Rommel’s Africa Front Trapped as British Presses Libya
Cairo June 1 The bulk of Rommel’s two German tank divisions faces encirclement with retreat blocked by British forces under Gen. Ritchie. Cruewell reported captured as Rommel’s offensive stalls, gaps in minefields used to withdraw, and Axis forces attacked from air and land while a decisive outcome looms.
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Cairo
Egypt
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Neil M. Ritchie
Ludwig Cruewell
Africa Corps
Rommel
Yugoslavia
Ainr el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
Libya
The.com
Irwin Rommel
Is Afrika Korps
Bir Hachiem
Ain el Gazala
Bombing of Cologne signals what Hitler may face
Wide World War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie notes the Allied air power shown by a 1250 aircraft raid on Cologne as a measure of future German hardship. He highlights Allied-US and UK cooperation on strategic air strength while warning against ignoring Russian front progress toward the Caucasus and Kharkov-Rostov sectors.
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Cologne
Hitler
Dewitt MacKenzie
Lerr
Churchill
Germany
London
Henry Arnold
United States
Reich
Golden Caucasus
Kharkov-Rostov
Caucasus
Garden
Iden
Fuehrer
Furth
Fragmentary Page Note Persists in G Column 5
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Red army stabilizes fronts as Kharkov holds and Kerch distance widens
Soviet dispatches report three week campaigns in Crimea and Ukraine ending in a lull with lines stabilized. Nazis mass behind the southern front while Russian air and ground forces claim major tank and aircraft destruction, and a push toward Rostov is said to have been forestalled.
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Moscow
Crimea
Ukraine
Kerch
Caucasus
Kharkov
Kalinin
Red Army
Rostov
Weather forecast for Southeast states remains warm
The forecast shows continued warm conditions across South Carolina Georgia and Florida with only slight temperature changes. Alabama and the western Florida panhandle expect little temperature change tonight.
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South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Joint U S British mass aerial assault imminent
London reports near term joint American British air offensives aimed at collapsing Nazi resistance. Cologne devastation described as a guide to future raids, with RAF and USAAF planning vast coordinated strikes and heavy air crew losses to be weighed against expected war turning impact.
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Middleton
London
Reich
Cologne
RAF
Henry H. Arnold
United States Air Forces
Arnold
A. T. Harris
Britain
Canterbury
Channel
France
Holland
Germany
Midget Enemy Subs Sneak Into Sidney Harbor
Japanese midget submarines slipped through a narrow harbor entrance and entered Sydney Harbor. Depth charges and gunfire drove multiple subs to the bottom with one ferry steamer sunk and two other subs reportedly destroyed. Residents endured a dramatic night as Allied searchlights swept the bay.
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Sydney
Australia
Sydney Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Coral Sea
Mobilization of Labor Takes Effect Under War Policy
The War Manpower Commission announced a labor mobilization policy to defer irreplaceable craftsmen and prioritize critical war production. Local draft boards will consult Federal Employment Service before calling up skilled workers, with the Farm Security Administration expanding mobile labor camps to boost agricultural labor. By mid November the target is 15 million workers in war factories and 17 million by New Year’s.
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Francis M. Lemay
Washington
War Manpower Commission
Paul V. McNutt
Selective Service
Federal Employment Service
Army
Menutt
War Production Board
Farm Security Administration
Pearl Harbor
Navy lists fourth casualty tally in World War II
Washington reports the Navy Department issued its fourth casualty list, raising totals to over 8,500 dead wounded and missing. The period April 16 to May 10 added 64 dead 54 wounded and 2,193 missing, with many listed as missing due to capture in Manila Bay and Corregidor events.
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Washington
Navy Department
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Kenneth M. Hoeffel
Washington, D. C
Philippines
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Bureau of Naval Personel
Aerial campaign to weaken Germany gains momentum
A British RAF led aerial campaign targets Germany with prospects of American aid to boost attacks. The Libyan front shows German Cruewell captured, Rommel’s divisions attempting to escape encirclement, and Cologne’s night raid delivering massive destruction. Allied leaders anticipate a possible later invasion of Italy as war momentum shifts.
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Cologne
RAF
Rhineland
Hitler
Europe
Ruhr
Britain
Berlin
Clyde A. Farnsworth
Associated Press
Germany
Russia
United Nations
China
Libya
Italy
Edwig Cruewell
Erwin Rommel
Cruewell
Adolf Hitler
Rommel
Henry H. Arnold
United States Air Forces
RAF Command
A. T. Harris
RAP Bomber Command
Uni
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U. S. Air Forces
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Londo
Reid
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