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Advertising : 32 wordsWith another Japanese landing at Finschaven on Tuesday, the R.A.A.F. has launched a wide scale offensive against Japanese troops and transports. The Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford) in a communique last night confirmed that the R.A.A.F. had inflicted serious damage on seven enemy ships. ...
Article : 742 wordsAll reports agree that a battle is raging with unabated fury on the southern end of the Russian front with the Russians attacking over a wide area and using large forces, including tank formations and strong ...
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Article : 269 wordsCommenting on Japan's probable next move, the Associated Press said that the logic of events is propelling the ...
Article : 242 wordsIn view of the crisis in Indian affairs arising from the Japanese advance, Sir Stafford Cripps has volunteered to go to ...
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Article : 269 wordsGeneral McNaughton, Commander of the Canadian Corps in Britain, declared that there was a good prospect that Germany would attempt to ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Assistant Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) said that he had not received any official information regarding the Russian report ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Tokyo radio stated that the Minister for War (General Sato) declared that Japan must beat England and America in war production ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Paris radio broadcast a message from Vichy declaring that no German or Japanese interests were interfering with the administration ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Tokyo radio claims that since the outbread of hostilities the Japanese had taken 119,000 prisoners, while the enemy losses in dead were 79,999. ...
Article : 64 wordsAnother heavy attack against Essen was made by R.A.F. bombers last night under conditions of good visibility. A large number of fires, some spreading to a great size, were seen during the raid in which objectives elsewhere in the Rhur were ...
Article : 399 wordsConsiderable German and Italian military preparations are being made in the Greek Archipelago, many guns and a large quantity of ...
Article : 107 wordsIt is stated authoritatively that the withdrawals from Rangoon was precipitated by the temporary isolation of part of the British force at Pegu and an enemy landing on the north shore of Baki River and the west bank of ...
Article : 247 wordsA light Japanese cruiser appeared off Cebu and fired several shells into the city, but caused only slight damage. ...
Article : 136 wordsA Tokyo communique claimed that a Japanese cruiser formation[?] in the Indian Ocean on Monday had sunk the U.S. cruiser Marblehead, which ...
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The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Thu 12 Mar 1942, Page 1
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