Allied Armies Hammering At Gates Of Berlin And Hamburg
Soviet and German reports place German capital Berlin under immense pressure as Russians push toward the city. German broadcasts claim the enemy drives reach Hangelsberg seven miles from Berlin with tanks and infantry advancing in the decisive stage. Americans regroup on the Elbe while Ukrainians push west from Cottbus toward Galau, deepening the siege on Berlin's eastern periphery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ethbridge Herald
BERLIN
HAMBURG
Associated Press
ONDON
DNE
Hangelsberg
Max Krull
Elbe
Oder
Neisse
Krull
lange
Muenchebere
Templeberg
Buchholz
Cottbus
Spree
Galau
United States
1st Army
MUNICH
LONDON
Lusembourg
Stalin
Sth
PO VALLEY
3th
Bologna
MIELER
EISENHOWER
PARIS
tiller
Ruhr
Germany
Supreme headquarters
C.P
Reuters
radio
Henri Dentz
Syria
bin
PANZER ARMY
Coh-Gtn
Joseph Harte
Sib Anny
Tomato juice boom in Canada ends old era
A St Thomas Times Journal report outlines a dramatic rise in Canadian tomato juice demand from 6,828 cases in 1930 to 4,000,000 in 1944, with Ontario processing 70 percent of production and total 1944 pack at 2,155,000 cases. It notes historical peaks and compares regional shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
St. Thomas Times Journal
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Germans Claim Russians Enter Main Berlin Defences
London April 20. German high command asserts Marshal Konev breached Spree river defences between Cottbus and Spremberg and entered Calau. Berlin says Russians reached Buchholz area seven miles from greater Berlin, and pushed nine miles from Wriezen to Proetzal. Transocean cites Berlin spokesman claiming entry into the city’s main defences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
C.P
Ivan Konev
Spree river
Cottbus
Spremberg
Calau
Berlin
Bucholz
greater Berlin
Wrieren
Proetzel
German Transocean agency
Greater Army Occupation Needed Beyond Plan in Germany
WES GALLAGHER reports from Magdeburg that a far larger Allied occupation may be required in Germany than planned due to severe administrative difficulties. Nazism's legacy has left a battered civic framework, with civil law largely broken and few troops fluent in local languages. Military government teams are stretched thin, and overrun towns demand sustained presence to maintain order and rebuild governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WES GALLAGHER
MAGDEBURG
Germany
Europe
Bifler
mernce
Okinawa Assault Opens as US Divisions Strike
April 20 report says about 45 000 American troops across three divisions launched a major assault on southern Okinawa after heavy bombardment by battleships and cruisers. Initial gains reached 300 to 500 yards, with Machinato village captured and a 13 day stalemate ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GUAM
Okinawa
Machinato
Merritt Is Free Again Canada’s Victoria Cross winner released
Lt Col Cecil Merritt, Canada’s first war Victoria Cross recipient, has reached Prestwick Scotland after liberation from a German POW camp. His wife, informed by the International Red Cross in Montreal, voiced relief saying she is overjoyed and will not worry if she does not hear for a fortnight. The message placed him in Offage C, a camp later overrun by U S troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BELLEVILLE
Ont
C.P
Cecil Merritt
Canada
Prestwick
Scotland
Cecil
Strange Death Pact In Leipzig Surrenders Amid Chaos
In Leipzig Germany the German army surrenders to the US 1st Army at 11 am after fierce fighting. As troops entered the city hall a top official and several others died in a death pact and poison deaths followed at a fortress area. One major factory owner Bundin killed himself and guests after a banquet as soviet action closed in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HAL BOYLE
LEIPZIG
Germany
Reich
U.S
Kurt Lisco
Naz party
BEATH
Herr Bundin
U.S. 1st Army
Bundin
Lethbridge native Lt Donaldson safe in England after POW years
Flight Lieutenant Donaldson, Lethbridge native and RAF veteran of ten years, has reached England safely after five years as a German prisoner of war. Born 1912, he trained in England and Iraq, returned to Canada prewar plans with Trans-Canada Air Lines, then rejoined the RAF as war began. He was shot down and captured off Norway on April 12, 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Donaldson
Lethbridge
Royal Air Force
England
Germany
Fiis
C. S. Donaldson
7th Ave. S
Norway
Ti fg
Donaldson
BADER
MERRITT
Lethbridge oiver
Douglas Bader
D.C
Bar
RAF
Cecil Merritt
Vancouver
Iraq
filer
Trans-Canada
Two Britons Ride Jeep Radiators To Shoot Up Town
