MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Commenting on the success of the campaign in the Aitape-Wewak sector of British New Guinea, an Allied commander told an ABC correspondent yesterday that it was outstanding for the following reasons: ...
Article : 86 wordsLONDON, Saturday.—Twenty German Divisions fighting in Normandy are threatened with destruction as a result of a huge pincer movement by British, Canadian and American troops. Sweeping north from Le Mans, US forces are attempting to link up with the British and Canadians near falaise. The Germans must either. ...
Article : 689 wordsGENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR (LEFT), Commander-in-Chief of Allied forces in the South West Pacific, confers with Admiral Chester Nimitz, Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Fleet. They recently met president Roosevelt at pearl Harbour. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 31 wordsNAPLES, Saturday. — Bad weather has cut down fighting on most fronts in Italy in their new drive north of Ancona, the Poles have crossed the ...
Article : 87 wordsLONDON, Saturday.—It was announced today that the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, is visiting Italy, and a message from Washington states that President Roosevelt went to the Aleutian Islands during his cruise of the Central Pacific. He inspected several defence installations. ...
Article : 343 wordsLONDON, Saturday.—Denying a report that most of the landing craft used in the Normandy landings on D-Day were American built, a Government ...
Article : 46 wordsGENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Saturday.—In a surprise attack on Halmahera, Mitchell bombers struck Japanese shipping concentrations, sinking four freighters, a coastal vessel and a number of smaller craft. Two other freighters were seriously damaged. The vessels ranged ...
Article : 365 wordsKANDY, Saturday. — In northern Burma, Allied troops, driving down the Mogaung-Mandalay railway, have taken the town of Taungai, 17 miles ...
Article : 63 wordsCANBERRA. Saturday. — Tokio Radio has reported another Allied bombing raid on Palembang in Sumatra, but it is not known whether ...
Article : 157 wordsCAIRO, Saturday, — A despatch from Marshal Tito's headquarters says that Yugoslav patriots have demolished an important mountain ...
Article : 67 wordsNAPLES, Saturday. — A new Allied commando force, known as the LFA (Land Forces of the Adriatic), has been formed and has already ...
Article : 78 wordsCAIRO, Saturday. — In a daring raid on the Island of Lesbos, in the Aegean Sea, this week, Greek partisans freed 100 hostages who were ...
Article : 86 wordsWASHINGTON, "Saturday. — The War Department has announced that the production of Super Fortresses is receiving priority in American, ...
Article : 71 wordsMOSCOW, Saturday.—In a new offensive against the Germans in the Baltic States, the Russians have broken through the German defences in Estonia on a 40 mile front, west and south-west of Pskov. There have been, no substantial changes in the fighting on the East Prussian border in the ...
Article : 369 wordsLONDON, Saturday.—A clear definition of Britain's role after the war is needed, says The Times in an editorial. ...
Article : 134 wordsLONDON, Saturday. — The King spent yesterday visiting Royal Canadian Air Force stations in Britain. His Majesty was accompanied by the ...
Article : 53 wordsCANBERRA, Saturday — It was announced today that the Department of Post-war Reconstruction has been allotted £6000,000 for tools and ...
Article : 86 wordsPEARL HARBOUR, Saturday.— Full details of the casualties in the Guam-campaign have been released by Admiral Nimitz. Twelve hundred ...
Article : 67 wordsWASHINGTON. Saturday.—President Roosevelt will broadcast to the nation from Seattle tomorrow night, when he will give n review of the Allied ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Sun 13 Aug 1944, Page 1
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