Paris Liberated as Allied Forces Enter City
Reports from London indicate Paris is in Allied hands with French Second Armored Division active in the city. Detachments reach central Paris as fighting continues around the capital. Generals Eisenhower and Leclerc broadcast hopeful updates while De Gaulle is expected to enter Paris. bells ring and celebrations begin.
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Ilondon
Paris
James F. King Jondon
Pilal
Nch
Dwight Eisenhower
Headquar
Jacques le Clerc
Orleans
Pont de Sevres
Tor
Charles de Gaulle
Begneux
Wis
Allied Forces Step Up Pacific Action Across Fronts
Allied troops raid western Matra and press new assaults near the Philippines as reports of increased activity surface. London dispatches say Mountbatten shifts to East Asia and Fraser takes command of the British Far Eastern fleet amid broader strikes against Japan.
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Matra
Dutch St Indies
Pacific
London
Southeast Asia
Louis Mountbatten
East Asia
Britain
Bruce Fraser
Army Eyes End of Nazi War By October 1944
Chairman Woodrum says the army tentatively expects the war against Germany to end by October 1944. Admiral Irish notes the navy may fight in the Pacific through 1945 amid ship shortages, and expects the war to continue at least until the end of 1945.
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Washington
Woodrum
Virinia
House
Rmy
Germany
H. Irish
Acific
Admiral Irish
Pacific
Irish
American troops seize Cannes and push toward Rhone
American Seventh Army forces captured Cannes and Grasse on the Riviera and drove a column toward Arles and the Rhone, with rapid advances northwest of Marseille. Troops near Toulon and Marseille faced German resistance as 20,000 prisoners passed through beachhead pens and Allied forces tightened ranks along the coast.
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Seventh Army
Cannes
French Riviera
Grasse
France
U. S
Salon
Marseile
Arles
Rhone
Alexander M. Patel
Grenoble
Geneva
Draguignan
Marseille
Toulon
Lana
Clioules
Riviera
Turin
Avignon
Lyon
Bombers Smash At Ten German Points
More than 1100 American heavy bombers supported by fighters struck ten north German targets including the Peenemunde experimental station and four aircraft factories. Simultaneously, nine waves of Marauder and Havoc bombers hit Brest fortifications for nearly an hour. About 309 planes took part under Eisenhower's command.
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London
Peenemunde
Berlin
Brittany
Brest
Eisenhower
Baltic
France
Belgium
Britain
Italy
Balkans
Gournay
Paris
Dieppe
Red armies near Galati gap in Romania frontier
Moscow reports two Red armies pushing toward the Galati gap, within 35 miles of the Danube defenses guarding Bucharest and the Ploesti oil fields. They have taken 47,000 prisoners in five days and seized hundreds of towns while promising not to annex Romanian territory.
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Moscow
Romania
Galati
Danube
Bucharest
Ploesti
Rodio V. Malinovsky
Feodor Tolbukhin
Mihzi
Chisinau
Kishinev
Red Army
Dispatches
Balkan
London
Germany
Mihai
Carpathians
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Bulgers
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Greece
Finland
Prut
Siret
Mountbatten Back on Job in Southeast Asia
Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten resumed command of Allied operations in Southeast Asia after talks in London with British and American leaders to accelerate actions against Japan. He noted heavy fighting in difficult terrain and discussed plans scaled back due to loss of landing craft while aiming to clear Northeast Burma and improve China’s supply lines.
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London
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Japan
Mountbatten
James V. Forrestal
United States Navy
Lord Mountbatten
Aol
Burma
China
Claire L. Chennault
United States 14Th Air Force
Kimmel Attacks Truman In Public Letter On Navy Crisis
Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel accuses Senator Harry S. Truman of falsehoods in a letter to the president while demanding a public examination of the record over the greatest naval disaster. The Roberts committee is noted for not exonerating key civilians including Frank Knox and Henry Stimson.
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E. Kimmel
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
General Short
Kimmel
Truman
Senate
Roberts
Seiadan
Frank Knox
Navy
Stimson
Shakeup in Hungary Reported by Nazis
A German foreign office spokesman announced a government shakeup in Hungary with no details. Germany had occupied Hungary earlier, and a decree banned all political parties to prevent moves that could pull Hungary from the war. Berlin radio cited measures taken due to developments in southeast Europe as Romania's troops reportedly moved toward Hungary.
