Allied Strategy for North Africa to Invasion of Europe
The article argues Rommel is retreating in Libya and Tunis with fall of Bizerte likely. It foresees Allied victory paths from Crete to Sicily to Sardinia and beyond to Europe. Air and sea superiority, Mediterranean bases, and weakened Italian navy bolster Allied plans and signal Germany’s path to defeat.
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Rommel
Libya
Tunis
Biserte
Crete
Sicily
Sardinia
Spain
Italy
Greece
Balkans
Europe
Royal Navy
Dodecanese
Aegean
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Bues Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Hitler
Germany
Famous General Led British Column That Cut Rommel’s Africa Corps
Cairo dispatch identifies Maj Gen Bernard Freyberg VC as the famed commander who led the New Zealand division of Montgomery’s Eighth Army in the Wadi Matratin operation that severed Rommel’s Africa Corps. The move involved a large composite force and highlighted Freyberg as a premier Middle East leader.
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Colum
Rommel
Cairo
Middle East
Marshal Romme
Africa Corps
Wadi Matratin
Sir Bernard Freyberg
V.C
New Zealand
Bernard Montgomery
Eighth Army
Gibraltar Fortress Under Allied Command At Rock Headquarters
The article describes Gibraltar as the world's safest air raid shelter carved from rock where Allied staff work 24 hours under U S command with General Eisenhower visiting. General Mason MacFarlane heads operations, access to headquarters requires passing navy guards and a tunnel three quarters of a mile long, with concrete walls keeping out water.
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British Empire
United States
West Point
Gibraltar
Eisenhower
The
Rock
Conty
Mason MacFarlane
Navy
Tong
Hitler's Norway envoy warns on Allied victory
London reports Joseph Terboven, Hitler’s envoy in Norway, spoke on December 8 of an Allied victory and warned that Norway would face political and economic upheaval, even with Sweden resisting Bolshevik influence. The remarks were said to be made to about 24 Norwegian manufacturers and later published.
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Miller
Norway
London
Hitler
Joseph Terboven
Tertoven
Sweden
Setees A D McLean Wins Trans-Canada Trophy for Service
Ottawa civil aviation official Setees A D McLean received the Trans-Canada Trophy for outstanding service in 1941. The award honors his role in selecting and developing airport sites for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and the RCAF, with bases cited for the achievement. The trophy was donated by the late James Dalzell McKee of Pittsburgh as a memorial to the first Trans-Canada seaplane flight in 1926.
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A. D. McLean
Ottawa
Department of Transport
RCAF
James Dalzell McKee
Pittsburgh
War Misleading Rumors Circulate About 1948 End in North Africa
Allied HQ in North Africa reports no basis for claims the war will end in 1943 or 1948. Observers note eccentric French anecdotes compare revolutions and campaigns across centuries, but official statements affirm ongoing operations and no fixed end date.
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North Africa
Chence Creamstone
Napoleon
France
Hitler
Air Training Plan marks third anniversary gains
Sir Donald Cameron, chairman of the New South Wales air force recruiting organization, says the Commonwealth Air Training Plan has surpassed expectations. He notes Australia’s airpower now exceeds prewar RAF strength and that more RAAF personnel are in Britain than Australia’s total prewar air strength. He cites Pacific war pressures prompting replanning and pledges continued vigorous all war policy to keep airmen fully supplied.
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Astration
Donald Cameron
New South Wales
Eir
Australia
RAF
RAAF
Britain
Shortage of men hinders protection efforts in Alberta
Edmonton interview with H E Nichols secretary of the Alberta Farmers Union, representing 16 000 farmers, warns that without measures to recruit workers the province cannot boost protection programs. He outlines the need for staffing and resources to sustain increased safety and oversight across farming communities.
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Alberta
Edmonton
H. E. Nichols
Alberta Farmers’ Union
British Army Desert Drive Filmed In Major War Photo
Forty thousand feet of film chronicles the British Eighth Army advance from El Alamein to Ben Ghazi. Photographers, many noncombatants, captured key moments including Tobruk’s capture and a desert tank battle. The footage, edited for public showing around February 1, 1942, aims to depict the offensive without fakery.
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London
Sth
FI Almein
Benfast
Field Marshal
Rommel
Africa Corps
Egypt
Tobruk
RCAF Plane Bombs Submarine Off Alaskan Coast
An RCAF plane piloted by PO W E Thomas of Toronto dropped a 500 pound bomb on a Japanese submarine as it began a dive off the Pacific coast near Alaska. Sgt Robert Kenning of Pembroke signalled the attack. wreckage indicates the submarine was destroyed. RCAF coastal patrols and joint U S forces operate over the Aleutian region including Kiska where Japanese forces have landed.
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RCAF
Pacific
PO. W. E. Thomas
Toronto
Robert Kenning
Pembroke
Ont
Pacific Coast
Canada
Alaska
U.S. Air Force
Aleutian
Kiska
Alberta Poultry Shipments For Holiday Markets
Alberta sent 75 carloads of dressed poultry totaling 1.5 million pounds for Christmas markets. The 10 day shipping season was brief due to lighter supplies. About 90 percent of loadings were turkeys with geese ducks and some chickens making up the rest. Producers earned 375000 dollars, mostly from central Alberta.
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Onty-Two
Alberta
Eamonton
Boy’s enlistment attempt sparks cigar age bluff
Major C. E. Otton reports a 15-year-old boy came to enlist in the Canadian active army and smoked a cigar to appear older. The interview revealed the boy’s belief that smoking would convince officers he was 18.
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Tmuep
Winnipeg
C. E. Otton
Reginan
Hitler Prepares Drive Through Spain Toward Gibraltar
London based correspondent for the Daily Mail reports Geneva belief that Hitler plans a southern and western European advance via Spain aimed at Gibraltar. He has reportedly written off the Russian campaign as a failure and shifts focus to Europe.
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Spain
London
Geneva
London Daily Mail
Hitier
Gibraltar
Europe
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