Allied invasion lands in France under Montgomery plan
Reinforcements stream into France backing the invasion near Caen as Allied forces press from Orne to Cherbourg. Eisenhower and Churchill spoke of large scale landings and light Allied losses while German reports noted initial advances and airdrome seizures along the Dover Strait.
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Caen
le Havre
The
Orne
Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Commander
Eisenhower
Cherbourg
Cherbourg-Valognes- Carentan
Calais
Boulogne
Dover Strait
Calais-Dunkerque
Orne River
Channel Islands
Guernsey
Jersey
Charles de Gaulle
Adml
Philip Viam
Scylla
Alan Goodrich
Augusta
Roosevelt
Mother of Anaconda Resident Dies
Anaconda mourns Elizabeth Wallace 83 who died in Los Angeles Tuesday morning. She was the mother of W. Charles Wallace manager of Duval Hardware. Funeral services and burial in Forest Lawn cemetery will be Thursday. She was born in Glasgow Scotland and came to Anaconda in 1890.
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Anaconda
Elizabeth Wallace
Los Angeles
W. Charles Wallace
Duval Hardware Company
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Wallace
Glasgow
Scotland
George Wallace
Portugal Halts Wolfram Exports Toward Germany
Allied diplomats announce Portugal will stop all wolfram exports and halt production, effective June 5, depriving Germany of vital war material. The move follows Spain reducing steel-hardening ore shipments, and positions Portugal as pro Allied while remaining technically neutral.
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Washington
France
Portugal
Germany
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Spain
United States
Great Britain
Brazil
Europe
Azores
Balkans
Navy Bombardment Blasts Normandy Coast Ahead of Invasion
United States Navy ships led by Rear Admirals Kirk and Deyo blasted German batteries as part of a 4,000-ship Allied armada. The operation, from the Augusta and Tuscaloosa, preceded the assault landings on the French coast. Naval casualties were reported very light given the scale of the operation.
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James M. Long
London
United States Navy
Nevada
France
Admir Alan Goodrich Kirk
Augusta
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force
Tuscaloosa
Admi
Morton L. Deyo
Invasion News Flows From Allied Front Across World
Overnight dispatches report Churchill expected to speak in the House of Commons on Western Front fortunes. Allied forces face a possible German counter attack in France within 48 hours while signals from Copenhagen to Stockholm note German vigilance near Denmark and potential Allied landings. Eisenhower’s northern France HQ rumored but described as premature. Stimson expresses surprise at invasion start and British reports hint Hitler may address anti invasion ops. Swiss reports of a German plane shot down, wounded from the invasion returning to England and tantalum repair options noted for skull injuries.
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United States
England
Britain
British Isles
Adolf Hitler
Herman Goering
Luftwaffe
F D R Urges Divine Aid In World War II Crusade
President Roosevelt delivers a prayer for strength and victory as Allied forces launch the invasion of Europe. He asks God to lead the troops straight and true, bless their arms, and grant a lasting peace for a united world. The sermonlike appeal is broadcast to hundreds of millions and translated into 28 languages. The article notes the Arctic Petsamo harbor fact at article end.
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Eisenhower
France
Netherlands
Roosevelt
George
King George
Churchill
House of Commons
Washington
Europe
Control of Skies Assured in First Hour of Battle
Allied air power overwhelmed German defenses on D day with 11 000 first line planes in action. In eight hours 17 500 sorties dropped 11 120 tons of bombs on coastal works as U S and Allied forces gained air supremacy over the French coast.
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Seine Bay
Seine
Churchill
Sir Bernard Montgomery
Walter Cronkhite
London
U.P
Supreme Allied Command
United Nations
U. S
English Channel
Luftwaffe
Reichsmarshal
Herman Goering
D. N.E
New York
Russia
U.S
Danube River
Galati
Romania
Italy
Supreme Headquarters
French
War Painted American Indians Among First Paratroopers
War-painted American Indians of the Filthy Thirteen within the Braves unit led the first wave of paratroops in the invasion of France. Yaqui and Cherokee troops, trained demolition engineers, dropped 180 pounds of gear and carried 23 year old enlisted men and 25 year old officers. They painted faces red and black, were activated in 1942 at Tocoa Georgia, and suffered only two fatalities in extensive practice jumps.
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Bruce W. Munn
Ninth Air Force
England
U.P
France
Filthy Thirteen
Braves
Tocoa
Montanans Told to Observe Infantry Day June 15
Acting Governor Ernest T. Eaton proclaimed June 15 as Infantry day and urged Montanans to participate in the observance.
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Helena
Ernest T. Eaton
Rome Joy and Turmoil as Axis surrender sparks channel invasion news
RomeEntered jubilant crowds greet Fifth Army troops as word of a channel invasion reaches the city. Maj. Gen. Harry H. Johnson oversees Allied restoration while electric power returns. water remains scarce and food shipments aid a 2.5 million refugee population. Reports describe the Via Tasse prison aftermath and prisoner abuses.
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Kenneth Dixon
Rome
Fifth Army
Harry H. Johnson
Houston
Texas
Via Tasse
Italy
Far North
Boris Pertot
Cook's Tour
Legion Meeting Tonight Sets Officer Nominations
Silver Bow post of the American Legion will hold a meeting at Legion hall Wednesday night. Nominations for officers for the coming year and delegates to the Deer Lodge district meeting on June 11 will be discussed. A large attendance is urged. South African raisin production was at an all time high in 1943.
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Silver Bow Post
The
American Legion
Legion Hall
Deer Lodge
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Winston Churchill
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R. H. Shackford
U. S. Navy
Bulletins
Western Front
Allied Expeditionary Force
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Fuehrer
Tokyo Radio
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Malmoe
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Denmark
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Moscow
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Daily Mail
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Transocean
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Richardson
Switzerland
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Merriman Smith
Petsamo
Finland
Arctic Circle
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