Germans Yield San Vittore to 5th Army troops
Allied infantry of the 5th Army smashed into San Vittore during the night of January 4 5 capturing half the village amid fierce street fighting. The operation formed part of a ten mile front assault over rugged mountains from west of Venafro to west of Rocca, with weather hindering resistance as Americans cleared pillbox defenses and secured the rim of the town.
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5Th Army
San Vittore
Venafro
Rocca
Sean Vittere
Rome-Cassino
San Pietro
Cassino
Mt. Sammucro
Garigliano
8Th Army
Adriatic
Ortona
Torre Macchia
Pescara
Marines Drive On Borgen Bay
Allied forces in the South Pacific report a push from Gloucester airdrome toward Borgen Bay after repelling Japanese counter thrusts. Bombers softened targets along the coast while fighters repelled night raids on the airdrome. In Saidor Harbor the bridgehead expands. over Rapopo and Kavieng bombardments claim several enemy planes and a heavy cruiser targeted near New Ireland.
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U. S
Gloucester
Borgen Bay
Bergen Bay
Saidor Harbor
Madang
New Guinea
Rabaul
New Britain
Raporo
Kavieng
New Ireland
Gibraltar Fears Scarcity of Apes
London reports panic in Gibraltar over a sudden drop in the monkey population. British Commandos have been sent to search The Rock for missing apes and reinforcements are en route from Africa. Local superstition ties apes to the fate of the British presence, prompting a special officer to be appointed to oversee the apes.
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London
Gibraltar
Africa
Vital Baltic Port of Stettin Shaken by RAF Assault
London reports the Baltic port of Stettin on the Oder River near Berlin was heavily bombed by RAF night attacks. The raid follows daytime Allied bombardments on western Europe and comes as the 8th Air Force claims 95 enemy aircraft shot down with several bombers and fighters reported missing. Goering is quoted admitting Berlin defenses were overwhelmed.
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London
Baltic
Stettin
Oder River
Berlin
Europe
Kiel
Dusseldorf
Tours
Bordeaux
RAF
France
8Th Air Force
The
Posten Zurich
Reich
Hermann Goering
Goering
Soviet Raiders Fight on Kanan Front
The account follows tine Heizenkof, Industrial technology student and submarine radio operator, recounting a two year old mission behind enemy lines. He describes a 600 strong group attacking a small port, mining a major road, and engaging German troops as they retreated into the city streets. The unit dwindled from 600 to 60 then dispersed to hills as guerrillas after orders from Red Army headquarters.
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Tine Heizenkof
Valentine
Sevastopol
Red Army
Pravda Attacks Willkie on Russia Policy
Pravda in its January issue denounces Wendell Willkie for raising future status of Finland, Poland, and the Baltic and Balkan states. The article accuses him of echoing reactions from anti Soviet groups and questions his stance on Russia and alliance aims while noting his NYT piece headline Dont Create Distrust in Russia.
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London
Wendell L. Willkie
Pravda
Finland
Poland
Baltic
Balkan
New York Times
Willkie
Red Army
New York
New York Mr. Willkie Had No Comment To Make Concerning the Pravda
Red Army advances near Zhmerinka press Germans back
Soviet motorized forces push toward Zhmerinka a key rail hub south of Berditchev threatening German supply lines between the Dnieper bend and the west as Vatutin's troops widen pressure. Berditchev falls into Soviet hands after a five day battle threatening Shepetovka Rovno and broader Ukraine rail links.
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London
Zhmerinka
Dnieper Bend
Red Army
Berditchev
Kiev
Nikolai Vatutin
Stalingrad
Vatutin
Dnieper
Crimea
Cherknassy
Nikopol
Red
BBC
Dnietster
Balkans
Shepetovka
Rovno
Hitler
General Commissariat
Ukraine
Odessa
FDR Submits 13th Lend Lease Report
President Roosevelt delivers the 13th Lend Lease report to Congress citing a two to three billion pound aid total in 1943 and outlining decisive 1944 war actions. He notes airfield use worldwide, postwar cooperation of nations, equal postwar petroleum access, and increased Mediterranean oil from British sources.
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Washngton
Roosevelt
Congress
U. S
United Nations
Mediterranean
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Italy
Possession
U. S. Army Pictorial Service
Kanan Front
Sgt
Ralph G. Martin
Stars and Stripes
Russia
FDR
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