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Cuba-U.S.: NavalMIission Agreementbetween the U.S.and Cuba is signed.Chile: French'Iinister to Chile*esigns followingreceipt of ordersfrom Petain for theimmediate returnof the entire lega-tion to Vichy.

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Aleutian Is.: Twonemy planes in-ffectively attackhipping in:onstantine Bay,Amchitka. Later,enemy planes are

iver Amchitka, 4 ofhem bombing andstrafing our DD' s3 mi. E of theLarbor; no damageresults.

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Russia: Russiansclaim advances inCaucasus, reportinfcapture of RRcenter of UsteLabinsk by trans-caucasian forcesmad Viselki, a RRstation on NCaucasian front.Heavy fightingcontinues in DonetsVoroshilovgrad.- .sector where Sovietclaim capture ofseveral towns.Germans admit los:of the southerngroup of the SixthArmy at Stalingradand Russiansannounce continuedannihilation ofnorthern group.. SEof Kharkov, RedArmy captureslarge town and RRstation of Svatovo,cutting a main RRfrom Kharkov toDonets basin, andon Voronezhfront,district center ofSovetsk and RRstation of Kshen.Berlin reportsrepulse of minorSoviet attacks atLake Ladoga;Russians claimsinking of 8,000-ton enemy transpotin Barents Sea.

Southern Europe

Sardinia: ElmasLirdrome attacked)y 9 medium)ombers duringnight; hangar seton fire and delayedaction bombsspread across field

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ful attack against enemy position W of stiff enemy re- Guadalcanal continue westward advance

Faid. Patrols moving S and E make sistance, British Additional U.S. troops land without

contact 10 mi. NNW of Maknassy. units advance to opposition at Verahue (NW coast).

Tunis harbor and shipping attacked Wadi Junction (1 mi. Henderson Field attacked by 7 enemy

by 24 B-17's escorted by P-38's; NW of Donbaik) and bombers escorted by 4 Zeros; bombs

several fires started. Convoy of 5 or occupy other posi- dropped by only 1 plane; 3 bombers

6 ships entering La Goulette harbor tions 1 mi. NE of shot down.also bombed; 1 direct hit and many Donbaik. Japanese DD's in Buin-Guadalcanal

near misses scored; our planes oppos- RAF planes con- area have been engaged in evacuating

ed by heavy AA fire and enemy planes tinue to attack May troops during past few days, despite

of which 9 are destroyed, 2 probably, R. and Akyab areas. Allied air attacks.

and 4 damaged. Six A-20's and 10 Total of 34 RAF Force of 12 SBD's and 7 TBF s

P-40's score direct hits on enemy tank bombers and more escorted by 14 fighters attacks an

and vehicle concentration at Faid. In than 29 Hurricanes enemy DD, an AK, and a corvette in

Maknassy-Mezzouna area, 24 JU-87's participate in of- Vella Gulf; all 3 ships set on fire; 5

with escort of 15 ME-109's attack fensive actions here ,of 10 intercepting Zeros destroyed;

ground troops and are intercepted by durirg night of Jan. 2 F4F's shot down and 1 SBD crashes

12 P-40's; enemy losses are 3 des- 31/Feb. 1 and day on landing.troyed, 2 probably, and 5 damaged; 2 of 1st. Four enemy DD's in N Solomons area

P-40's lost. Roads in Robaa area Seven B-24's attacked by force of 17 SBD's and 7

strafed by 4 ME-109's without much successfully raid TBF's escorted by 17 fighters; 2 DD's

damage. docks and shipping are sunk and another set on fire. Two

Algeria: During night, 12 enemy air- at Rangoon, drop- of 10 intercepting Zeros are shot down;

craft attack Bone; no damage results; ping 63 500-lb. 2 of our planes missing.

2 enemy planes destroyed by AA fire bombs; large fire Nine B-17's in 2 groups, escorted by

and 1 damaged by intercepting starts among 9 fighters, attack shipping in Buin-

Hurricanes. Arakan tea sheds Shortland area. First group of 5 B-17'with smoke rising scores 3 direct hits on large AK offto 6,000ft. Two Shortland I. Heavy AA fire damages 4P-40's successfully of the 5 planes, but all return. Secondstrafe targets at group of 4 B-i7's is intercepted by 20Bhamo. Zeros; 3 B-17's missing as result of

engagement and 4th is damaged.USS De Haven (DD) is attacked and

sunk by force of enemy dive bombersescorted by Zeros, between C.Esperance and Savo I.

