Forts From Africa Bases Hit Munich Forts From Africa Bases Hit Munich
Allied air forces in the North Africa theater carried out a double strike on Munich and Wiener Neustadt, with Fortresses and Liberators flying long-range missions from Africa and Italy. The raids aimed at German industrial targets and retreat lines near Naples, despite heavy losses and strong fighter opposition.
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North Africa
Northwest African Air Force
Germany
Africa
Italy
Munich
Wiener Neustadt
Vienna
Naples
Grazzanise
Formia
Aples
Atoa
Schweinfurt
Regens
Britain
Henschelt
Cairo
Alps
British Isles
RAF
Foggia
American Forces Advance From Naples Toward Rome
Allied troops press north from Naples toward Rome as the road to the capital is declared open by a military spokesman. Benevento is reported directly threatened as British and American forces push through the damaged city and continue toward the next German line.
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Allied
North Africa
Naples
Rome
Reuters
Benevento
RAF Bombs Ruhr Town of Hagen
Allied air forces bombed Hagen in the Ruhr, with German reports crediting American bombers as participants. The raid followed a German radio claim that American planes were over Rhine Westphalia and Naples operations continued with Allied advances in Italy, including Naples and the Monte Gargano peninsula.
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Ruhr
Hagen
London
Emden
RAF
Germany
Dortmund
Accumulatoren Fabrika
Berlin
Associated Press
Rhineland
Westphalia
Ira Co. Eaker
U.S.A.A.F
Henry M. Arnold
U. S Air Force
Germans Torch War Supplies Near Naples After Bombardment
Allied bombings at Castellammare and nearby Torre Annunziata force German forces to burn and abandon vast war materiel. The harbor lies in ruins with dozens of sunken ships and scorched warehouses. Fleeing fuel shortages trap trucks and aircraft parts along roads north of Naples.
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North Africa
Castellammare
Naples
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Torre Annunziata
France
Yanks Hit Jap Convoy in Solomons Pressures Increase
U S Liberator bombers attacked a 11-ship Japanese convoy off Choiseul Bougainville and Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands. One ship sunk for certain, one presumed sunk and two damaged. American losses were minor. The action reflects intensified pressure driving the Japanese from central to northern Solomons and toward New Guinea.
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William F. Halsey
South Pacific
Buka Island
Solomons
Choiseul
Bougainville Islands
Upper Solomons
Bougainville
Choiseul Bay
Admiral Halsey
Kolombangara
Central
New Guinea
Vella Lavella
Hunger crisis worsens in India's eastern seaboard amid unrest
The famine toll rises on India's densely populated east coast as government attempts to speed food imports fail to quell starvation. The crisis compounds the British Indian political unrest and raises American concern over Asia strategy and base buildup against Japan.
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India
Orient
Japan
Seg Yima
Bengal
Wheeler Threatens More Draft Ban Speeches in Senate
Senator Wheeler warned of two additional four hour speeches next week unless leaders propose a meaningful substitute for his bill to halt inductions of prewar fathers. He said administration action or new legislation is needed to remove draft dodgers and slackers from government and war plants. Leaders consider compromise bills from Bailey and Taft to tighten deferments and restrict officer assignments.
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Washington
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D-Mont
Senate
Barkley
Hill
Alabama
Congress
Bailey
Taft
Ohio
Army
Navy
Selective Service
Reds and Nazis locked in fierce battle on Dnieper fronts
Russian and German fronts clash along the Dnieper as Red Army and Wehrmacht exchange heavy bombardment and river crossings. Berlin reports 140 Soviet tanks lost defending river and rail centers while Russians push toward Gomel and Vitebsk amid brutal street fighting.
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London
Octarman
Ural
Dnieper
Army Air Force
Baltic States
Moscow Radio
Aeaey
Orsa
Viterbsk
Cavens
Lev
Vitebsk
Red Army
Gomel
High Command
Berlin
Kiev
Tribunals Formed by Puppet Regime in Italy
Bern dispatch reports Mussolini headed authorities order special tribunals to try Fascist party members seen as treasonous. Among named targets are Galeazzo Ciano and other senior figures like De Vecchi, Federzoni, Bastianini, Acerbo, and Alfieri. They were moved from Badoglio custody to northern Italian prisons.
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Bern
Switzerland
Italy
Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
la Suisse
Geneva
Chiasso
Duce
Cesare Maria de Vecchi di Val Cismon
Rome
Somaliland
Luigi Federzoni
Royal Academy
Guiseppe Bastianini
Grand Council
Giacomo Acerbo
International Institute of Agriculture
Dino Alfieri
Propaganda Ministr
Holy All These
Badoglio
Nine Allied Ships Sunk By German U Boats
Survivors report at least nine Allied ships lost from convoy last week as German U boats attack Atlantic lanes after a four month lull. Canada and Britain confirm the loss of the destroyer St Croix and two escorts, the Polyanthus and Itchen, with St Croix claiming 146 lives.
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Canada
Britain
St. Croix
Great Britain
U. S
Pearl Harbor
Polyanthus
Itchen
St. Croiz
Angus MacDonalds
Wre
How
World Sees A Lot Of Young Adventurer
Bobby Northrup a seven year old with a love of travel began a street roaming escapade in Cedar Rapids Iowa His adventure drew surprised pedestrians and a boxing official named Alex Fidler halted him The lad was admonished to return for another bath and his mother arrived to end the episode
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Cedar Rapids
Bobby Northrup
Bobby
Bobby Pitter
Third Avenue
First Presbyterian Church
Alex Fidler
War Zone Report May Bear On Postwar Issues
Four senators returning from war zones will deliver a confidential report to the senate next Wednesday. Indications point to disclosures that could influence future postwar economic and diplomatic policy discussions.
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Washington
Senate
War Through Italian Towns From Pompeii To Naples
BELMAN MORIN reports from the American Fifth Army in Italy on a frontline journey along the road to Naples. He notes a blend of comic heroism and deadly danger as soldiers dodge kisses from locals and German snipers, with towns showing ruins and improvised hospitals. Italian patriots aid Allied forces by feeding intelligence despite fierce reprisals.
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Naples
Belman Morin
Italy
Pompeii
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