War Today: Six-Year Anti Comintern Pact Remains Weak
The War Today column notes the sixth anniversary of the anti Comintern pact with Germany and Japan still the dominant powers, while Italy weakens as new members join. The piece recalls Berlin events a year ago and the Axis alliance’s expansion, highlighting shifting strength within the trio and the broader wartime context.
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Berlin
Joachim On Ribbentrop
Moscow
Winr
Red Army
Germany
Japan
Italy
Manchuckuo
Hungary
Spain
Soviet Union
Galeazzo Ciano
England
United States
Great Britain
Manchukuo
Nanking
China
Hitler Ramps Up Air War in North Africa
Allied observers report Axis air power bolstering a last stand in Tunisia as Eden warns the North Africa fight has reached a critical phase. Axis missions strike shipping and ports while raids threaten British columns, with reports of transports and destroyers damaged off Algiers and Libyan targets hit by Nazi air strikes.
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Anthony Eden
House of Commons
North Africa
Tunis
Bizerte
Britain
Eighth Army
Libya
Vichy
Gabes
Sfax
Tunisia
Hitler
Russia
Mediterranean
Algiers
John Jarvie
Stalingrad
Eden
London
Berlin Claims Heavy Blows Against Allied Units
Berlin reports heavy air blows against British forces in Libya and Allied units in French North Africa, but says no major fighting actions occurred. It cites a night attack on Algiers destroying a 2,000 ton merchantman, igniting another transport, and damaging two destroyers, with fires across Algiers Bone Philippeville shore fronts and raids on motorized detachments and railway targets. It also claims the British First Army suffered a severe setback near the Tunisian Algerian frontier.
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Tunisia
Mediterranean
Sardinia
Sicily
Algeria
Algiers
Bone
Phillippeville
Mierchantman
Libya
United States
Berlin
North Africa
Phillipeville
First Army
Escape Route Narrowing As Red Army Presses Stalingrad
Russian counteroffensive narrows the Nazi escape corridor to 30 miles from Stalingrad while pushing 80 miles into Don Bend defenses and 65 miles southwest. German toll climbs with more than 44,000 killed in six days. 36,000 captured, likely 50,000. Soviet rail lines cut. a 300,000-strong force strains supply and escape routes along the Don River area.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Great
Don Bend
Stalingram
London
Reuters
Don River
Skalach
Trekhostrovskaya
Kalach
Stalingrad-Kamensk
Surovikhino
Chernyshevskaya
Trekhostroyvskaya
High Pointer Is Decorated For Heroism
In a ceremony in England Maj. Gen. Ira C. Baker decorated 18 airmen for conspicuous heroism over German occupied France. Two officers and several sergeants received the Air Medal and Purple Heart, including First Lieut. John F. Segrest and Sergeant George E. Williams. Also honored were John G. Cottr
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London
England
Ira C. Baker
France
John F. Segrest
Milstead
Ala
George E. Williams
Albany
Liverpool
N. Y
Pressure Kept On Retreating Rommel Forces
CAIRO. Nov 25. Advance British units pressed the retreating forces of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel between Agedabia and El Agheila. Weather kept aerial activity limited, but British bombers attacked Axis airfields in Crete and Sicily. Twin engined fighters claimed downing at least two German planes off Tunisia. One British aircraft was missing. Fighter-bombers hit Anis airfields in Sicily and started fires on Crete targets.
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Cairo
Erwin Rommelt
Agedabia
el Agheila
Desert
Mediterranean
Crete
Sicily
Tunisia
Bizerte
First experiment enrolls Federal convicts in armed forces
Ray Tucker reports that a pilot program at the Northeastern Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, tested enlisting federal prisoners into the military. A five week study formed a draft board like group with a principal, banker, and prison official coordinating with Washington. About 300 potential fighters were identified from 1200 inmates after screening for offenses, servitude, skills, and patriotism, with roughly twenty moved to khaki already.
