Churchill Sets West Front Timing For Major Allied Invasion
Prime Minister Churchill told Parliament the second front will open at the right time with a mass invasion from the west. He called the Mediterranean front the third front and said the move exists as a potential preoccupation of the enemy. He noted Allied landings on Sardinia aiding Italian troops, and foresees a Stalin Roosevelt Churchill conference to follow, with a French army of up to four hundred thousand and the Richelieu nearing deployment. The two hour plus war review emphasized unity with Allied leaders to shape the postwar world.
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Allies Land on Kos Leros and Samos in Dodecanese
Cairo dispatch reports British forces have landed on Kos Leros and Samos near Turkey and seized the Kos airfield. American four engine bombers bombed Venice for the first time. Italians reportedly cooperate on Kos. RAF says airbase now in use. Rhodes lies 50 miles south.
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Allies Smash Nazis Back In Italy Inland 16 Miles
Allied forces push 16 miles inland as the 5th Army captures Eboli in a sustained advance from Salerno. Heavy bombers hit Venice while Corsica’s German garrison nears annihilation by French troops and island guerrillas. Montecorvino is also threatened as German resistance is driven north toward the Sele River.
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Bronte Links Nelson Legacy From Ireland to Haworth
The Ottawa Journal London Correspondent notes Bronte in Naples title links to Nelson. A Northern Ireland clergyman changed his name from Patrick Prunty to Patrick Bronte, father to Charlotte and Emily. His Nelson obsession reshaped literary lineage and publishing potential.
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Churchill War Review Highlights and Global Alliance Plans
London dispatch summarizes Prime Minister Churchill's war review in the House of Commons. He notes no Allied ships sunk by U boat in the first half of September and warns of renewed U boat activity. He discusses an Anglo American Russian conference, hoped Churchill Roosevelt Stalin meeting before 1943 end, and stresses close alliance for postwar stability.
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Halifax Port Mines Sweep Clears Dangerous Channel
Halifax officials report enemy submarines mined approaches to the harbor in June to block shipping. Minesweeping units from the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Navy opened a six cable wide channel in one day to permit convoy movement, with no lives lost. Mines laid by an ocean going submarine were mined near a convoy straggler sunk earlier. The operation involved three sweeps: exploratory, protective, and mop up, all performed with precise coordination.
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Angus L. Macdonald
Nation Defence
Naval Services
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Marshall as Allied Chief
Gen George C Marshall is tentatively slated to become virtual global commander in chief of all Anglo American forces. If approved by the British war cabinet, he would coordinate aggressive action on all fronts under Quebec directives, reflecting his role as the standout contributor to Allied strategic plans.
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Casablanca
Sir Kingsley Wood Dead at 62 in London
London September 21 Sir Kingsley Wood chancellor of the exchequer died today at age 62. Lifelong public servant born 1881 he began politics with the London City Council in 1911 and since 1918 represented Woolwich West in Parliament.
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No Ships Lost In 4 Months
London reports Prime Minister Churchill said in four months ending Sept 18 no merchant vessel was sunk by enemy action and in early September no Allied ships were sunk by U boats. He warned U boats may again attack convoys as air and sea efforts continue, noting Germany uses rocket bombs and new aerial weapons against shipping.
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Desna River defence line collapses as Soviet advance nears Kiev
Stalin announced the Desna winter line fell after a fortification assault breaking the Nazi stand along the west bank and capturing Chernigov. Mosow said Red Army cut the Kiev Chernihov highway and a Crimean rail link, with 1,136 towns reported fallen and heavy German casualties.
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West Corsica is Liberated
Allied headquarters report that western Corsica is liberated from German control. French troops hold St Flomeng in the north and have landed on the island s eastern region around Corte and the city of Sartene. German attempts to recapture were repulsed.
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Twenty Five Dead in Army Transport Plane Crash
At Laurinburg Maxton Army Air Base in North Carolina twenty five soldiers died when an army transport plane crashed during a routn flight two miles from the base. The ship burned on impact and authorities said the names would be released after next of kin were notified. a board of inquiry was appointed to investigate.
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News bulletins on war events from Berlin to Britain
News items report Nazi claim that no Allied ships were sunk in four months, Congress backing post war cooperation for peace, 739 German planes downed by British anti aircraft fire, Italian resistance rising in Piedmont, Vatican radio saying Germans not crossing into Vatican City, and Canadian Lt Gen Steuart inspecting the coast. date Sept 21.
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