Invasion After Air and Sea Attacks on Guam
American marines and infantry landed on Guam following intense air and naval bombardment. Admiral Nimitz said the invasion began under heavy fire, with Saipan already secured and Guam serving as a base for future strikes. The operation extends U.S. control of the Marianas, bringing Japan’s defenses under mounting pressure as Tokyo contemplates post-Tojo governance.
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Special Editions on Hitler Ordered by German Press
NEW YORK July 21. The German press today urged widespread special editions on Hitler showing unwavering loyalty of troops. A picture layout was planned featuring photos of Hitler and new chiefs Col Gen Henry Grderian and Gen Mas Stempfh at the staff and theater commands.
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OPA Sets Gas Allowance on Longer Military Furloughs
Washington July 21 1943 An OPA ruling allows servicemen on furloughs of three to twenty days to obtain one gallon of gasoline per day. The policy expands from the previous five day limit, excluding leaves shorter than three days. The change aims to simplify rationing for personnel with extended furloughs.
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Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity
Partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers Friday afternoon through Saturday. Maximum temperatures around 85 Friday and 84 Saturday. East portion: partly cloudy with continued cloudiness and scattered thundershowers, especially in the south. Southwest and extreme northern portions show showers. temperatures warm otherwise.
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Wallace Sapping Truman Support Wallace Sapping Truman Support
At Chicago Stadium delegates debated the vice presidential race as Henry A. Wallace gained New York support while Truman attracted votes from Ohio and Rhode Island. Alabama Senator John Bankhead led a southern challenge with 24 promised to him, and a split New York delegation indicated divisions in the Roosevelt camp as figures moved toward a possible third-term ticket.
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Rainy Normandy slows Allied advance in mud filled push
Torrential rain and deep mud slow Allied offensives in Normandy as Canadian troops seize St. Martin de Fontenay and St. Andre, while British forces push east of Caen toward Paris. Ground operations hampered for 36 hours with Germans countering near St. Martin and on the Dives river approach.
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Red Army gains up to 40 miles from Warsaw in Baltic push
Soviet columns surged across the Baltic front driving toward Warsaw. German defenses faltered near Lwow and Brest Litovsk as Red forces captured Skepishki and advanced along the Niemen and Bug river corridors. German positions at Brest Litovsk, Lublin, and near Kowell faced encirclement as the push threatened East Prussia.
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Himmler Named in Charge as Reich Cracks Down
The Associated Press reports Heinrich Himmler, 43, now interior minister and de facto commander of the home front, leads a growing Gestapo network as Nazi Germany tightens control. Himmler’s crackdown targets revolt within Germany and across occupied lands, with thousands killed and a “civil war army” recruiting for vigilance and suppression.
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Axis on Last Mile Episodes Hint Axis on Last Mile
Washington July 21. Further political and military contingencies point to a long, costly last mile for both Germany and Japan. Authorities warn Allied forces face a lengthy, difficult path ahead, as internal German discord and Japan’s Saipan defense signal intensified global warfare. The piece outlines dire Allied prospects amid leadership upheavals and strategic pushes across Europe and the Pacific.
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Bloody hand to hand fighting on New Guinea beach
Advanced Allied headquarters reports savage combat on Altape beach where Americans and Japanese fought in darkness with bayonets and knives. About 50 Japanese killed. an enemy sergeant pinned by his own bayonet. Pvt Edwin Bard of San Antonio killed a Japanese with the enemy weapon. Lennard cites near wreckage and dawn recovery, with numerous Japanese washed away by sea and many others captured or killed.
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Hitlerites Combat Civil War
London reports say two German divisions revolted in East Prussia as an apparent purge of generals followed Hitler’s alleged assassination plot. Col. Gen. Ludwig Beck was reported dead, with other conspirators executed or wounded. Berlin and neutral outlets show fractured communications and conflicting accounts of a spreading revolution.
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