Allies Overwhelm German Force Near Falaise Invasion Spotlight
Canadian forces push within one mile of Falaise on Normandy's northern edge shrinking the escape gap to nine miles amid a widening Allied offensive. American troops fight eight miles south of Falaise as the Seventh Army trap tightens. hundreds of Germans are captured. Eisenhower warns of a hard road yet to the Rhine.
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France
Falaise
Normandy
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Seventh Army
Mar
Shal von Kluge
Palaise
von Hluge
Hitler
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rhine
Allied invasion of southern France drives into Riviera front
Aug 15 report from Rome describes the Army of France a joint American British force striking at Hitler and seizing beaches along the Riviera near Toulon. Airborne units led the assault as 800 ships backed the operation with minimal opposition by mid-morning.
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Rome
France
Eric Sevareid
CBS
Sevareid
Cub
Spain
Army of France
Hitler
Mediterranean
Toulon
Riviera
Ukewise
Europe
Correspondent Gault MacGowan Captured Near Chartres
German reports say veteran New York Sun correspondent Gault MacGowan was captured near Chartres on the road to Paris. He reportedly ventured beyond Allied lines once too often.
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London
Gault MacGowan
New York Sun
Chartres
Paris
MacGowan
Paratrooper Plans From Polish Exile Aid to Return
General Sikorski’s aide Hieronim Rettinger, faithful secretary to the Polish premier, eyed a parachute return to Poland. Mikolajczyk discouraged age concerns, prompting practice jumps in Scotland before the final leap, though Rettinger refused to begin.
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Washington
Wladislaw Sikorski
Poland
Russia
Hieronim Rettinger
Sikorski
Rettinger
Mikolajczyk
Scotland
Panzers Slaughtered in Eleventh Hour Escape Attempt
Allied forces outside Argentan force a last stand by German armor under Field Marshal von Kluger. Vig rifles dive bombers and heavy artillery obliterate dozens of tanks, including Tigers, during a 180 mile pursuit led by American units from Le Mans with Canadian support.
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Argentan
Genther von Kluges
Lemans
Stricking
Mortes
Forest d'Ecouves
American Armor Demonstrates Its Striking Strength in Normandy
Don Whitehead reports from Mortain France describing American armor unleashing in open country for the first time in the war. Tanks jeeps and transports flood roads as armor breaks German resistance and drives rapid, mobile offensives through green Normandy fields.
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Don Whitehead
Mortain
France
Normandy
Nce
North
Africa
Sicily
Italy
Soviets Win Bridgehead on Biebrza River
Moscow reports a strong Soviet offensive after breaching Osowiec forts and seizing a bridgehead across the Biebrza River. Gen Zakharov drives his Second White Russian Army against German lines, threatening Grajewo Lyck and Warsaw while Baltic advances indicate wider German unit withdrawals.
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Moscow
Grajewo
Osowiec
Biebrza
Zakharov
Masurian Lakes
Izvestia
Suwalki Triangle
East Prussia
Lyck
Red Army
Warsaw
Vistula
Krakow
Kielce
Baltic States
Estonia
Latvia
Baltic
Riga
Supreme Zero Hour Struck Says Berlin Radio
London reports the German radio declares the supreme zero hour has struck and urges the final ounce of strength in battle. H. A. Carson arrives from Skagway and stays at the Gastineau hotel.
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Berlin
London
Devers Commands Forces in Southern France Landing
London reports Lt Gen Jacob Devers of the U S Army commands the forces that landed in southern France. Eisenhower’s HQ says Devers is a deputy to Gen Wilson and offered no further comment.
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London
Jacob Devers
U.S. A
France
Eisenhower
Devers
Wilson
Indian hearings dates announced for Alaska lands
Hearings on petitions of Indians of Hydaburg Kla iwock and Kake for exclusive use of hunting and fishing lands in their part of Alaska have been set by the Fish and Wildlife Service. Hydaburg September 15 Kla iwock September 20 and Kake September 25. Hearings will be held in the Federal school houses.
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Seattle
Hydaburg
Klawock
Kake
Alaska
Fish and Wildlife Service
Klaiwock
Congressmen on Alaska aviation tour arrive in Juneau
Eight members of the Aviation Subcommittee led by Dr. Edward P. Warner arrived by plane from Anchorage and checked into the Baranof Hotel. They planned a fishing trip and dinner at the Governor's House as part of a study of aviation facilities in Juneau, Nome, Fairbanks, and Anchorage. Mrs. Margaret Case returns to Juneau to resume teaching in September.
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Alaska
Anchorage
T le Baranof
Governor's House
Edward P. Warner
Juneau
Nome
Fairbanks
Washingtons oddest jobs lampists keep lights burning
Washington dispatch notes the Pentagon lampists a small crew tasked with changing bulbs and maintaining lighting. They replace hundreds of thousands of bulbs annually at a substantial cost. Accusations swirl as President Roosevelt contemplates a fourth term and cabinet reshuffles before Election Day.
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Jack Stinnett
Washington
Pentagon
Roosevelt
Third Army in action in France advances and losses
Supreme Headquarters reports Omar Bradley confirms a new Third Army under Lt Gen George Patton in France joining the First Army. The force encircled the Brest Peninsula, closed on the German Seventh Army, and has captured 31 000 prisoners with 38 000 wounded and 9 000 killed. Tanks have driven long distances and columns moved rapidly.
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Allied Expeditionary Forces
Omar Bradley
Frances
First Army
Third Army
George 5. Patton, Jr
Brest
Lemans
United States
Patton Leads American Third Army in Normandy Drive
Allied dispatch from Nor mandy reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower announcing Lieut. General George S. Patton heads the American Third Army, which has advanced through lower Normandy and Brittany. The armor division under Brigadier General Jacques Leclerc is also active.
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Allied Command
Normandy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George 8. Patton
Third Army
Lower
Brittany
Preach Division of Armor
Jacques Leclerc
Allied Paratroopers Sweep Behind German Lines In S France
Allied forces led by American British and French troops stormed ashore in southern France near Marseille and Nice. Paratroopers dropped behind Nazi lines as naval and air support pounded targets, with rapid objective capture and French units moving to reclaim homeland soil.
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Rome
France
Les
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Toulon
Mediterranean
French
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson Wis
Ton Fore
Marseille
Nice
Hitler
Kurile Isles Attacked by U S Bombers in Two Days
Washington reports American bombers attacked the Kurile Islands on Friday and Saturday, striking shipping and air fields on Paramushiro Shumushu and Araido. A patrol boat was strafed near Araido. Enemy fighters contested the raids but inflicted minor damage on two Liberators. Three enemy planes were shot down, five probably downed, two damaged.
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Washington
North Pacific
Kuriles
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Araido Islands
Navy
Araido
Eleventh Army Air Force Liberators
Nelson lifts ban priority granted now Washington
Aug 15 The War Production Board order lifts the ban on 100 civilian articles. Effective midnight Aug 14 it grants priority aid to plants to produce scarce items including vacuum cleaners electric ranges washtubs oil burners and many others. Nelson cautions immediate civilian production will not rise sharply as plants must be changed and workers secured.
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Washington
Donaild Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
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