Allied Bombing Campaign Across Ruhr and Baltic Reach
Allied air forces pounded the Ruhr and Baltic regions on the 28th day of the aerial offensive. Heavy bombers with fighter escorts struck Siegen Betzdorf Dillenburg Wetzlar Friedberg and Marburg along with other German towns. Moonlights and alarms signaled widespread raids from the Netherlands to Stettin and Vienna to Munich as Italy supplied bomber sorties.
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Frankfurt-on-Main
Ruhr
Siegen
Betzdorf
Dillenburg
Wetzlar
Friedburg
Marburg
Netherlands
Stettin
Vienna
Munich
Italy
Warning to Govt on Refunding Sparks Alberta Debate
Percy Page, Independent leader from Edmonton, warned the Alberta government over its refunding plan and hinted the province may struggle to meet payments while funding fixed charges. He pressed the budget debate in the legislature, questioned bondholder negotiations, and urged exploration of compromises, while noting possible cuts to maternity grants, cancer clinic, and social programs if needed. Page urged federal watchdog action to avoid Alberta’s debt burden and called for efficiency reviews to save funds and improve government operations.
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Percy Page
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Canada
McNaughton Sequences Home Defence Move Overseas
Defence officials quote General McNaughton stressing the need for exact figures before announcements. Earlier notices reported 8,300 draftees overseas and 6,300 ordered to embark absent, with 4,631 still absent on February 1. Continued details follow on page three.
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Allied dispositions mask Rhine crossing plans report
The Western Front northern sector notes a smoke screen masking Allied dispositions possibly for a Rhine crossing drive as the 1st Canadian and T Sth Armies consolidate on the Rhine. In the central sector Americans expand the Remagen bridgehead and clear Germans west of the Moselle and Rhine, while the southern sector shows forces maintaining the Saar front.
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Rhine
Remagen
Moselle
Freseure
Saar
Allied Forces Advance Across Rhine in Early Dawn Drive
Prime Minister Churchill praised Gen Eisenhower for a “great victory” while United States forces launched a coordinated dawn assault from the Rhine bridgehead. American troops pushed east beyond Ginsterhahn toward Linz, widened the bridgehead, and moved toward the Autobahn as Hodges crossed the river.
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C.P.J
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Heavy Cross Rhine Duels Near Wesel and Calcar
Canadian and British forces of the 1st Canadian Army completed the west Rhine operation after 31 days of hard fighting from Nijmegen to Wesel. They cleared 914 miles of Rhine bend, captured Kanten and Wesel, and took about 21 500 prisoners. Rest followed in German towns and farmhouses.
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Kammerich
Wesel
Kleve
Calear
anten
Weset
WEST RHINE
ROSS MUNRO
c.P. Cable
Coblenz
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Ruhr
Nijmegen
Holland
Grevar
Rhoine
Maas
Kanten
Push On Vergate Slowed In Italy
Rome reports the Allied Fifth Army push toward Vergate southwest of Bologna slowed by stronger German resistance along the front. British Eighth Army patrols on the east coast are described as aggressive. American troops on the Rene River face heavy fire near Vergato. Field Marshal Kesselring orders full defense of German territory.
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Bologna
Boleena
Pistoia
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Vergato
Rene
Salvato
Albert Kesselming
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Germany
Rhine Crossing Tremendous Shock To German Morale
Allied cross Rhine at Remagen delivers a morale blow to German leadership. Hitler appeals for perseverance as Germans await a major counterattack and the Ruhr becomes a primary objective for Allied forces. Two divisions, about 25,000 men, are reported reinforcing the bridgehead while Eisenhower targets the Ruhr industrial hub. The front remains fluid with potential airborne or amphibious operations speculated.
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Courtney H. Hodges
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Hargarten
Ludendorff bridge
Hoenningen
Linz
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Don Whitehead
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Ludendorff
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United Nations
Rundstedt
U.S
Ruhr
Bombings and Frontline Advances Reported in War Bulletins
On March 12 Allied air forces staged a major raid on Dortmund with over 1000 RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes dropping about 5000 tons of bombs while 2100 American planes struck Swinemunde and other targets. Goebbels told workers in Germany that they would leave someday as friends. A Alberta farm tragedy claimed two infants and a mother took her own life. Canada to send delegation to San Francisco UN meeting with Mackenzie King leading briefly. Canada’s defence minister warned against war optimism and urged continued mobilization until victory is secured.
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Goebbels
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Roryal Canadian Mounted Peice
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Dominion
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