Berlin Claims Gains In Libya Counter-Drive
German High Command said Axis forces in Libya repelled a British counter-attack near Agedabia and destroyed five British tanks and vehicles. Bombing, submarines, and torpedo attacks along the North African coast damaged a destroyer and two merchant ships and sank two transports.
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Hiech Command
Libya
Agedabia
Matruh
Eerat
Tabruk
Gromes
Malta
British RAF Attacks In Libya Press War Update
British forces struck from the south against retreating Anni troops in the Agedabia area yesterday. The communique said six tanks were lost as Ani forces pulled west. RAF raids focused on isolated Anni units at Bardia and enemy transport along roads west of Agedabia.
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Lahaa
Agedabia
R.A. F
Anis
Bardia
Agembia
Orten
Anglo Soviet War Link Strengthened in Moscow Talks
Eden and Stalin held five talks in Moscow focusing on postwar Europe and strengthened military cooperation. No final agreement was reached but both sides clarified aims and pledged closer liaison as they push toward a Roosevelt-Churchill Atlantic Charter framework.
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Syracuse Herald-Journal
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Europe
United States
Iuiu
Central
Wladislaw Sikorski
Poland
Eden
Russia
Alexander Cadogran
Moscow
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Frank
Britain
Germany
London
Ivan M. Maisky
England
Stafford Cripps
Kremlin
Delo
Germans and Italians Released From Manila Internment
Interned German and Italian residents in Manila were released from concentration camps shortly after the Pearl Harbor attack. Col J P Guido confirms the release but notes Japanese nationals remain interned and that the Germans and Italians are confined to Manila with a curfew from 7 PM to 6 AM.
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Manila
United States
Col
J. P. Guido
Information Division
The
Philippines Constabulary
Guido
Germans Rework Clothing for Army in Vast Remaking
A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports Germany is converting surrendered civilian clothing into military wear. Tailors work day and night to remake fur coats hats woolen jumpers gloves and underwear as coat collars become baby belts and baby quilts become soldier hoods in a large program across the Reich.
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London
Germany
Reuters
Stockholm
Reich
Berlin
Stock+holm
Tidningen
Fistic Surgery Helps Patrolman Nose After Attack
Patrolman Earl Rumetsch, punched during an arrest attempt 19 days ago, needed surgery but doctors say no operation is now required as his nose has been set. The incident followed a Christmas Eve assault by seven men, though Rumetsch’s injury is reportedly resolved.
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Oakland
Calif
Earl Rumetsch
Gedoth
Reds Circling Nazi Forces At Mozhaisk Front
Reds press at Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslavets as German resistance stiffens. Russian claims say thrusts north and south threaten retreat lines toward Smolensk while offensives widen toward Kaluga Orel and Tula areas. Italians reported surrendering in units under harsh conditions.
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Mozhaisk
Maloyaroslavets
Moscow
Uae Aeastra Taeka Band
Leningrad
Pravda
Nazis Claim Russian Battleship Damaged Near Leningrad
German High Command says a Russian battleship was damaged near Leningrad and one Soviet troopship sunk with six others damaged in the Black Sea. Five direct hits reported by a communique as German heavy artillery supported by troops near Leningrad.
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Crimean Peninsula
Caucasus
Crimea
Berlin
Leningrad
Black Sea
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