During night of 1/2, U.S. PT boatsattack enemy force of about 20 DD'sapproaching Guadalcanal; at least 1DD is sunk and 2 others believed sunk;3 PT boats lost.

At least 20 Japanese planes aredestroyed in vicinity of Guadalcanalduring the day; 10 U.S. planes lost.

Munda, New Georgia I., attackedduring morning by 12 SBD's and 4 TBF's'escorted by fighters; heavy AA fireencountered and 2 SBD's fail to return.

New Guinea: Allied ground activitylimited to patrolling in Wau area.Japanese detachments from Ramu R.are reported to have reached Kaiapit,60 mi. NW of Lae. Enemy reinforce-ments are reported arriving by bargenightly at the mouth of the Waria R.

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'France-Belgium:Railway center at.bbeville and loco-notive shed near3ruges are targetsor 24 escortedTenturas.Germany: Colognesuccessfully bombedLt night by about150 RAF heavy3ombers, 5 of whichLre missing.

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Russia: In NCaucasus, Soviettroops occupy RRjunction atPavlovskaya.Germans reportcontinued heavyfighting on Donetsfront; SE of KharkoiRussians claimcapture of severaltowns. Moscowreports final liquidaion of German armLt Stalingrad and3erlin acknowledge;hat their last)ulwark, the trac-or works, is)enetrated atseveral points.Soviets report raid)n Voroshilov air-irome and destruc-;ion of 15 enemy)lanes. Both sides.nnounce heavy'ighting onVoronezhront ard Sovietsclaim slightidvance.

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Tunisia: British units drive enemyback over road between Sidi Said andMausolee. Minor, unsuccessful attackmade on enemy position SE ofOusseltia. In southern sector, Ameri-can advance units capture Sened.

Six B-25's with escort of 16 P-38's,on anti-shipping sweep between Tunisand Sicily, sight convoy covered by 21planes which attack the P-38's. Enem3losses are 7 planes destroyed, 1probably, and 3 damaged. Eight fight-ers on rcn near Kairouan encounter 5enemy planes of which 2 are destroyedSfax airdrome attacked by 17 B-26'swhich start large fires and leave 3 of10 enemy planes on field burning; 1of 5 intercepting enemy aircraftdamaged. Second attack on Sfax madeby 18 B-25's; 1 bomber and 1 inter-cepting Axis plane destroyed. FiveA-20's escorted by 15 P-40's, dis-pat 1 ed against bridge near Maknassy,are attacked from rear by 6 enemyplanes of which 1 is shot down; 2 P-40'sLost. Ammunition dump 20 mi. E ofFaid bombed by 6 A-20's with escortof 18 fighters; large explosion results.Ten fighters on ground support missiolattack a formation of 25 JU-87'sescorted by 9 ME-109's; 1 enemyplane and 5 of our fighter planes shotdown.

Souk el Khemis airdrome dive-bombedby 10 FW-190's; 2 Hurricanesdestroyed on ground, 4 badly damaged,and 2 slightly.

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Burma: N ofDonbaik, 2 heavynemy counter-attacks are re-pulsed by theBritish. In theRathedaung area,British troopsoccupy Taunglamaw,1 mi. NE ofRathedaung. Stiffenemy resistancechecks furtheradvance.Forty-five RAF

bombers withfighter cover at-tack Rathedaung-Akyab I. area, insupport of groundforces.

Five P-40's makesurprise attack onKengtung, des-troying 9 bi-planesand 1 monoplane onthe ground, bamboohangars, 2 AAposi-tions, 4 trucks, andsetting barracks onfire.

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(Cont'd)Finschafen, also drops 2 bombs onsmall enemy AK in Open Bay and 1 on1 on C. Gloucester runway.

Australia: Japanese rcn plane sightedin vicinity odf Darwin.

