Fierce Artillery Duels At Cassino Enliven Dull Day
Allied artillery pounded Cassino as fighting ebbed to embers. Shells hit the Continental Hotel and Hotel Des Roses while Nazis near Pizatara unleashed blasts. Hill 193 remained in Allied hands as patrols probed fronts amid clouded skies and uncertain operations.
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Cassino
Continental Hotel
Hotel Des Roses
Pizatara
Portella
North
Africa
Rome
Italy
Churchill Sees Quicker Pacific Victory Despite Setbacks
London March 27 Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke in a broad broadcast focusing on domestic issues noting the interval between Germany and Japan may be shorter than thought. He praised Pacific progress led by American air and naval forces while conceding 1944 campaigns, especially in the Mediterranean, had mixed results. He urged readiness for Allied action and predicted Burma Road reopening, warning of possible false alarms as the war’s end remained uncertain.
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London
Winston Churchill
Germany
Japan
Churchill
Mediterranean
Burma
Burma Road
Bomb Happy Lieutenant Finds a Home in Sicily Depot
Lt. Ronald L. Fick, famed for his explosive hobby since childhood, shows off a war room of ordnance at an air depot in Sicily. His Strathmore, California home contrasts with his Army life, housing a German hand grenade, fragmentation bombs, bazooka grenades, and other munitions. He notes the danger from booby traps and recounts the damp conditions that keep many devices from exploding.
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Sicily
Ronald L. Fick
Strathmore
Calif
Fick
Army
Raymond Songayle
Los Angeles
Kingdom
Soviet Guns Pound Rumania in Pruth River Offensive
London dispatch reports Soviet artillery ranged 100 miles along the Pruth River as mobile units push toward Vukobrsa and central Bessarabia. They seal German forces north of the Dniester by capturing Kamenents Podolsk, threaten a 20 by 50 mile front, and press to cut routes across the Dniester while Germans retreat into forests and race to establish a Pruth defense.
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London
Pruth
Rumania
Hitler
Balkan
Vukobrsa
Bessarabia
Red Army
Dniester
Kamenents Podolsk
Proskurev
Vosnesensk
Balkans
Paratroopers Hit Japs in Burma
New Delhi reports Japanese forces in north Burma trapped by Maj Gen Charles Wingates airborne raiders moving toward Bhamo within 30 miles of allied troops. Mountbatten releases the first confirmation of Wingate’s units. Clearing the Bhamo Yungtang road could link Stilwell toward Myitkyina and open the Ledo road to China.
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New Delhi
Burma
Charles Wingate
Bhamo
Ledo
China
Wingate
Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Irrawaddy River
China- Burma
Yungtang
Bhamo-Yungtang
Joseph Stilwell
Myipkyina
Bdhmo
Lede
India
McNutt Seeks Data on Irreplaceables in War Effort
War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt ordered government agencies to file preliminary data on men aged 22 to 26 deemed vital to industry. Sources peg the irreplaceable group around 100,000, while Maj. Gen. Hershey may push to cut that number to meet looming military shortfalls of about 240,000 by July 1. Congressional pressure grows for limited service to cover key war jobs, as Rep. Costello signals possible legislation.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
John M. Costello
Calif
RAF Pounds Essen and Belgium Targets Raise Allied Bombing Losses
The RAF struck Essen with a heavy mix of high explosive and incendiaries, bombing Hanover and Courtrai in Belgium as part of a large night raid. About 700 to 800 bombers were involved with nine failing to return, while a separate daylight Allied air offensive along the French Netherlands coast dropped over 2400 tons of bombs from 1700 bombers.
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RAF
Essen
Ruhr
Rhineland
Hanover
Courtrai
Belgium
BBC
Berlin
French-Netherland
Channel
8Th Aaf
Germany
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