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Ray Tucker
Lewisburg
Pennsylvania
Nnational
Army
Selective Service
Washington
U S Bombers Batter Bases Held In China
American bombers with large escort hit two key South China air bases today in daytime raids. Sanchu island airfield and Canton Tienho airfield were damaged with five tons of bombs, fires started, oil dumps ignited. American crews under Lieut. Col. Herbert Morgan and Col. Robert Scout reported major hangars and workshops destroyed. one enemy fighter downed, another possibly destroyed.
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U.S
China
Japan
Sanchu
Canton
Tienho
Reuters
Tokyo
Kwangsi
Morgan
Herbert Morgan
Freedom
Butch
Haiphong
Indo-China
Robert Scout
Macon
Prumead
Everett Holstrom
Tacoma
Wash
John Ruse
Las Grange
Giant German air transport shot down off Tunisia
London dispatch reports a Blohm und Voss 222 seaplane capable of carrying 80 troops was shot into the sea by RAF fighters from Malta north of Linosa Island. The craft crashed with all aboard believed lost. A JU-52 transport and a Dornier 24 escort were also intercepted and damaged in the same area.
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London
Feuters
Tunisia
Malta
Atlantic
Linosa
Sicily
U S Land Forces Refuse Rest On Laurels On Guadalcanal
On Guadalcanal US land forces press a western advance toward Kokumbona and Poha River after a ten day pause, while Marines on the eastern front mop up Nipponese near Teneru River. Colonel Otis Whitney reports progress with minimal casualties.
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U.S
Guadalcanal
J. Norman Lodge
Solomon Islands
United States
Kokumbona Village
Poha River
Teneru River
Otis Whitney
Concord
Mass
Joint Cruz
Matanikau
Japs Making Last Stand In New Guinea
Allied forces press a three sided trap on Japanese positions along a 12 mile Buna Gona coastal strip as heavy ground and air combat intensifies. Australian and American units assault airfields amid artillery fire while air superiority enables mass bombing and strafing.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Buna- Gona
Buna
Gona
Autralians
Sanananda
Carrier Ad Offers War Production Push From Defense Worker
A New York full page Carrier Corp advertisement carries a letter from Arthur Hocking to fellow workers. He laments his son Hardy’s death in battle and urges rapid, relentless production to win the war. He condemns long war expectations and calls for completing refrigeration units and maintaining cold storage, even at sacrifice, to save lives.
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New York
Carrier Corp
Arthur Hocking
Walt Gardner
Hardy
Nazi Position At Stalingrad Awful Says London Source
London sources describe the Nazi siege of Stalingrad as awful with German forces forced to withdraw toward a Don River corridor to escape the Soviet grip. The informant noted no confirmation of a general German withdrawal and warned that a German relief counterattack would be extremely difficult. He cited possible reasons for reduced air battles, including weather or German air strength being diverted to North Africa.
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London
Stalingrad
Volga
Don River
North Africa
Train Derailment Injures Four Near Denmark South Carolina
A northbound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train derailed about 3.5 miles west of Denmark South Carolina injuring at least four seriously and bruising many others. Two overturned coaches fell into a four foot deep pond. nine coaches remained on track. Passengers included soldiers and sailors. four injured were men and women from Atlanta Fort Bragg Barnwell and nearby areas. Cause under investigation. train No. 51 was traveling from Augusta Georgia to Wilmington North Carolina.
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Denmark
S. C
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Here
Eightower Mill Pond
W. V. Whetstone
Emeize Wood
Atlanta
Robert Ballard
Fort Bragg
WN. C
Ethel Carter
Barnwell
Wille Lou Miller
Tri-County
Orangeburg
Whetstone
Augusta
Wilmington
N.C
Whipping Cream Prohibited Under WPB Food Order
The War Production Board barred dairy producers from distributing whipping cream to households retailers restaurants and other institutions to conserve fluid milk for consumer use and dairy products. Coffee or light cream is unaffected and the move aims to relieve butter and milk shortages nationwide.
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Washington
C-P
War Production Board
Clyde E. Beadsice
Wees Dairy
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