While the premised German offensive is expected hourly on the Russian front, German headquarters are complaining bitterly about the weather, saying that their troops are being soaked to the skin by day and frozen ...
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Article : 71 wordsOfficial Chinese quarters denied to-day any knowledge of where the planes, which had bombed Tokyo and other Japanese cities, had landed and ...
Article : 162 wordsThe British bombing raids are creating a devastating impression in Western Germany, said the former Greek Minister in Budapest ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Navy Department announced that shipping losses in the Atlantic, as the result of submarine attacks since December 7, total 141, with an ...
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Article : 121 wordsA R.A.F. communique, issued in Cairo, stated that air operations on Monday increased in Cyrenaica, and fighter planes carried out a series of ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Wed 22 Apr 1942, Page 1
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