Witness: Eisenhower Leads Historic North Africa Landing
Allied forces led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower execute a massive dawn landing on the Vichy shore in North Africa. American infantry marines and sailors arrive after a nightlong buildup, with British naval and air support and a fleet spanning hundreds of ships. The operation aims to break Hitler’s grip on the Mediterranean, employing airborne units and elite combat troops.
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Wes Gallagher
North Africa
Hitler
Mediterranean
Dwight D
Iké) Eisenhower
Suipreme
America
United States
Allied drive chases Rommel’s forces toward Libyan border
British communique reports massive tank battles and air assaults west of Matruh as 300 guns and thousands of vehicles fall to Allied forces. RAF and US airpower pound Axis ports and sea lanes while American bombers destroy a tanker at Bengali and hit a merchant ship at Tibruk. Genoa embarkation port also heavily damaged.
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Rommel
Fuka
el Alamein
Matruh
Nile
Britain
Genoa
Dakar fortified as key Vichy stronghold in Africa
The Vichy defense of Dakar centers on the city as a prime strategic point in their empire. Admiral Jean Darlan tours Africa promising fierce resistance to any attack. Estimates place 50,000 to 60,000 troops, mostly natives, in Dakar and Senegal. Old American planes used at Casablanca operate from nearby fields.
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Dakar
Jean Darlan
Vichy
Africa
London
Senegal
Allied expedition to Africa to repel Axis invasion and aid France
The combined Allied force under American command, with British troops, aims to prevent Axis occupation of northern and western Africa and deny the Axis a launch point against the Americas. It will aid Russia, reassure French authorities, and seek to liberate France and its empire from Axis control.
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Egypt
Africa
Atlantic
Americas
Russia
France
French Empire
Casablanca Amid War Talk and Modern Change
Casablanca is described as a growing port city with new architecture hotels theaters and broad avenues rising beside the old walled town. It notes a large Franco Moroccan population a 35000 ton battleship Jean Bart and defenses including airfields and coastal artillery. Morocco is an absolute monarchy under Sultan Sidi Mohammed with French protectorate administration led by Gen Auguste Nogues. The United States has long involvement in supporting peace, evidenced by its early role in the 1906 Algeciras conference and Moroccan affairs.
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Jean Bart
Brest
Casablanca
London
Tangier
Span
Morocco
Rabat
Oualidia
Azores
Madeira
Canaries
Sidi Mohammed
Auguste Nogues
United States
Algeciras
Prices Raised on Potatoes Onions and Turkeys by OPA
Washington Nov 7 Stores received permission from Price Administrator Henderson to raise prices on potatoes onions and turkeys as part of a move toward permanent price mandates. The changes include about a one cent per pound rise for Maine potatoes a half cent for onions and roughly a three percent raise for turkeys in February with no material change for the holiday season. The report also notes a 2.4 percent rise in the family food bill between Sept 15 and Oct 13 and details broader price control measures and penalties for violations.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Maine
OPA
Soviet lag on the Western Front reported in Moscow area
Soviet forces concentrated in the Moscow region as Germans claim large Russian forces. The communique notes artillery and mortar duels with about 700 German casualties on Saturday. Fighting near Tuapse described as local. Germans bring in fresh reserves after heavy losses. Earlier Nalchik plains battle mentions armored trains entering the engagement.
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Moscow
Black Sea
Tuapse
Nalchik Plains
Veteran American flier dies in Canadian plane crash
Col. Jack Zimmerman control officer of the United States Ferry Command died in a Gulf of St. Lawrence plane crash last Monday. His parents in Mimico were notified of the death. Zimmerman logged over 2,000,000 flight miles and flew the Atlantic 116 times as a pioneer U S air mail f arranger. The report notes his long service and pioneering status.
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Toronto
Jack Zimmerman
United States
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Zimmerman
Harry Zimmerman
Mimico
United States War Department
Atlantic
Algerian Portraits and Solomons Battle Updates
The article surveys Algeria under French rule with population and city details, then shifts to a Guadalcanal war briefing. It notes Algeria’s mixed heritage, Algiers’ dual city character, and longstanding French control. It also covers U S Navy reports on early Solomons fighting, including river crossing near Malimbin, western flank actions, aerial bombing, and line extent around Koli Point to protect the airfield.