Solomon Is.: Elements of advancingU.S. troops on Guadalcanal cross theBonegi R., 1/2 mi. E of Tassafaronga,despite strong enemy resistance.Force which landed at Verahue yester-day reaches Titi, 1/2 mi. W of Morovo-vo, where they encounter enemy forceof 1,000. P-39's strafe 16 landingboats on beach at Aruligo (13 1/2 mi.SE of C. Esperance), burning 2 anddamaging the others. Catalina scoreshit or near miss on enemy DD off C.Esperance. Two other ships, seenburning in this area, bombed andstrafed by SBD's. At night, enemyplanes are again over Henderscn Field,but no damage results.

Ten SBD's and 11 TBF's escorted by20 fighters attack force of 16 DD's NEof Kolombangara in the New Georgiagroup, scoring hit on 1 DD and nearmiss on another; 1 TBF damaged byAA fire.Six B-17's escorted by fighters attack

shipping in Shortland area, scoring hitson large AK, which is last seen burningand listing. At least 9 of 20 intercept-ing enemy fighters are shot down; allof our planes return.

New Guinea: Allied patrols make 2successful raids N of Wandumi. Enemytroops move up Kumusi R. and occupyDeunia, 50 mi. inland and about 70 mi. Vof Gona.Enemy positions in Mubo area again

bombed and strafed by 4 RAAF A-20's.In Dutch New Guinea, 2 B-24's bomb

and strafe enemy stores near KaukenauNew Britain: Vunakanau and Rapopo

airfields attacked at dawn by force of 6B-17's,which drops bombs along S endof runway and in dispersal areas; searcllight extinguished. At night, 3 B-17'sagain attack Rabaul, but clouds preventobservation of results; a 4th B-17 fromthe Rabaul mission bombs Gasmata. ReB-24 effectively strafes 3 landinglaunches, containing about 75 Japanese,in Open Bay; anothg]%ores hit on smt

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Germany: Three-ay period (Feb. 4-) of mourning forie Sixth Army attaliigrad is an-ounced by Goe-bels; all places ofntertainment or-ered closed.Cuba: Round-up oJnemy aliens begins

Germany: Ger-many begins totalmobilization forwar effort; everyormust serve in warwork or the militarservices. GermanMinister of Econ-omic Affairs orderall shops, restau-rants, hotels, etc.,not absolutely essetial for supplyingcivilian population,and a proportion oftrade enterprisessuch as furniture,books.

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South Atlantic:'S Rhexenor3ritish cargo ship,,957 .tons) torp.nd sunk at 21-53 N:1-30 W.North Atlantic: SSDorchester (U.S..argo ship, 5,649ons) torp. and sunk,t 59-22 N, 48-42 VW

Aleutian Is.:B-24 on weathermission is attackeover Kiska by 3IZero float fightersone Zero is forced4own trailing smok

Enemy installa-tions and shippingat Kiska attackedby forceof 3 B-17'3 B-24"s, 'and 5B-25's escorted b54 P-38's and 8

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France: FifteenJVenturas, escortedby 28 squadrons offighters, bombAbbeville and air-field near St. OmerEscorting fightersalso make sweepsover N France.rhree enemy planesiestroyed, 5probably, and 3damaged; 2 RAFbombers and 8fighters missing.

Germany: 264RAF planes dis-patched at night tobomb Hamburg,iuring unfavorableweather conditions.Results unreported,out 344 tons ofbombs dropped.Sixteen RAF planesmissing.England: Beau-

fighters destroy 1of 8 enemy planeswhich cross NEcoast, night of 3/4.

North Atlantic:SS Inverilien(British tanker,9,456 tons) torp.and sunk at 56-35 123-30W. SS Greylocl(U.S. cargo ship,7,460 tons) torp.and sunk at 70-52 I00-21 W.

Germany: Day-light raid on EmdenIs carried out by33 B-17's; resultsunobserved becauseof heavy cloud. AAfire and 50-60fighters oppose at-tack; 25 enemyplanes destroyed,8 probably, and 6damaged; 4 B-17'sLost.France: About 12

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Russia: Red Armroops in Caucasus,pushing towardRostov, captureRR junction ofKushchevska.Germans reportrepulse of strongattacks nearNovorossisk.Berlin announcesthat fighting atStalingrad hasceased. Sovietforces driving;oward Kharkovcapture RR junctionif Kupyansk, KrasnyLiman, Kremennayaand Rubezhnoe.Germans claimaeavy defensive'ighting in Don-Donets sector.North of Kursk,Russians cutKursk- Orel RRwith capture ofZolotukhina andVolzi. W ofVoronezh, Sovietforces claimcontinued offensiveaction. Germansreport collapse ofweak Soviet attacksaround Lake Ladoga

