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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1944
Page
11
Telegraph records reveal feints coordinated by Allied forces in preparation for the invasion. Churchill had predicted these diversions to mislead German defenses as the assault began.
American paratroopers, veterans of Sicily and Italy, drop behind the lines in moonlit drops to disrupt German communications and pave the way for Allied frontal assault. Twin C-47 transports tow CG-4A gliders to merge in a decisive strike with equipment ranging from primitive to modern weapons. The operation aims to demoralize German defenses as Allied forces prepare liberation of occupied Europe.
General Pershing states American troops have landed in western Europe. He recalls 1917 18 battles and pledges the contemporary force and allied nations will achieve victory in a war of liberation.
As dawn broke over the Dover Strait area during the Allied invasion, sun pierced heavy clouds briefly after a shower then banks of dark clouds moved in from the northwest. Sunny intervals followed though the outlook remained unsettled with winds easing from their night highs and a moderate sea in the Channel.
Wilmington Delaware report says Stephen Reardon age 46 once cited by Stars and Stripes as the oldest drafted American has received a medical discharge in England. Inducted last August after 27 years with the Pennsylvania Railroad he was sent to Bing with an Army machine recoral unit.
The navy announced that a British merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Atlantic early in May. The ship was manned by a four French crew but listed among its gun crew a United States Navy man who survived and has been landed at an East Coast port.
A sudden blackout drill hit several Western New York districts including Rochester Batavia Niagara Falls Olean and Buffalo area neighborhoods with an unexpected power cut conducted as a trial exercise.
London broadcast from a U S general spokesman urged coastal residents in France to move inland up to 35 kilometers as a new Allied air offensive began. Instructions advised leaving towns immediately, choosing escape routes away from roads, traveling light, and not forming groups to avoid locating troop concentrations. Those able should depart now. others to follow when warned.
The Navy reported the loss of the escort carrier Block Island in the Atlantic last month with eight fight casualties. The sinking raises U S ship losses to eighteen in the war. The weekly submarine warfare bulletin lists Japanese ships sunk at five hundred eighty nine to date. Radar operator J O Neill from McKintyre Avenue served aboard the Block Island and was later assigned to Norfolk Virginia. no word yet on his status.
The German news agency DNB broadcast that Anglo American troops were reinforced at dawn near the Seine River area in the Le Havre sector during the Zetwe River operation period.
General Eisenhower's order to Allied invasion forces stresses the arduous nature of the forthcoming operation. He notes a well trained enemy and savage resistance but cites Allied air superiority, materiel, and reserves as turning the tide toward victory. He calls for courage, devotion, and full victory with divine blessing.
Allied forces advancing from the south clash with Japanese at Myitkyina base. Chinese and American units in the city breach defenses, gaining over 200 yards in a continued slog toward the southeast. Raiders and bandit forces operate near Ngoprap and Waingmaw as operations unfold.
Allied headquarters in Naples reports that Fifth Army troops have advanced about five miles beyond the Tiber as they push in Italy. The battle to destroy German forces continues without pause under Bigih Army command.
General Charles De Gaulle has arrived in England, confirmed by broad dispatches from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. The action signals continued Allied leadership in European resistance and coordination.
General Eisenhower announced by Allied radio that Allied forces landed on the coast of France as part of the united effort with the Soviet Allies to liberate Europe. He urged Western Europeans to support patriots and follow resistance movements while remaining cautious until the signal to rise is given. Continued on Page Fight.
Soviet communique says Russian planes hit the Kishinev railway junction aiming at military targets. Locomotives cars platforms with war materiel dumps were left blazing and one Soviet plane did not return. Red Army repulsed large Nazi tank and infantry attacks north and northwest of Tasi as Germans tried to stall Russian preparations for a new offensive.
Reported advances by six Japanese columns toward Changsha, the capital of Hunan, came at heavy cost to the attackers. American planes harassed enemy positions as Chinese forces claimed success in western Manchurian areas while guarding against deeper Japanese thrust toward the central front.
King Haakon of Norway issues a wartime broadcast from Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force urging Norwegians both organized and unorganized to resist potential uprisings. The warning targets homeland security amid invasion threats.
Allied air and naval forces landed on the northern French coast in a massive operation led by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower. British commander Gen. Bernard Montgomery directed the assault as waves of troops hit beaches near Cherbourg and Le Havre amid fierce German fire and fog effects.
British submarines in the Mediterranean and Aegean sank 31 enemy ships including 26 merchantmen and five naval auxiliaries. Seven merchantmen were damaged and shore targets on the Jialigan and south Franth Coasts and Crete shelled. Naval task forces backed by carrier aircraft pressed the southern blockade. The Admiralty reports a sixth striking success in two months reducing southern convoy shipping.
Washington lawmakers pressed for the complete Pearl Harbor story. House Republicans called for the Roberts Commission to release both its secret and public reports, insisting the public testimony did not align with the commission’s conclusions. Representative Ming asserted the original tests were withheld from the public record.
The Office of Price Administration raised potato ceiling prices by twenty cents per hundred pounds for the rest of the month, excluding California and Arizona. The action allows growers to recoup some losses from adverse weather, with potential pass through to consumers.
Allied aerial bombardment and troop movements along the French coast intensify as Eisenhower urges full victory. Berlin claims heavy fighting between Caen and Trouville with the First British Parachute Division reportedly mauled. Germans say bombers reached 23 miles inland toward Dunkerque.
Allies including American British and Canadian troops launched a major assault across Hitler's defenses in western Europe. General Omar Bradley led U S ground forces with Montgomery not officially named. German reports claimed heavy air attacks on Calais and Dunkirk as ships and troops moved toward the continent.
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