Throughout history much ingenuity has been exercised by generals to disguise defeats and retreats, but surely few have surpassed the latest efforts of Radio Tokio. Last Sunday night it had this to say about Guam:—"Japanese troops have fought their way to the extreme tip of Guam, ...
Article : 130 wordsLONDON, Saturday.—"The German 7th Army has been smashed and its power of effective resistance completely gone. Its broken remnonts are falling to the Seine with Allied armour hot on its heels. With the shattering of this formidable army, the Battle of Normandy has now been won." This statement was ...
Article : 993 wordsLate last night, progress voting in the Referendum showed a NO majority in Queensland, NSW, Tasmania and Western Australia. Full details ...
Article : 126 wordsMOSCOW. Saturday.— Soviet forces, have stormed and captured the Vistula town of Sandomierz, 110 miles south-west of Warsaw, the town ...
Article : 237 wordsLONDON, Saturday.—General Eisenhower held a five-hours conference in Normandy to-day, which may have far reaching effects on future ...
Article : 121 wordsMOSCOW, Saturday.—The shattering Allied air blitz on German tanks in Normandy yesterday, had a counterpart on the Russian front. ...
Article : 60 wordsPresident Roosevelt said yesterday that Britain, Russia and the United States had reached a complete understanding on the plans for the occupation of Germany. Future talks with Mr. Churchill are likely, he said. He said that the European ...
Article : 147 wordsCAIRO, Saturday.—More strong forces of Greek soldiers will be ready shortly to fight in Italy, it was stated yesterday. ...
Article : 116 wordsPEARL HARBOUR, Saturday.—Admiral Chester Nimitz, C-in-C Pacific Fleet, yesterday outlined a scheme by which the United States would ...
Article : 136 wordsLONDON, Saturday.—Last night the RAF sent out more than a thousand heavy bombers, with Bremen, Germany's second largest port, and a synthetic oil plant in the Ruhr as the main objectives. ...
Article : 219 wordsROME, Saturday.— Arms, ammunition, supplies of all kinds, have been dropped to the Polish patriots in Warsaw by a most daring band of ...
Article : 99 wordsNAPLES, Saturday.— Troops of the British 8th Army in Florence have now cleared the centre of the city of snipers. Heavy rain has been ...
Article : 83 wordsLONDON, Saturday.— It was stated to-day that 60,000 Italian prisoners of war in England were actively assisting the United Nations' war ...
Article : 63 wordsCANBERRA, Saturday.—There is an aura, at the moment, of perfect peace at Canberra, where there is no voting on the Referendum, except ...
Article : 102 wordsGENERAL MacARTHUR'S HQ, Saturday.—On Thursday, the main weight of the South-West Pacific bombing was shifted from Halmahera-Philippine objectives to the Amboina-Ceram area, slightly to the south. A strong force of Liberators, escorted by Lockheed Lightnings, attacked Liang and Haroekoe aerodromes, destroying an undetermined number of parked Jap planes and starting numerous fires. The Lightnings encountered a ...
Article : 347 wordsCANBERRA, Saturday.—The Department of Air has revealed how a task force which occupied a coral island in the South-West Pacific, ...
Article : 82 wordsLONDON, Saturday.—London's newspapers, without exception, have bailed the Allied triumphs in France as the greatest news of the war. ...
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Army News (Darwin, NT : 1941 - 1946), Sun 20 Aug 1944, Page 1
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