Troops Roll Forward On Italian Front
Allied forces push north and northwest from Rome with rapid advances across Viterbo Tarquinia and Bracciano area. Prisoners include members of the 20th Luftwaffe Field Division as Eighth and Fifth Armies press toward Monterotondo Tivoli and Civitella Rogeto.
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Noland Norgaard
Rome
Fifth Army
Viterbo
Tarquinia
Tenth
Vetralla
Itar
Lake Bracciano
Caprarola
Lake di Vico
Luftwaffe
Italy
Denmark
Hermann Goeringpanzer
Adriatic
Crecchio
Eighth Army
Tollo
Chieti
Monterotondo
Bracciano
Sutri
Lake
Tiber
Oliver Leese
Agosta
Palombara-Sabina
Tivoli
Civitella Rogeto
Bonomi Named Premier of Liberated Italy
Ivanoe Bonomi age 71, a former pre Mussolini premier and underground leader, is appointed to replace Badoglio as premier of liberated Italy. Crown Prince Humbert as lieutenant general designated Bonomi with the Italian National Liberation Committee's unanimous recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U.P
Ivanoe Bonomi
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Badoglio
Humbert
Bonomi
Italian Committee of National Liberation
Naples
Salerno
Committee of National Liberation
Vig Giolitti
Mint
Benedetto Croce
Carlo Sforza
Giolitti
Croce
Sforza
Victor Emmanuel
Mussolini
Africa
Albania
Emmanuel
Benito Mussolini
De Gaulle to Confer With Roosevelt This Summer
President Roosevelt said he expects General Charles de Gaulle of the French National Committee of Liberation to visit Washington. He suggested two possible date ranges between June 22 and 30 or July 6 and 14 and noted no policy change was promised. A French admiral will deliver the invitation message in London.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
French National Committee of Liberation
de Gaulle
London
Churchill
Raymond Fenard
D. Gaulle
Chicago
Italy-Based Bombers Strike Targets In South Germany
Allied dispatch reports 500 to 750 bombers from the south battered Munich area targets while Swiss reports note explosions near Munich and Augsburg. RAF fighters and heavy bombers disrupted rail yards and junctions from Rennes to Pontaubault as weather hampered German defenses.
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Germany
Eee Ceary
Munich
Pifcers
France
Augsburg
Britain
Seine
Paris
RAF
Rennes
Fougeres
Alencon
Mayenne
Pontaubault
Japanese Flee Southward In Kohima Sector
Allied tank supported troops pushed the Japanese south along the Kohima Imphal highway driving a spearhead to 14 miles below Kohima. The advance marked a three mile gain in one day as enemy forces retreated steadily, while in northern Burma Chinese troops closed a gap in the Mogaung valley and claimed over 200 Japanese killed.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
U.P
Kohima-Imphal
Kohima
Burma
Mogaung
Kamaing
Imphal
Stilwell’s Troops Seize Part of Myitkyina Airfield
Allied forces announce Stilwell’s troops captured the northern end of the Myitkyina airfield in Burma. British units advanced 14 miles toward Imphal on the Koha road while Chindits seized Hola village near Mvyiykina and Chinese soldiers reported new positions inside the town. In the Mogaung valley, Chinese actions closed a gap near Lachi Ga and Kamaing, Sakan.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Joseph W. Stilwell
Myitkyina
Burma
India
Kohima
Imphal
W. D. A. Lentaigne
Hola
Mvyiykina
Mogaung
Lachi Ga
Kamaing
Sakan
Steps Proposed to Prevent Postwar Racial Riots
Washington June 9. Malcolm Ross chairman of the committee on fair employment practice urged immediate action to curb a wave of Southern lynchings and Northern race riots after the war blamed on racial contests for jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Malcolm Ross
Committee On Fair Employment Practice
Bradley Leads Yanks In France Near Cherbourg
Gen Omar N Bradley personally directs American advance below Cherbourg as German reports place his forces within 18 miles of the port and claim Ste Mere Eglise fallen. Troops also reach Formigny about 20 miles southeast on the Caen Carentan road.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Omar N. Bradley
France
Cherbourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Bradley
Formigny
Caen-Carentan
Fresh fruits to be priced and regulated by OPA
The office of price administration announced price controls on fresh apricots, plums, sweet cherries, and Italian prunes for the first time, with proposed retail increases of about 15 to 35 percent. Additional fruits including pears peaches and 1944 grapes face later action.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
California
Oregon
OPA
Royalist crowd in Rome as prince waves amid gunfire
In Rome on June 9 Crown Prince Humbert appeared on the Palazzo Quirinale balcony to salute 5000 royalists. Revolver shots erupted but it was unclear if aimed at the prince. police arrested the wrong man while the shooter escaped. Humbert, newly named lieutenant general, wore a gray lounge suit.
