Allied push frees southern France amid Marseille Toulon action
Allied and French forces advance from Toulon toward Marseille and Avignon as B 25s strike rail hubs in southern France. Naval detachments seize Porquerolles. French troops prepare defenses at Toulon arsenal while 6 000 to 8 000 square miles are reported liberated.
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Toulon
U.S
Grenoble
Marseille
France
Riviera
Settimo
Turin
Mediterranean
Corsica
Porquerolles
Paris Liberated as Allied Forces Press In
General Koenig reports 50 000 armed patriots and allied troops advancing to seize Paris after four days of fighting. First day yielded over 1 000 German prisoners, many tanks destroyed, civilians killed, and a demand for no armistice. Paris awaits official entry. reports claim heavy German losses.
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Paris
Koenig
Vichy
France
Supreme Headquarters
Joseph Pierre Koenig
London
VANKS DRIVE ENEMY OUT AS FORCES HIT LOGISTICAL TARGETS
Allied forces report strong enemy positions at the eastern exit from town with stubborn resistance at Pont L Eveque and heavy mortar fire between there and Lisieux. Air forces destroyed over 500 motor transports in Elbeuf Louviers area and sank 15 river barges at Tournedes Sur Seine. Seventeen enemy planes were shot down and 12 damaged. 15 Allied aircraft missing. Rail yards and canal barges hit at Cambrai Lille. fuel dump near Rouen attacked.
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Pont L'Eveque
Lisieux
Elbeuf-Louviers
Tournedes- Sur-Seine
Sens
Cambrai-Lille
Rouen
British Dogs Of War Serve In Army Duties
London reports seven thousand dogs currently serve with the British army. Each takes sixty days to train and, upon completion, is assigned to a unit with its trainer for guarding aerodromes depots dumps installations power plants and secret enclosures.
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London
Allies Near Junction To Cut Off German Hold On Southern France
Allied forces broke through across France driving toward the German frontier from Sens toward Paris and pushing from the Mediterranean to the Rhone valley. Seventh Army under Patch advanced toward Arles and Marseille while Third Army under Patton moved toward Paris, with Lyon and Perpignan reported under Allied influence as the Vichy regime dissolved. The front lines neared a potential junction that could isolate southern France, as authorities spoke of a broad liberation and diminished German control.
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U. S. Seventh Army
Mediterranean
George S. Patton
U. S. Third Army
Sens
Paris
France
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Bordeaux
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Associated Press
Vichy
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Radio France
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Spain
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Iran
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Laval
NBC
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Romanian Front Falls Amid Soviet Advance As War Narrows
Soviet communique cites 400 towns fallen on the eastern front as Romania nears capitulation. Moscow reports eight miles from Lomza and Debica seized as Konev’s army drives toward Krakow, with air strikes on Romanian ports and several ships sunk.
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Ivan S. Konev
Krakow
German Silesia
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Tarnow
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Riga
Stalin
Black Sea
Constanta
Salina
Valkov
Flashes Of Life And Oddities In Small Towns
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New Brunswick
N. J
Public Experiment On Street sobriety Test Turns Jail
In Omaha a man attempting to walk a white line to prove sobriety is halted by Officer Nels Sorensen and ends up sobering up in jail. In Kenilworth Illinois a village board orders roosters to stay 300 feet from homes while hens may crow within 200 feet to ease residents’ sleep.
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Neb
Nels Sorensen
Bedlam
Chicago
Kenilworth
British trap Von Kluge army as 3600 prisoners pass
Allied forces report major gains on August 22 with over 3600 prisoners in British Second Army captures. Canadian American flanks also claimed enemy surrenders. RAF says it shot down 11 Luftwaffe planes over the Seine while Germans counterattacked along the Touques to protect their left flank. The note mentions the French Foreign Legion, founded in 1831 for Africa and colonial service.
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von Kluge
Second Army
Seine
Touques
French Foreign Legion
Africa
French Colonial Empire
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