World War II Allied Forces Readied in Italian Campaign Context
The passage notes major U S Army divisions the 36th Texas 45th Oklahoma and 43rd Sicilian invasion veterans with commanders Maj Gen Dahlquist Maj Gen Eagles and mentions airborne forces under Maj Gen Robert P Frederick and the large French army in action since 1940 alongside infantry and armored divisions and special units.
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Pacific Coast
36Th
Salerno
Rome
Alban Hills
John F. Dahlquist
Minneapolis
Minn
45Th
Oklahoma
W. W. Eagles
Indiana
43Th
Anzio
Robert P. Frederick
Roosevelt Nominates Patch for Lieutenant General
President Roosevelt nominated Maj. Gen. Alexander M Patch Jr commander of the Seventh Army in southern France for promotion to lieutenant general while he holds the temporary rank of major general. Patch's permanent rank remains colonel of infantry. A foot care tip is included mentioning a bicarbonate of soda bath and massage with hazel and oil.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alexander M. Patch Jr
France
Patch
Patton drives toward Paris as Germans retreat across Seine
Allied forces push through a widening Normandy pocket toward Paris with Patton's armored units breaking German resistance east and south of Chartres and Dreux. Reports say the Seventh army is in disarray, evacuating toward the Seine while British Canadian advances pressure from Le Havre to the coast.
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Patton
Paris
Berlin
Etampes
Orleans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Authon
Seventh Army
H. D. G. Crerar
First Army
Chartres
St. Calaise
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
Dreux
St. Arnoult
Versailles
Rammbouillet
DNB
Transocean
Argentan-Falaise Bay
Laigle
Gace
Seine
Argentan
Falaise
Normandy
le Havre
Falaise Bay
Risle River
Guenther von Kluge
Supreme Command
Europe
ABSIE
Supreme Headquarters
Bures
Troarn
Dives
Bassenville
Mezidon
St. Pierre-Sur-Dives
Max Krull
Chambois
London
Hitler
France
Eisenhower
Channel
England
Brittany
St. Malo
Brest
Lorient
St. Nazaire
Vendome
le Mans
Trun
East Coast
John Wood
Fort Knox
Rob
Allied forces press inland after D-Day assault near Toulon
Naval and ground units push through German defenses along the Riviera coast. Carrier aircraft provide crucial air cover and bombarded shore positions while Maj. Gen. Patch’s forces seize key road centers and advance toward Toulon, with French resistance aiding the push and air fields rapidly established inland.
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Port- Cros
la Napoule
Cannes
Gulf of Napoule
Corsica
Toulon
BBC
London
Durazzo
Albania
Balkans
Alexander M. Patch
Riviera
Marseille
Draguignan
St. Raphael
Vidauban
le Luc
Besse
Cuers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Hun
Wilson
Frejus
Germans Give Up St Malo Citadel After 11 Day Stand
London Aug 18 The garrison of St Malo surrendered after 11 days under heavy American fire. Col Andreas von Aulock led the defense saying the fight would become another Stalingrad but lack of food forced ceasefire. St Malo fell as Patton’s Third Army cut across Brittany.
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London
Andreas von Aulock
St. Malo
Caucasus
Breton
Stalingrad
Aulock
DNB
Fuehrer
Heil Hitler
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Brittany Peninsula
Most Italian Spies Rounded Up Across Italy
Allied authorities reported that 95 percent of Italian spies and saboteurs sent by Germany to liberated Italy have been captured. The Germans showed disregard for their agents, aiding arrests. Sixteen executions have occurred, many more sentenced to death, with many awaiting trial.
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Rome
Italy
Germans may announce Vichy seat move tomorrow
An Allied broadcast said Germany may declare tomorrow whether the seat of the collaborationist French government will be moved from Vichy. Vichy lies midway between Paris and southern France. Dieppe, France, has roots in the Gallo Roman era and the Middle Ages and once possessed a large fleet.
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London
Vichy
Paris
France
Dieppe
Eisenhower Aides Say Third Army Planned Seine Strike In Advance
A high officer on General Eisenhower's staff disclosed that the American Third Army's major push toward the Seine was scheduled months before D-day. He emphasized that the maneuver was not improvised and followed preexisting plans on Supreme Headquarters maps. Brig Gen Donald Stroh leads the Eighth Army unit involved.
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Eighth
Donald Stroh
Eisenhower
Supreme Headquarters
Chinese forces push at Lungling Mangshih and Tengchung
A Chinese communique says three main western Yunnan objectives were bolstered while four Japanese night attacks northeast of Mangshih were repulsed. Beijing reports preparations to exploit six Tengchung city wall footholds and to dislodge Japanese positions outside the city. Chinese assaults persist on two fortified hills east and south of Lungling.
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Lungling
Mangshih
Yunnan
Tengchung
Truman Accepts Liberal Party Nomination for VP
Senator Truman of Missouri accepted the Liberal party of New York state’s vice presidential nomination. He said liberal elements will unite behind the Democratic ticket in November. Alexander Rose of New York City projected 400,000 Liberal votes for Roosevelt-Truman in New York. The Liberal party formed by right wing elements of the American Labor party.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
Liberal Party
New York State
Alexander Rose
New York City
Roosevelt
American Labor Party
West Monroe Lions Hold Meeting on Cooking School Plans
The West Monroe Lions Club met at First Baptist Church with Vice-President P. P. Lynch presiding in the absence of President M. W. Mitchell. Guests included Leo Walsworth. Committees reported on the cooking school planned for September 1-2. B. H. Dyar elected vice-chairman, J. P. Bonar remains cooking school chairman.
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West Monroe
Communiques describe Pacific bombing and base losses
Reports from SEA LANES describe a key line threatened by Philippines Halmahera operations. Sinking of a 5000 ton freighter in Davao Gulf and bombing of Halmahera with heavy aircraft losses. Nimitz says Liberators bombed Chichi Jima and raids continue north of Japan with no interceptions noted.
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Davao Gulf
Philippines
Halmahera
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Bonin Islands
Tokyo
Evicted family camps on New Orleans sidewalk after court order
Mrs. Mable Murray and her four children, evicted to allow Bourbon Street tenement reconversion, slept on the sidewalk until a neighbor let them stay. She sought housing but found projects crowded and private owners refused children. Their belongings remained on the curb as they searched for a home. Cornwall, England, was an early tin source.
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New Orleans
Mable Murray
Bourbon Street
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