Yanks Repel Major Okinawa Assault. Five U.S. Ships Lost
Army reports on Okinawa say 4,000 to 3,000 Japanese counterattacked by land sea and air. Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge notes heavy Japanese casualties while U.S. forces repelled amphibious landings on both coasts and in strikes that damaged shipping. Nimitz cites five light ships sunk. multiple battles, hand to hand fighting, and tanks supporting the Seventh Division flank are described.
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James Lindsley
Army
Okinawa
Taday
John R. Hodge
Mander
Yank Hines
Thvo
Isa
Tvo Miles Pouth
Yonabary
Hodge
Chester W
Nimitz
Hodges
Marshall Sees No Reduction In Draft Calls
Washington Army draft calls remain about 100000 men per month after V E Day. Gen Marshall says June replacements cannot meet Army needs and Eisenhower opposes cuts. He urges building a Pacific replenishment pool and quicker relief of exhausted troops.
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Marshall
Washington
Mapes
George.c. Marshall
May
D Ky
House Military Committee
Dwight D. Eisenshower
Europe
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Pacific Ocean
Marshell
Germans Surrender After Fighting Through Russians to Elbe
A German communiqué broadcast by the Cape-Hagen radio states that most German troops in Northern Germany fought through the Russians to the Elbe and, after heavy combat in the Mecklenburg area, reached the west bank of the Elbe and laid down arms under Anglo-American control.
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London
Cape- Hagen
Germany
Elbe
Mecklenburg
Schwerit-Wismer
Big Four Reach Agreed Changes in Dumbarton Oaks Plan
The Big Four held talks in San Francisco debating amendments to the Dumbarton Oaks plan. They reportedly agreed in principle that worldwide security should prevail over regional arrangements but lacked a full formula to reconcile regional defensive pacts with a global security council. Russia pressed for concerns over potential German resurgence while the United States and Britain pursued possible independent proposals if accord lagged.
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Big Four
Toj
United States
Russia
Britain
Chapultepec
France
Dumbarton
Security Council
Germany
Stettinius
Pressj
Jeter
Danes Riot Upon Hearing Of Liberation
In Copenhagen crowds erupted last night as Germans left Danish soil ending occupation after 99 years. The freedom council mobilized the resistance, under a reported royal order from King Christian X, with an estimated 200,000 armed in the capital. Citizens paraded with tommy guns and machine pistols, many bearing British and American made arms and Danish colors.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Danish Freedom Council
Christian X
Montgomery
Weste Gay
Italy
Austria
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Norway
French
Chanel
Submarine Swordfish Presumed Lost After Overdue Status
The submarine Swordfish is overdue and presumed lost, authorities announced yesterday. The detection efforts continue as the vessel remains unrecovered and questions surround its crew and mission.
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Swordfish
Washington
Wavy
Nazis Fight Red Army In Czechoslovakia Push
Soviet and Ukrainian armies press to clear Slovakia and Moravia, driving toward Olmütz while German forces resist in rugged mountains. Red Army operations report advances north and south as Vienna and Graz are potential targets and a larger push toward Prague is hinted.
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Auseria
Vienna
Linz
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Graz
Red Army
Europe
Red ‘Army
Bertin
Stettin
Baltic Islands
Stettin Bay
Slovakia
White Carpathian
West Beskid
Moravia
Prague
Olmuetz
Morava River
Atubborn Mountain
Berlin Struggles as Red Army Moves to Restore Order
Reports say Adolf Hitler did not yield a body dated May 1 and that Berlin blocks, wreckage, and corpses flood the streets. German prisoners cleared rubble while civilians faced hunger as the Red Army began registration of Nazis and opened emergency bakeries to ease famine.
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Moscow
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Fuehrer
Red Army
Europe
Enid
Serlix
Safe Conduct Delay in Germany's Norway Surrender
German surrender in Norway may hinge on a Nazi demand for safety guarantees for troops after lay down arms. Doenitz possibly pressed for Allied troops in Norway before surrender, while others doubt a quick end and warn of continued fighting in fjords with large food and munitions stocks. Officials monitor capitulations and potential use of U-boat directives despite scattered reports.