Russia: Russiansontinue offensive;oward Rostov andcapture RR junctionof Starominsk, SEof Yeisk. Red Armtroops report captuiof 6 populatedplaces in KrasnyLiman area, and atstrongly fortifiedanemy defense linein Kupyansk area.Soviets capture towof Kupyansk and 2listrict centers E cKursk. Soviets pust

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Sicily: Palermoharbor bombedirst by 10 B-24'scndthenby 6B~24'sResults of firstLttack unobserved)ecause of cloudsbut intense, in-Lccurate AA fireEncountered. Insecond attack, hitsscored on oilstorage tanks andon 9,000-ton ship;

A' fire heavy andaccurate but nolamage inflictedon our planes.Ten B-24's bombMessina; AA firentense, but in-iccurate. Malta-based Spitfirebombers score hiteon RR station andwarehouses atPozzallo and onpower station N ofAvola.Italy: About 180

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Tunisia: British forces wrest DjebelMansour from enemy and resistGerman counterattacks. Patrolscarry out successful action in areajust NE of Bou Arada. Patrol reportsLeboua clear of enemy. In south,units at Sened withdraw to-Gafsa.

Twelve B-26's and 12 P-38's, onanti-shipping mission, engage 10-12enemy planes escorting shipping offCape Bon and destroy 3, 1 probably,and damage 5. Near misses scored oncargo liner. During night, 11 mediumbombers score many hits along quayand in town in attack on Bizerta. InKairouan area, a tactical rcn missionescorted by fighters is engaged by 8FW- 190's which destroy 3 of ourplanesFive A-20's with escort of Spitfiresand P-40's attack howitzer battery and'75 trucks E of 'Ousseltia. Gabes air-drome bombed by 15 escorted B-26'swhich score hits in target area andencounter interception by enemy planesdestroying 3 and damaging 3 of these.Road and RR bridges N of Maknassyattacked by 18 B-25's, while tanks andvehicles in same area are bombed by9 A-20's escorted by 12 Spitfires.

Enemy offensive air activity increasesSouk el Arba airdrome attacked by 9ME-109's and 6 FW-190's. EightAxis planes raid Souk el Khemis air-field, destroying 2 Spitfires on theground and damaging 8. In attack onThelepte airdrome by 10 enemy air-craft, 2 P-40's are destroyed onground but other P-40's interceptattack and destroy 2 enemy planes.

Mediterranean: British SS sinksschooner off Hammamet.

Libya: British patrols reachTunisian frontier NW of El Assa.Axis withdraws W of Pisida.

Tunisia: Sixteen B-26's dispatchedto Bordj Touan prevented by weatherconditions from attacking but areintercepted by enemy aircraft whichshoot down 2 of escorting P-38's; 1enemy plane destroyed and 3 damaged.Gabes airdrome bombed by 24 B-17'swhich score many hits and startseveral fires. Enemy planes intercept;9 destroyed, 3 probably, and 8 damaged.Landing ground 5 mi. W of Gabes thenattacked by 24 more B-17's; ofintercepting planes, 15 destroyed, 9

Burma: Britishforces N of Donbailrepulse 2 heavyJapanese counter-attacks during nightIn the Rathedaungarea, British troop,make slow progres

Four Japanesemedium bombersinflict slight damagEon British positionson Mayu Peninsula;1 enemy planecrashes.

man.hitssc:oie on'enemy aircraft byBritish AA fire. FiveB-25's attack rail-road bridge at

Solomon Is.: On Guadalcanal, U.S.troops, supported by gunfire from aDD, occupy heights beyond the BonegiR. Considerable materiel is captured.Single Japanese planes twice raid ourpositions on Guadalcanal withoutcausing damage.

Force of 11 SBD's and 11 TBF'sescorted by 26 fighters attacks Munda,causing explosions and starting largefires. Munda is also target for 4B-26's escorted by 10 fighters, whichdrop 12 500-lb. bombs with unobservedresults.Force of SBD's escorted by fighters

bombs Vila, Kolombangara I.B-17 on rcn over Buka Passage is

attacked by 3 Zeros, 1 of which is shotdown.Pre-dawn attack on Kahili airdrome by

1 RAAF Catalina results in fires indispersal bays.

New Guinea: Allied patrols pushingeastward in Wau area.