In Zwickau Germany on April 20 two British non commissions guided 75 American troops in a 50 mph dash through the city center. They rode atop jeep radiators waving directions to supportive units as U S forces swept in under heavy German fire. The maneuver helped the 89th Infantry take Zwickau in under five hours with about 1700 German soldiers captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ZWICKALU
Germany
Zwickau
U.S. 89th Infantry
Canadians Facing One Of Most Difficult Jobs Of War
Canadian Press war dispatch from April 20 reports the Canadian army confronting a dire task to liberate the rest of Holland. Germans use flood defenses to hold fortress Holland, threatening vast inundation and uninhabitable areas around Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Utrecht, and across the Zuider Zee region, with many dikes and locks ready for demolition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.P. Cable
Holland
Amsterdam
Zuider Tee causeway
Zuider Zee
echt
Amersfoort
Utrecht
Neder Rhine
Netherlands
Rotterdam
Canadians In Fierce Fight With 1st Canadian Army
Canadian troops under the 1st Canadian Army clash along a 200 mile line in northwest Germany near Oldenburg. Royal Canadian Engineers under fire bridged a 50 foot water barrier and a river bridge was completed in the Oldenburg area. Four days of heavy fighting continue as a German counterattack was repelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROSS MUNRO
C.P. Cable
Kusten Canal
Oldenburg
Germany
Ontario infantry
Royal Canadian Engineers
Kusten Canel
Eyewitness notes German collapse amid runaway black market
Ovle Olsen, Berlin correspondent for Stockholm Mortentidningen, describes currency chaos and moral shifts as defeat nears. A Copenhagen Malmö ferry encounter shows officials urging discard of Reichsmarks. Black market prices soar. bread, coffee, and luxury goods fetch extreme sums. Governor-like inflation and widespread disillusion mark the society in upheaval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faltor
Germany
Ovle Olsen
Berlin
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Malmo
Reichsmarks
Hamburg
Erfurt
Oder
Berlin Bombing Campaign Intensifies Across Eighth Straight Day
Allied air forces conduct a broad assault on Berlin and southern Germany with American heavy bombers and RAF Mosquitos striking rail hubs, bridges, and transformer stations from outskirts of Berlin toward Prague and Munich. More than 2,000 US planes take part in morning sweeps. 8th Air Force and 9th Air Force sorties exceed 400 by noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LONDON
O.P
Germany
sin
RAF
FAY
United States
Berlin
Prague
Munich
8th Air Force
U.S
9th Air Force
R.AF
Hitler
R.A.F
Organized Resistance Nuernberg Ends French on Move
The Associated Press reports that organized resistance in Nuernberg has ended as French forces initiate a move. Details indicate shifts in control and ongoing occupation dynamics with regional implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
Allied advances surround Nuernberg as Allies close on Germany
In a broad push across southern Germany Allied forces tightened their noose around Nuernberg while British armor moved toward Hamburg and French troops pressed from Strasbourg toward the Swiss frontier. The 3rd Army neared Agch in Czechoslovakia as Soviet lines pushed toward Prague, Hitler’s birthday marked amid fast-moving fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strasbourg
Rottweil
Lake Comstance
Germany
Switzerland
Ness
Hitler
Stuttgart
Nuernberg
Austria
Italy
Czechoslovakia
Agch
Unis
Prague
Nuernburg
Mauich
Milhes
Road to Berlin Front Lines Distances Reported
The Canadian front spans 18 miles and 45 miles near Tangermuente while the Italian front extends 372 miles from near Parka Magztere, outlining the broad theater of operations and distances involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prens Eablern
eee
re Privosteen
Tangermuente
wiles
Parka Magztere
Baseball scores from today's leagues
National League results Brooklyn 6 New York 1 Boston 3 Phillies 5 end of 9th Chicago 4 Pittsburgh 5 American League New York 6 Washington 3 Philadelphia 5 Boston 3 Cleveland 4 Detroit 1 St Louis 2 Chicago 2 end of 9th
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
New York
Boston
Phillies
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Washington
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Detroit
St. Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moscow
JAPAN
J. B. Levitch
Manchuria
lke Mitsui
Persia
China
Shanghai
Nanking
sprum
Liddell Hart
Bernard Snaw
Ie Island
Atsugi
Tokyo
Palau islands
Yap island
Carolines
Doom
Brandenburg Gate
Unter dem Linden
W. DONALDSON
Great Port
OLLE OLLEN
The
Associated of
ARIS
Tth
old
walla
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!