Clark Praises 5th In Speech In Italy Farewell to 5th Army
Lt General Mark W. Clark transfers command of the 5th Army to Lt General Lucian K. Truscott Jr in Italy. Clark commends the 5th Army for its two year service since Jan 5, 1943, citing courage, loyalty and the shared effort with the 8th Army against a strong enemy.
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1STH
Italy
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army
5Th Army
Lucian K. Truscott, Jr
6Th Corps
Clark
North
Africa
15Th
5Th
8Th
The
Genetal Truscott
DSA
Soviet Offense in the North Pressed German Lines
Soviet forces advance on a broad front north and northeast of Miskolc with several towns seized near Szendro and Rudobanya. The push aims to split the eastern garrison with Czech aid and wheel west toward Austria. German troops near encirclement face a closing front above Budapest as General Guderian arrives in Vienna to supervise defenses.
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Berlin
Budapest
Moscow
Austria
Miskolc
Tallya
Rudobanya
Szendroe
Szendro
Kosice
Ivan Petitov
Presov
Slovakia
London
Guderian
Vienna
Vienna Plain
Stockpeste
Mindoro Island landings open new assault in the Philippines
Allied forces landed at three beaches on Mindoro near San Jose as part of a bold operation in the western Visayas. Rear Admiral Arthur D. Struble led a large armada while air and naval bombardment supported the night landings. Japanese losses climbed with 133 planes destroyed around Manila in the latest tally as the campaign widens toward Luzon.
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Visayas
Mindoro
San Jose
Tokyo
MacArthur
Arthur D. Struble
Associated Press
Negros
Panay
Mindanao
Philippines
Reuter
Christmas Card From Burma to Draft Board
A V-mail Christmas greeting from Burma along the Ledo Road reads Wish you were here. It is sent by H. Colby to his draft board, reflecting wartime letters from Burma during the campaign. The note captures personal morale amid ongoing World War II.
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Philadelphia
Des
Ledo Road
Burma
S-Set
H. Colby
V-mail
The Big Picture in Italy and Balkans War Report
A December front overview notes Italian and Balkan developments. British and Dominion forces push in the Po Valley threatening Faenza while Kesselring redeploys troops from the 5th Army. The Red Army advances toward Budapest prompting German withdrawals from Italy. Terrain, weather, and fortified peaks dominate the fight as Fifth and Eighth Army units confront mountains and plains along highways 64 63 and 9 toward Bologna and the Adriatic.
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5Th Army
Italy
Tyrrhenian
Adriatic
Po Valley
Lamone River
Baraca Vallo
Faenza
Bologna
Albert von Kesselring
Red Army
Budapest
Vienna
Danube River
Yugoslavian
Bismarck
Europe
Trieste
Fiume
Balkans
Joe
Willie
Mt. Belvedere
Highway 65
Fifth Army
Tibet
John Michnos
Wilmington
Del
8Th Army
Apennines
Sth
Imola
Castel San Pietro ‘Re
Y Bologna
Rome Listens for Christmas Eve Mass in Vatican
Rome announces a Christmas Eve blackout lift with special bus service from all city areas to St. Peter's. Pope Pius XI will lead the night mass in the Vatican Basilica. A midnight curfew is suspended for Christmas Eve, and New Year’s Eve also has no curfew.
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Rome
St. Peter's
Pope Pius XI
Vatican Basilica
Allied push near Lamone and Ravenna area described
Damaged OCR notes Allied operations southwest to erase bulge and advance north of Lamone as Canadians cross near Ravenna. Mentions Ferrara direction, Valli di Comacchio lowlands limiting armor, and Porto Corsini liberation opening a sea exit for the Sth Army.
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Lamone
Ferrara
Ravenna
Valli di Comacchio
Porto Corsini
Adriatic
Sth
Iits
TAF Pounds Away Despite Weather
More than 1,000 Tactical Air Force fighters attacked enemy communications in the Po Valley and close working targets in Italy. B 25 Mitchells hit ammunition dumps in Cremona and Bologna while other formations struck bridges. RAF bombers aided Greece supply runs and road movements near Klopot. Balkan Air Force swept Yugoslavia bombing an air field and motor transport. Coastal Air Force hit a 360 foot steamer and two smaller vessels in the northern Adriatic. Recon photos showed rail yards at Rosenheim and Innsbruck well hit. MAAF flew over 2,200 sorties with ten Allied aircraft reported missing.
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MAAF
Cremona
Bologna
RAF
Greece
Klopot
Yugoslavia
Balkan
Adriatic
Germany
Austria
Rosenheim
Innsbruck
War Crimes Commission Names Hitler War Criminal One
Dr. B. Ecer, Czech representative, told a London meeting that Adolf Hitler and his government are war criminal number one. He urged that arch criminals be treated like ordinary criminals from dock to scaffold as the war crimes trial proceeds.
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London
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Adolf Hitler
B. Ecer
Society For Cultural Relations
Ussr
Ecer
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