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  3. GERMANS SMASHING PORT OF CHERBOURG

    LONDON (A.A.P.). — An American broadcast from Normandy yesterday afternoon said: "We are ready for the final assault on Cherbourg. The Germans ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. TORPEDO DIVE-BOMBER

    This is one of the first pictures to be issued of the Fairey Barracuda torpedo-bomber. The Barracuda is a combination of dive and torpedo bomber, and is the newest to come into service with the Fleet Air Arm. The picture shows a Barracuda flying low over the British ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  5. BOMBERS CRIPPLE JAP. BATTLE FLEET

    PEARL HARBOUR (A.A.P.). — In attacks on a major Japanese fleet off the Philippines on Monday U.S. carrier planes inflicted the following losses:— ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 642 words
  6. MENACING TRAILS

    Unopposed by Nazi fighters, these B17 Flying Fortresses of the Silver Fleet fly through the rarefied atmosphere to strike at targets in the Berlin area. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  7. REDS TURN NORTH IN FINLAND

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Besides pushing west of Viipuri toward Helsinki, the capital, Russian troops have begun a new offensive in Finland aimed north toward the Murmansk front. ...

    Article : 138 words
  8. Shuttle-Raid From Britain to Russia

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—It was revealed yesterday that scores of U.S. heavy bombers after bombing Berlin on Wednesday went on to bases in Russia—thus completing the first shuttle-bombing trip from Britain. ...

    Article : 253 words
  9. Fresh Units in Italy

    LONDON (A.A.P.). — Fresh units are among elements which Marshal Kesselring is mustering north of Grosseto in an ...

    Article : 212 words
  10. NAZIS SACRIFICE TANK SPEEDS

    LONDON.—The Germans are operating in Normandy with three powerfully gunned tanks—the Mark Four Special, Panther and Tiger. ...

    Article : 505 words
  11. HELP FROM FRENCH PATRIOTS

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—Thousands of recruits flocked to the Maquis with each Allied advance in Normandy, states Reuters correspondent at the ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. Elba Evacuation Bid Smashed

    ROME (A.A.P.).—Light naval forces last Sunday night smashed a German attempt to evacuate Elba They torpedoed and destroyed an enemy lighter ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. GERMANS LOSE 7,800,000

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—Moscow radio in a war review yesterday said that in three years of lighting over 7,800,000 Germans ...

    Article : 240 words
  14. BROTHERS OF THE AIR

    U.S. airmen are greeted by Russia flyers after landing their P51 Mustang fighter plane on a Soviet Union airfield after the first shuttle raid from Italian bases. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. THESE GERMANS KNOW DIFFERENT NOW!

    LONDON (A.A.P.).—The "Daily Mail" reports that a German war prisoner coming ashore at a British south coast port said, "We must be somewhere else!" He had heard on Berlin radio not long before that the town did not exist. ...

    Article : 476 words
  16. AIR MASTERY OVER TRUK: NO CHALLENGE FROM JAPS.

    Gen. MacArthur's H.Q.—So effective has been our bombing of Truck that after weeks of fierce battles for air mastery over this important staging base to the Marianas; our Liberators have for the last two raids been able to bomb without a sign of ...

    Article : 425 words
  17. No "Breather" Next Time, Navy Secretary Warns

    NEW YORK (A.A.P.)—Time was gained for America to prepare by England in 1940-41 and Russia's mighty resistance, the Navy Secretary (Mr. Forrestal) said yesterday, speaking at Princeton University. ...

    Article : 168 words
  18. WASHINGTON (A.A.P.).

    In a highly unusual action the House Foreign Affairs Committee has issued a statement calling on Hungary to halt maltreatment ...

    Article : 42 words
  19. CHINESE NOW CONTROL MOUNTAINS GUARDING BURMA'S EASTERN BORDER

    CHUNGKING (A.A.P.).—After 40 days' fighting in the world's most difficult terrain. American-trained Chinese troops have won complete control of the precipitous Kaoliknung mountains, in western Yunnan. YESTERDAY'S communique said ...

    Article : 197 words
  20. PITH OF THE LEADERS

    THE French underground movement has not yet gone fully into action. When it does the results are likely to be important. ...

    Article : 112 words
  21. More Details of Super-Fortress

    WASHINGTON (A.A.P.)—The War Department revealed that Super- Fortresses are equipped with "pressurised cabins" enabling the crews to ...

    Article : 158 words
  22. PLANES TAKING HUNDREDS OF WOUNDED FROM FRANCE

    LONDON (B.O.W.).—R.A.F. Transport Command planes, after delivering heavy loads of war material and supplies to Normandy, returned yesterday with the biggest lift of air-evacuated casualties yet made. ...

    Article : 175 words
  23. CHAPLAIN KILLED

    MELBOURNE.—Relatives of R.A.A.F. Chaplain Gordon G. Wood, who for the last two years had been on duty overseas have received official word from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 123 words
  24. Lightnings Now Used as Bombers

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—Lightnings are now being employed as high level precision bombers against targets behind the German lines in Normandy. They ...

    Article : 45 words
  25. KING PETER IN ITALY

    LONDON (A.A.P.)—King Peter and M. Subasic. the Yugoslav Prime Minister, have arrived in Italy to confer with the Supreme Allied Commander ...

    Article : 42 words
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