It has been disclosed that at noon on D-day the odds were two to one against the Allied invasion forces keeping their foothold against an immediate counter-attack. Power assistance from the French underground movement and the Allied air power ...
Article : 355 wordsIt is now revealed that Hitler's palace in Berlin, which hither to had escaped bomb damage, was hit several times in the great ...
Article : 119 wordsCoastal Command Operations Room probably boasts the largest Operations Board being used in any war theatre. Thirty feet high by 30 feet wide this huge map gives minute to minute information the Battle of the Seas. Watching the board are Royal Navy and RAF operations officers ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 137 wordsThe quick thinking and cool courage of an Australian fighter-pilot—Flying-Officer K.R. Collier, of Sydney, in dealing with a ...
Article : 96 wordsA shortage of merchant ships crews is threatening to choke San Francisco harbour with ships laden with vitally needed war ...
Article : 202 wordsFew men now fighting in France with the British Sixth Airborne Division had ever been in an aeroplane until their training for the invasion began. They are volunteers-men from practically every regiment of the British Army, who answered a call for ...
Article : 384 wordsMussolini has a film of the execution of Count Ciano, Marshal de Bono, and two other Supreme Fascist Councilors "for the betrayal of Fascism," says "The Times" correspondent in Rome. He says that a trustworthy ...
Article : 258 wordsEngine drivers in battle areas in Russia are issued with small oaken plugs. If the boilers are holed by bullets they stop their trains, ...
Article : 233 wordsBefore carrier planes left the Eastern fleet to attack the Andamans, British sailors debated what should be done with Germany ...
Article : 159 wordsA, merchant seaman and three Marines, disappointed because their ship only made four trips to Normandy lowered a small ...
Article : 162 wordsAdmiral King has revealed that the United States has eight task fleets equipped to launch any type of operation against the enemy, ...
Article : 115 words"Hail Victory." That, according to a contributor, is the perfect title for the 1944 Army Christmas Book. Do you like it? ...
Article : 199 wordsAccording to Allied economic experts the United Nations have won an important battle in the Jungles of Venezuela—the "Battle ...
Article : 148 wordsDetails of the Bailey Bridge are no longer secret. The most remarkable bridge in the history, of military operations, it can cross any gap up to 240 feet without pontoons. With pontoons, it can bridge much wider gaps. It will undoubtedly play a big part in the invasion of Europe by assisting our armies of supplies to cross rivers and gaps caused by enemy demolitions. ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Fri 30 Jun 1944, Page 3
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