Invasion at Dawn Invades Italy From Sicily
British and Canadian troops began the first major assault on Hitler's Europe, landing on the Calabrian coast after a pre dawn crossing from Sicily. Allied air forces struck Brenner pass rail hubs as armor and infantry pushed inland through lemon groves toward the Aspromonte mountains. Gen. Eisenhower commanded the operation, with heavy bombers and naval fire support aiding the landings amid wrecked beaches and rugged terrain.
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EDWARD KENNEDY
Associated Press
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Allied Fliers Hit Brenner Pass Bridges Bombardment From Africa to Italy
Allied air forces based in North Africa report a deep strike into northern Italy, blasting Brenner Pass bridges in a pre invasion operation. Four engine bombers targeted critical transit links as part of the overall southern theater offensive.
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Left Hand Corner and a Dog's Long Journey Home
A Vancouver architect ships his Canadian Airedale to his brother in Edmonton. The dog travels 770 miles over rough terrain to reach his master, proving loyalty beyond the road or rail, in a tale of canine fidelity amid wartime dispatches and air raids across Italy.
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Suspect in Murder Questioned in Indianapolis Case
Chief deputy Marion County prosecutor announced the arrest of Robert DeArmond, 40, a Claypool hotel steward and former inmate, in connection with the stabbing of Corporal Maoma L Ridings of Camp Atterbury. He was charged with vagary and held on $1000 bond after a Saturday night hotel incident.
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Japs To Feel Devastation
United States forces plan a four pronged offensive against Japan in Asia and the Pacific this fall. A carrier armada, with 18 aircraft carriers, will join in attacks from the North Pacific from the Aleutians, the Central Pacific from Hawaii, and other strategic fronts. The Quebec conference signals a coordinated push toward home territory, with Churchill and Roosevelt reviewing strategy in Washington.
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Associated Press
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Bomb Barrage Hits North French Fields
Allied air fleets launched dawn raids on northern France and the Low Countries as U S heavy bombers and escorts struck air fields and targets near Paris and along the Seine left bank. Reports say Canadian Mosquito intruders and RAF forces supported attacks with mines and ground exchanges across Pas de Calais and Denain areas.
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Russians Sever Main Nazi Rail Linking South Central Front
Soviet forces launched a major offensive in the central Donets Basin driving toward Kiev and splitting the German rail link between central and southern sectors. Five Red armies pressed along a wide front, recapturing towns and threatening the eastern front while German positions retreated under heavy pressure.
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Paris Bombed Early by RAF News Report
Paris was bombed early today in a raid attributed to the Royal Air Force. The report, broadcast and recorded by Reuters, cites Italian radio as the source of the claim with no independent confirmation available at this time.
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Ross Munro in Italy travels with Canadian troops
Canadian Press war correspondent Ross Munro reportedly went to Italy with Canadian landing parties from Sicily. If confirmed, this would be his fourth foreign landing with Canadian troops, following Spitsbergen in 1941 Dieppe in 1942 and Sicily on July 10, 1943 with the 1st Division.
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France
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Invasion of Italy Opens Across Mesine Straits
British and Canadian troops press across the Messina Straits to establish a bridgehead on the Italian mainland with air cover and German-Italian communications disrupted. Red Army claims 16,000 Nazis killed and 550 villages cleared in two days as advances near Kiev and Smolensk extend front lines. Western air forces raid Paris area by daylight after nighttime intrusions.
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Smoensk
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Paris
Brenner Pass railway knocked out in raid
Allied reconnaissance shows the Brenner Pass railway into Italy completely knocked out by a raid. Photographs reveal wreckage cluttering the line.
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