Allied push toward Cherbourg tightens as invasion fronts surge
American forces, led by Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley, push within about three miles of Cherbourg junctions at St. Sauveur and La Haye Du Puits, with 300,000 German troops reported in action. Despite bad weather and heavy resistance, U S battleships and cruisers shell inland to support advances along the peninsula.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
Cherbourge Hive
St. Sauveur
Allied Headquarters
Carentan
Reignesville
St. Sauyeur
Cherbourg Penin Bsiula
Bradley
Monteborg
Cherbourg
Caumont
Caen
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
U. S
Texas
Nevada
Augusta
Sauveur
la Haye du Puits
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
Bernard L. Montgomery
le Haye du Puits
Ste.Mere Eglise
Orne River
Quineville
Lenape River
Tilly Sur Seulles
Yawata Japan Damaged by Flood of Demolition Bombs
U S B 29s struck Yawata the Pittsburgh of Japan in a record long bombing raid targeting imperial steel works. The attack aimed to cripple 20 percent of Japan's steel production with demolition and incendiary bombs, two planes lost in accidents, and praise for the operation's scale and daring.
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Yawata
Pittsburgh
Japan
Clyde A. Farnsworth
U. S
Cilama
Imperial Iron and Steel Works
Kyushu
Kenneth B. Wolfe
Imperial Works
20Th Bomber Command
China Plains
Ja’ Pan
Makasan
Bangkok
Germans Unveil New Secret Weapon Planes In England
London reports say flame spitting pilotless planes attacked southern England and London, exploding on landing and causing deaths and damage. The craft, possibly jet or rocket propelled, were radio controlled with bright lights and a yellow rear glow. Home Secretary Morrison ordered civilians to stay clear as alerts and raids continued.
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Britain
Lewis Hawkins
London
England
France
Greater London
High Command
Ministry of Home Security
RAF
Herbert S. Morrison
Commons
Morrison
Parliament
Wash
Bristol Channel
Wich
Super Forts Hit Yawata Mills in Curtain Raiser Raid
A-29 Super Forts attacked the Yawata Steel mills in Japan with Western China bases as Roy Porter reports heavy anti aircraft fire but most ships returned. The raid followed a Bangkok preliminaries earlier in the week and involved eleven war correspondents.
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Imperial Steel and Iron Works
Yawata
Krupp
Japan
Tokyo
Honshu
Shintonoseki Mori
Sasebo
Nagasaki
New York
America
NBS
Roy Porter
China
Porter
Foomer
Associated Press
Bangkok
Thailand
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Forts Lost in Accident Annotates First B 29 Raid
Washington reports America's first B 29 Superfortress raid on Yawata Japan hit industrial targets with no enemy action losses. Two planes were lost to accidents, one crew safe. The mission, from China bases, yielded glowing fires and explosions and reignited Pearl Harbor memories.
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War Department
Washington
Hideki Tojo
Wolfe
Japan
George B. Stratemeyer
Southeast Asia
Greenwich
Stratemeyer
America
Pittsburgh
20Th Bomber Command
Pearl Harbor
China
Yawata
20Th Air Force
Americans Strike At Saipan As Pacific War Expands
Allied forces report progress in Saipan invasion after a heavy bombardment and air base preparations. The move complements long range bombing of Japan and the broader Allied push from Normandy to the Pacific, signaling intensified global war action.
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Saipan
Hankow-Canton
China
Marianas
Japan
Truk-Japan
Central Pacific
Normany
United Nations
Cherbourg
Atlantic
Invasion at Saipan Advances Under Heavy Fire
U S Pacific Fleet reports American troops land near Saipan 1 500 miles southeast of Tokyo as battleships and rocket planes support operations against Japanese defenses. Forces take Agingan Point and push toward Charan Kanon from Garapan amid stiff counterattacks.
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U. S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Saipan
Marianas
Japan
Agingan Point
Charan-Kanon
Garapan
Chester W. Nimitz
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