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United States
Koli
Japan
Koli Point
Navy
Solomons Islands
Guadalcanal
Malimbin River
Point Cruz
Solomon Island
Solomon Islands
Koti Point
CIO Convention Opens Amid Lewis Absence In Boston
In Boston on November 7 the Congress of Industrial Organizations prepares for its 42nd convention with founder John L. Lewis absent for the first time. About 500 delegates gather as the CIO weighs reunion with the AFL and deals with Lewis led tensions and the split with his United Mine Workers.
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Joe Loftus
Boston
Congress of Industry Organizations
Jet L. Lewis
CIO
American Federation of Law
Lewis
Uni
Cro
PR Murray
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Dhsp
A. D
Ezy
Kathryn
Lew
Tts
Murray
United Mine Worke
United 'Gas, Coke and Chemical Workers
Martin Wagner
United Mire
Wagner
New Jersey
West Virginia
Chicago
Niagara
AFL
Nationa la Bor Relations Board
U S Airmen Score Expanded Fighter Victories
U S airmens tally increases with Macchi and CR 42 destructions. Capt R E Llewellyn of Johnstown Pa is credited with two ME 109s and one Macchi destroyed, Capt T W Clark of Suffield Conn with two Macchis destroyed, First Lieut G O Wymond of Detroit with two CR 42s destroyed, and Capt Glade B Bilby of Skidmore Mo with two Me 109s destroyed and one damaged. Macchi 202 and another Nav 4 added to a prior bag of one Macchi and one CR 42 destroyed.
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R. E. Llewellyn
Johnstown
Capt
Glade .B. Bilby
Skidmore
Britain backs justice policy in aid to France during North Africa operations
Britain endorses the justice policy and aims to hasten peace as France seeks independence and restoration of democracy. The United States acts with royal support, aided by Royal Navy and RAF units, in operations in North Africa seen as advancing toward a day when Frenchmen unite for national greatness.
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United States
Royal Navy
RAF
France
United Nations
North Africa
Allies declare North Africa campaign to free France
The War department published a proclamation stating the Allies seek only to defeat the enemy and free France. It said there are no designs on North Africa or the French empire and urged French forces to cooperate. An English text urged calm but alert metropolitan France and noted the French North Africa landing as the first step toward liberation.
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North Africa
War Department
France
French North Africa
Australians Press Japanese Positions in Local Enclosing Drives
A wartime communique reports Australian forces maintaining constant pressure on Japanese positions. They continue采用 local enclosing movements to dislodge defenders, relying on tactics that have proven successful to date.
Summary of Japanese casualties in Pacific battles
A World War II era report cites totals of 9,188 Japanese killed, with 500 killed during a September night airfield assault, 670 at Tenaru River August 21, and 1,018 killed in ongoing actions after August 7. The figures cover occupations and aerial assaults on Tulagi Gavutu Makambo Tanambogo and adjacent positions.
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Tenaru
Tulagi
Gavutu
Makambo
Tanambogo
Reach Truce In Dispute Tie Up War Plants
The War Labor Board announced a truce in a jurisdictional dispute between the Mechanics Educational Society of America and the United Automobile Workers CIO. about 9,200 Mesa members were ordered to return to work as plants resume production. The agreement also calls for no further sympathy strikes in Cleveland and Toledo while the dispute is reviewed. The strikes followed the ejection of Mesa members from a Briggs Manufacturing Co plant.
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Detroit
War Labor Board
Mechanics Educationals Society of America
United Automobile Workers
CIO
Matthew Smith
New Confederated Unions of America
Mesa
Louis M. Gill
Cleveland
Toledo
O. Gill
UAW
German Foche-Wulf 1905 Collision Over English Channel
London dispatch reports German Focke-Wulf 190s on a practice flight collided while evading fire from a French Spitfire off the southwest coast. One aircraft hit the other’s tail and both plunged into the Channel. A French pilot’s maneuvers aided the attack and deterred the enemy.
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London
A Ministry
Enz
London Discerns Big Weekend Upset After U S Landings
London reacts to United States landings and French North African operations with optimism about major military moves. Reports mention rumors of a significant development this weekend and praise from a unitary source describing the operation as magnificent news.
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London
United States
America
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