In a two-days' smashing attack by Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet against the Northern Philippines during lost week 122 enemy ships and 61 small craft were sunk, 137 ships and 109 small craft damaged, 380 planes shot ...
Article : 517 wordsLicutenant-General Joseph W. Stilwell, Commander-in-Chief of U.S. forces in China, Burma and India, pins the Silver Star metal for gallantry in action on the client of a Chinese soldier in his command at ceremonies in a jungle clearing in Northern Burma. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 273 wordsThe rout of the Germans in Estonia has been so rapid and complete that almost the whole of the country has been cleared in a few days. The Russians gave the enemy no opportunity for an orderly withdrawal so that the forces could be evacuated by ...
Article : 508 wordsAustralian air crews scored heavily in a round-up of Japanese coastal traffic in the Southern Moluccas on Friday and Saturday. Beaufighters swept along the coast of Ceram, skimming the waves, and destroyed or damaged two luggers, nine barges ...
Article : 517 wordsMore than 1,200 Flying Fortresses and Liberators attacked marshalling yards and other military and industrial ...
Article : 48 wordsCount Sforza, president of the Italian Purge Commission, ordered the arrest of six prominent Fascists This decision followed an ...
Article : 106 wordsAlthough the Japanese drive against Kweilin is officially reported to have stalled 40 miles north-east of the city, the Chinese High Command ...
Article : 161 wordsFearing an A[?]HIed attack, the Japanese have forced all Formo[?]san natives between the ages of 16 and 45, to Join defence units ...
Article : 76 wordsThat the Allied air apsault on Le Havre was sufficiently devastating to knock the fight out of the enemy, is the opinion of a brigadier of the 51st ...
Article : 218 wordsThe 20,000 Austialian prisoners of war In Japan represent a higher percentage of the nation's population than any other group imprisoned in ...
Article : 77 wordsLandslides, caused by a raid by Liberators of General Stilwell's command blocked the Japanese [?] held part of Burma Road in two places. ...
Article : 114 wordsReferring to the bombardment against German key towns behind the Siegfried Line the correspondent of the British United Press stated ...
Article : 121 wordsAt an inspection of naval ratings at Balmoral to-day, the Admiral of the Fleet (Lord Keyes) declared that only by seafaring nations standing ...
Article : 77 wordsDespite bad weather, Allied planes on Saturday night dropped more than 3,500 tons of bombs on various targets in Germany. Neusa and ...
Article : 78 wordsA giant British 125 seater airliner, with a top speed of 325 m.p.h., will be-Flying on Britain's civil air routes after the war, according,to Mr. R. H. ...
Article : 96 wordsIt was announced that with the occupation,of Sulet Island by combined naval and ground forces the Allies had gained control of the ...
Article : 49 wordsSEATTLE, Monday.—The U.S.[?] authoritics announced that the parcel post to China, which had been discontinued since February, 1942, had been ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, Monday.—Flying bombs were reported, over Southern England and the London area last night and this morning, some damage and ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tue 26 Sep 1944, Page 1
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