Rise and fall of the Luftwaffe in war’s early air days
The piece surveys Luftwaffe strength from Poland invasion to Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain, noting RAF resilience, shifting tides, and the swift rise of Allied air power. It cites battles over Wilhelmshaven and England, with emphasis on aircraft losses and strategic shifts across 1939 to 1940.
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Wilhelmshaven
Luftwaffe
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Wehrmacht
el Alamein
England
Reich
Hitler
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
Yugoslavia
Warsaw
Dunkirk
Britain
Channel
Germans Claim Allied Evacuation Halt at Salerno
Berlin broadcast cited by Exchange Telegraph said Allies halted evacuation from the Salerno bridgehead and held a coastal zone. German report claimed strong counter-attacks continued near Salerno and Eboli, with an Allied unit encircled and another wiped out, though Allies were mounting a new stand with naval support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Berlin
Exchange Telegraph
Salerno
Italy
Eboli
Naples
Remembering the World War II Air War Across Fronts
The narrative surveys the air war from 1940 to 1942, tracing RAF endurance in the Battle of Britain, shifts to night assaults, and the surge of American air power. It notes Goering’s line shifts, heavy losses, and the eventual Axis retreat across Africa and into the Mediterranean, culminating in Allied air campaigns over Sicily and beyond.
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Ruhr
Germany
Essen
Cologne
el Alamein
Afrika Korps
Nippon
Coral Sea
Midway
Bismarck Sea
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Sicily
Britain
France
Bombing Triumphs and Retreats Signal WWII Shifts
The piece recalls daylight bombings on Reich targets including Huls and Hamburg with 800000 pounds of explosives in June, RAF night raids, and a massive four engine bomber assault on Berlin. It notes Hamburg’s near destruction, Berlin’s firestorm, and Japan’s Kiska evacuation after Allied power. It frames these events as marks in the fifth year of war and hints at Axis air power waning.
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Reich
Huls
Luftwaffe
England
Hamburg
Germany
Berlin
Kiska
Warsaw
Rotterdam
London
Liverpool
Manchester
Coventry
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Tokyo
Bismarck Sea
Soldiers Set Up Rationing Board
Camp Edwards Mass. UP Even the soldiers aren t free from rationing. Camp Edwards now has the first Army rationing board in the country to act on all gasoline and fire applications. The board was authorized by the OPA for a three month experimental period to effect a closer check on both military and civilian applications as well as to facilitate obtaining of rationing coupons by military personnel.
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Camp Edwards
Mass
OPA
Mother Sees Son's Bicycle Crash in Rensselaer
Lemile Getz a 13 year old of Clinton Heights was thrown from his bicycle after a collision with a car on Columbia Street in Rensselaer Tuesday as his mother Mrs George Getz passed by in a bus nearby. Police say Bernard Frank of Albany opened his car door as Getz rode by, flinging him to the pavement.
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Lemile Getz
Clinton Heights
Columbia Street
Rensselaer
George Gets
Medical Officers Battle Malaria in South Pacific War
Medical officers with the U S Navy and Marine forces in the South Pacific describe steady progress against malaria, citing mosquito breeding control, soil blasting, sand bar removal, and shelling of coconut shells to disrupt larvae. Native cooperation and prior infestation warnings are noted as factors in reducing casualties. Albany appoints Clarence F P Bell sheriff of Chautauqua County to serve through December 31 after the death of John F Weingart.
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San Diego
Cal
South Pacific
Thomas P. Sharkey
Marine Corps
Dayton, .Q
Sharkey
Naval Hospital
US. S
Medical Department
Albany
Clarence FP. Bell
Westfield
Chautauqua County
Dewey
Bell
John F. Weingart
Son Missing Year, Mother Clings to Hope
Mrs. Walter Bethel of Pleasantdale clings to hope for son Walter Bethel listed missing after the destroyer Ingraham was sunk in the North Atlantic on August 22, 1942. Enlisted December 1941, Bethel was a Cohoes High School junior who left to join the service. the Navy marked him missing but his mother refuses to abandon hope for his return despite his presumed death.
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Waller
Navy Department
Walter Bethel
Pleasantdale
Young Bethel
Pearl Harbor
Ingraham
North Atlantic
Bethel
Cohoes High School
Tnr
Ster Doris Rm
Olive
Robert
Walter
Atlanta finds baby in trash can prompts adoption pleas
Superintendent Frank Wilson said Grady Hospital has been flooded with calls from people wanting to adopt a blue-eyed baby boy found Tuesday in a garbage can. The infant is reported in perfect condition after hours exposed to the weather and wrapped in brown paper.
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Helen Eskew
Grady Hospital
Atlanta
W. M. West
Frank Wilson
Wilson
Live Wire Crash Fatal to Driver Adalbert Balun
Ontario County Coroner Leon A. Stetson reports 33 year old Adalbert Balun of Binghamton died in a highway crash when his tractor trailer left the road and swung into a damaged power line. Balun’s body was found hanging from the line with minor cuts, suggesting he crawled from the cab in a dazed state and touched the live wire.
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Canadiagua
Adalbert Balun
Binghamton
Ontario County
Leon A. Stetson
Balun
War Bond Appeal Expresses Shared Duty
A fragmented wartime plea urges Americans to support the war effort by buying bonds. It argues the nation’s strength comes from every civilian contributing funds, not just soldiers at the front, and emphasizes personal responsibility and national unity.
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Row
Orhers
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