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Rome
U.P
Humbert
Palazzo Quirinale
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Allies reduce trapped Japs near Mokmer airfield Biak island
Allied forces pound Japanese positions around caves and cliffs east of Mokmer airfield as U S troops close to Boroko and Sorido. Liberator bombers strike shipping along the Dutch New Guinea coast, damaging a heavy cruiser near Wadgo island.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Mokmer Airdrome
Sixth Army
Borokoe
Biak
Mokmer
Sorido
Biak Island
Philippines
Dutch New Guinea
Wadgo Island
Sorong
Casa Grande Sailor Dead in Navy Bomber Crash
Seaman George L. Smith of Casa Grande Arizona died in a Liberator bomber crash at Camp Kearny auxiliary air station on Kearny Mesa. The 11th naval district said 17 men were killed and 12 more were injured in the disaster Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
George L. Smith
Casa Grande
Ariz
Camp Kearney Auxiliary Air Station
Kearny Mesa
11Th Naval District
Invasion Faces Its Most Dangerous Stage
War analyst DeWitt Mackenzie reports the Cherbourg invasion has entered a critical phase. Allied forces secured a foothold but adverse weather delayed progress and gave Rommel time to prepare a counterattack. The landings proceeded with difficulty, delaying men and materiel ashore. The next phase centers on resisting German reserves and bracing for Rommel's major assault.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Associated Press
Cherbourg
Rommel
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Allied forces push toward Cherbourg in early invasion drive
American and Allied troops seize Ste. Mere Eglise and close the Cherbourg pocket. U S troops reach within 18 miles of Cherbourg as paratroopers link with sea borne infantry. Canadian and British divisions press Caen battle as 1 600 Nazis taken. Bradley leads from the front as durable tempo drives toward the port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Cherbourg
Nazis Admit Allied Gains In Normandy
London reports the German high command acknowledged Allied reinforcements and gains in Normandy beachheads. Berlin said German forces damaged Allied ships and planes while German counterattacks stalled near Bayeux and along the Cherbourg peninsula.
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Normandy
London
High Command
Berlin
Cherbourg
St. Mere Eglise
Orne
Bayeux
Caen
Farley Resigns as New York Democratic Leader
Former postmaster general James A Farley resigns as New York state Democratic chairman saying his business duties at Coca Cola prevent adequate time for committee work. Washington observers see his departure as due to opposition to a fourth term for President Roosevelt and belief that Roosevelt will run again. A successor will be chosen July 11.
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James A. Farley
New York
Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
National Democratic
Coca Cola Company
Thousand War Refugees Will Be Brought To U S
President Roosevelt announced that 1000 European war refugees will be brought to the United States and housed at an unused military establishment at Fort Ontario near Oswego New York. The figure represents the total refugees destined for the country and Italy’s southern refugees are moved to temporary havens in the Mediterranean.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Ft. Ontario
Oxwego
N. Y
Robert Murphy
Algiers
Italy
Mediterranean
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U. S
Signal Corps
International Soundphoto
Pola
Trieste
Yugoslavia
New Italy
Committee of Liberation
Lead Underground
Gen. de Gaulle
Stilwell
Gen. Bradley
Don Caswell
Wes Gallagher
Lessay
Battleneck
Bavuex
Channel
Barniers-Sur-Mer
Orne River
Cass Berniers
Com
Valognes
John Leslie Hall, Jr
FDR
Francis J. Kelly
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