Three RAAF Beaufighters, incooperation with ground forces, strafeenemy positions in vicinity of Wau.Four others make offensive coastalsweep, strafing villages; 4 RAAF A-20'sbomb and strafe Mubo-Komiatumtrack.

New Britain: B-24 on rcn overRabaul is attacked by 15 Zeros, 2 ofwhich are probably destroyed. Nightof 3/4, 2 B-17's carry out 6thsuccessive night raid on Rabaul; bombsdropped on runway and in dispersalareas, but results are unobserved; a3d B-17, failing to reach Rabaul, bombsGasmata. Three rcn B-24's, operatingsingly, set possible fuel dump on fireat Gasmata, hit runway at C. Gloucesterand ineffectively attack enemy warshipin Wide Bay.

Aroe I.: Dobo twice attacked, by 4B-2-5s and 3 RAAF Hudsons,respectively; buildings destroyed andfires started; 1 of 3 interceptingfloatplanes is destroyed.

Solomon Is.: Our troops advancinglong NW coast of Guadalcanal are about,000 yards beyond Tassafaronga.Munda airfield attacked by 12 SBD'snd 4 TBF's escorted b^ ghters;ier near runswat ia' f~ie- started

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(Cont'd))bacco, toys, etc.,Losed.Martinique: Admi-al Robert, Highommissioner, re-ises to receive Adairal Battet, spec-al emissary ofeneral Giraud,'ho was endeavor-ig to align Admi-al Robert with thernited Nations.

Italy: Premier/Iussolini makesxtensive changesn the Italian Cabi-.et and personally.ssumes the officeif Count Galeazzo;iano as Ministerif Foreign Affairs,Piano is named anember of theFascist Grand Cowil for 3 years.Netherlands: Gene

-ad Hendrik Alex-.nder Seyffardt, re:ently appointed byAussert to raise aNetherland army fche Russian front,s fatally woundedn The Hague.

Brazil: PresideiGetulio Vargas of-ficially informs thU.S. that Brazil hidecided to join theUnited Nations an(Adhere to theAflantic Char4fi Ti

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(Cont'd)rout Lagoon andombs fall intargetrea at North Head,sar main camprea, and in sub-narine base area.?hree of 5 inter-epting Zeros areelieved shot down.)ur heavy bombersre damaged, but11 return.

Aleutian Is.: Five!nemy floatplanes.ttack Amchitka,Lropping 3 bombs;LO damage results.North Atlantic:

!S West PortalU.S. cargo ship,i,376 tons) torp.Lnd sunk at 53-00 ]\i6-00 W.

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England: Bognarbombed during day-light by 4 enemyplanes whichinflict slightdamage.

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(Cont'd))rward to occupyown of Tim and RRtation of Shchigry.ermans reportiolent fightingaround Lake Ladogand repulse ofstrong, fresh Sovietroops.

Russia: German.report landing at-;empts by strongRussian forces at.ovorossisk andenvelopment of:hese forces by theNovorossisk-Krasnodar garri-,on. Soviets claim:ontinued gains byforces pushingtoward Rostovfromrthe south. In upper)onets, Sovietsapproach close toKharkov's defensewith capture ofIzyum, Yama, andOlkhovatka. SE ofKursk, town and RIstation of StarayaOskol is taken byadvancing Red ArmrGermans reportdefensive fightingof increasingfierceness in thissector and collapseof Soviet attacks irnorth around LakeLadoga.

Russia: Germanreport that Sovietforces which landenear Novorossiskare pushed fartherback. Russiansoccupy Bataisk, 5mi. S of Rostov, an

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Sicily: MaltaSpitfires carry out)ffensive sweepsand attack ComisoLirdrome.Mediterranean:

3ritish SS sinks3,000-ton enemytanker off CapeCefalu.

Sicily: Spitfiressuccessfully attac.RR targets in SESicily.