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London
Foreign Office
Germany
Hungary
Berlin
DNB
Europe
Romania
20 000 Japs Killed In Burma Campaign
Southeast Asia command reports over 20 000 Japanese killed and more than 10 000 square miles recaptured in the 1944 north Burma campaign. Stilwell notes the push reflects a reversal of 1942 losses as Allied equipment and supplies are recovered and reused. adverse weather slowed operations across fronts.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Romania urged to join Red Army for peace
A Cairo radio report claimed Romania declared war on Germany and German planes bombed Bucharest. The FCC in New York recorded the broadcast with no independent confirmation. Moscow demanded Romanians fight with the Red Army as a condition for armistice, amid rapid Soviet advances toward the Galati sector.
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Romania
RED Army
New York
Cairo
Germany
Bucharest
FCC
Robots Cause Vast Damage in England
London reports Nazi robot bombs at a rate of 100 daily causing heavy casualties and shocking property damage. Health Minister Henry A. Willink urged Londoners to keep children away from the capital as an attack lull ended and Lincoln's Inn suffered extensive damage.
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London
England
Henry A. Willink
Lincoln's Inn
Chancery Lane
Five Held Jail Siege in Jacksonville Bloodless? Standoff Ends
Sheriff Rex Sweat said five men who forced into Duval county jail and took hostages surrendered after a siege with rifle fire and tear gas. Police, guardsmen, and troops stormed the jail as armored cars moved in to end the incident near Jacksonville's business district.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Rex Sweat
Duval County
Pistol Point
Allies breakout in upper Arno valley and Po basin
Allied troops report considerable advances in the upper Arno valley central front and occupy Castel Nuovo Fornich and La Montania. Eighth army pushes toward the Gothic line near Monte Fecchiata while patrols in the Arno area and Metauro river area reveal German defenses. Italian regulars and Polish fighters receive praise for support and mule transport under fire.
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Arno
Castelnuovo
Fornich
la Montania
Florence
Pontassieve
Eighth Army
Monte Fecchieta
Fifth Army
Metauro
Adriatic
Harold Alexander
Channel Coast Is Left Abandoned By Wes Gallagher
Allied dispatches report Field Marshal von Kluge retreating from the Seine pocket toward the Somme and Marne. Americans British Canadians press in as Honfleur falls and littered battle debris marks a rout of German armor along the channel coast.
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Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
Guenther von Kluge
Somme
Marne
Channel
Paris
Seine
Honfleur
Seine Bay
le Havre
von Kluge
France
Somme-Marne
Normandy
Nelson Still WPB Chairman Amid China Mission
President Roosevelt said Donald M. Nelson remains War Production Board chairman but could not confirm his future role after a special mission to Chiang Kai-shek in China. An acting chairman, J A Krug, will lead WPB in Nelson's absence. Army advances toward Paris plus Brest attacks highlighted Allied operations in France.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
China
Mr. Roosevelt
Nelson
WPB
Charles E. Wilson
Patrck J. Hurley
Chiang Kai-Shek
J. A. Krug
Krug
TVA
Churchill Receives Private Audience With Pope
Prime Minister Churchill left Rome after a 48 minute private audience with Pope Pius XII. Vatican said many essential questions were touched upon relating to important problems of the present hour. The visit was observed with papal court splendor.
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Rome
Churchill
Pius XII
Vatican
Papal
German Ace Reaches 301 Air Victories
The German high command announced that First Lt. Hermann, a fighter squadron wing commander, achieved 301 aerial victories. He reportedly shot down 11 planes yesterday on the Russian front, according to today’s communique.
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London
Hermann
French government rules set for liberated France
Washington August 25 The state department announced arrangements to administer liberated France until a permanent government is chosen These were agreed by General Eisenhower and General Koenig covering civil administration jurisdiction currency property relief and censorship rules with no political news censorship in liberated areas
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France
State Department
Eisenhower
United States
Koenig
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