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Washington
Norway
Admiral Doenitz
Marshal Montgomery
Germany
Doenitz
Dewey lauds anti bias law as historic landmark
Albany governor says Ives Quinn anti discrimination act, enacted 1945, marks history for state and nation. He defends the measure as essential to a free society, denying it targets domestic help or hiring practices while stressing it bars racial and religious bias in employment.
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Albany U
Dewey
Allies Blitz German Sea Escape in Baltic Baltic raid sinks dozens of ships
Allied air and sea forces hammered northern Germany and the Baltic, destroying at least 74 Nazi vessels as Mosquito bombers, Seafighters and Spitfires struck convoys and ports. The day followed a week of intensified pressure with ships, vehicles and troops scattered into the sea while RAF coastal and fighter-bomber commands joined the Second Tactical Airforce in hammering targets near Schleswig-Holstein and Denmark.
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London
R.A. F
Norway
Germany
Baltic
Worshi
Holland
Denmark
R. A. F. Coastal Command
Fighter-Bomber Command
Second Tactical Airforce
Statks
Schiewsig-Halstein
Sweden
Sips
Himmler Reported in Denmark by Reliable UPI Source
A Stockholm dispatch citing UPI reports said Heinrich Himmler, top leader of the German Home Army, was in Denmark last night. The brief note notes the source is a normally reliable outlet.
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Stockholm
UPI
Heinrich Bimmier
Gestapo
Home Army
Denmark
End of War Near Europe as German Surrender Nears
The article reports Allied forces nearing victory in Europe with preparations for a general German surrender. Eisenhower proclaims that land sea and air forces have the enemy cornered and that armed resistance will end with formal admission of defeat. Germany faces mass surrenders across the north as Doenitz signals collapse in Hitler’s war.
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Germany
Eisenhower
Europe
Hitler
Doenitz Thar
V E Day Confusion As German Surrenders Mount
Allied advances push German capitulations across northwest Germany Holland and Denmark. Doenitz delays in hopes of Moscow occupation. US Seventh and Third Armies seize Berchtesgaden Innsbruck Linz and Pilsen area as battles end across Europe. Substantial pockets remain in Norway Czechoslovakia Austria and the French ports with talks ongoing.
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Associated Press
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Hitler
Europe
At & A
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Holland
Denmark
Helgoland
Frisian Islands
Eisenhower
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Channel Islands
Fuehr- Adhipal Doenitz
U.S
Berlin
Stendal
Von Rundstedt Says German Defeat Largely Airpower Led Loss
Former German field marshal von Rundstedt, now a prisoner, told reporters air power was the decisive factor in Germany's military defeat. He cited fuel shortages, railway destruction, and loss of raw materials as critical blows, and said Hitler is dead though not by his own hand. He praised Allied generals and reflected on the Ardennes counteroffensive and Germany’s fragile resistance after 1944.
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Hitler
James Pringle
U.S
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Reich
Iron Cross
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Peliatead
von Rundstedt
Romania
Indus
Silesia
Ang
Sontag
Fuehrer
Berlin
Marshal Stontgomery
France
Ardennes
Hix
Patton
Soliely
United States
Ifitier
Berahiestgaden
Fuéhrer
Hig
Gne
von Rundsted
Vor Rundstedt
Dartine
Oirand Fes
Fragmentary Military Leader Names Across European Fronts
A fragmented report lists Field Marshal Erist von Busch, Col. Gen. Tohatnes Blaskowite with Dutch forces, Co. Gen. Georg Lindemenn with Danish troops, and Gen. Schiemma leading a First Parstroop army. The piece notes ongoing operations and references continued coverage on Page Thirtees.
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Tohatnes Blaskowite
Netherlands
Georg Lindemenn
Aries
Denmark
Schiemma
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Third Army
Pilsen
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