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(Cont'd) (Cont'd) . ' Cont'd)probably, and 1 damaged; 1 B-17 lost. Myitnge, dropping DD's are hit. Ten Zeros are shot downBizerta docks raided during night by 40 300-lb. bombs; and 2 probably destroyed; we lose 18 medium bombers. Enemy twice direct hits and near SBD and 3 fighters.tries to attack Souk el Arba airfield misses scored on Pre-dawn on Kahili airdrome by 2but is intercepted and turned back; 2 the bridge. Later, RAAF Catalinas results in fires, prob-enemy aircraft damaged. 3 B-25's bomb rail- ably on fuel dump, and among grounded

road shops at My- aircraft. Kahili also bombed by rcnitnge, scoring near B-17, which drops 20 100 lb. bombs.misses. Accurate New Guinea: Mubo-Komiatum trackAA fire encountered bombed by 3 A-20's. Lae airdromeduring both attacks. subjected to 2 attacks by total of 7 B-Rangoon heavily 25's and 10 A-20's; bombs dropped inbombed at night by dispersal and runway areas and AA6 Liberators; large ositions strafed.fires result. New Britain: Enemy 1,000-ton AK off

Arawe is left listing as result of directbomb hit and near misses scored byB-17. Rcn B-24's bomb Gasmata andC. Gloucester; the former is also tar-get for single rcn RAAF Catalina.

Tanimbar Is.: Three RAAF Hudsonsomb village on Matkus I. with unob-

served results.

Libya: Tripoli unsuccessfully at- Burma: Total of 6 Solomon Is.: Allied patrols on Guad-tacked by small force of enemy planes B-25's, in 2 flights, alcanal reach the Umasani R.during night. further damage Rcn plane sights and strafes enemy

Tunisia: With counterattacks, enem bridge at Myitnge vessel with large radio tower and an-units force our withdrawal from with direct hits and enna off Russell Is., leaving it burning.Djebel Mansour and establish them- near misses. A Rcn reveals indications of small enemyselves on that and Djebel Alliliga. In second attack on the landing in Russell Is. region.southern Tunisia, contact with enemy bridge by force of Japanese AK and AO attacked by rcnin Faid area maintained. French raid 6 B-24's results in plane 16 mi. SW of Buka Passage; AKDjebel Touila area and capture pris- 1 direct hit and 5 probably damaged.oners. near misses. AA New Guinea: Allied patrol activity in

Inclement weather hampers air fire damages 1 B- Wau region increases.operations and most bombing missions 25 during the first Enemy-occupied villages in Morobecancelled. Rcn planes over forward attack. One B-25 area bombed and strafed by 3 A-20's.area attack enemy vehicles at Djebel escorted by 2P-40'£ New Britain: Seven B-17's, duringpre-Chemsi and during night, Hurricane bombs and strafes dawn attack on Rabaul airdromes, startbombers attack troops and transport targets along the fires in town and in dispersal and fuelSW of Pont du Fahs. Sagaing-Myitkyina lump areas; fire at the latter is visible

Mediterranean: Convoy west-bound railway. Four P- for 100 mi. Rcn B-24 sinks 1,000-tonfrom Alexandria attacked by enemy . 40's, strafing Keng- AK near Talasea and bombs Gasmata.SS's. As a result, SS Henrik (Norwe- tung area, destroy N.E.I.: Ambon heavily attacked by 9gian cargo ship, 1,350 tons) torp. and trucks, 1 biplane, a B-24 s; a 10,000-ton transport hit andsunk at 32-20 N, 24-30 E. machine gun post- eft burning, 2 medium merchant vesselE

tion, and set bar- damaged by direct hits, fires started atracks on fire. wharf and on buildings in town. Five of

10 intercepting Zeros are destroyed.Aroe Is.: Buildings and ammunition

lump at Dobo set on fire during attackry 9 B-25's.

Tunisia: Bombing operationscelled due to weather.

Mediterranean: Convoy attac)enemy bombers and torpedo boiNE of Oran; Canadian corvetteburg sunk, and merchant ship, 'Babine (British cargo ship, 7,1:damaged and taken in tow.

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(Cont'd)s the 31st nation tcdhere to the pact.France: Britishress announcesthe appointment ofLene Massigli as!ommissar for'oreign Affairs ofte French Nation-1 Committee.

Peru: ForeignOffice announces inLima Peru's ad-ierence to the At-lantic Charter.Italy: Count Cianc

.s appointed Am-')assador to the Vatiean.

NORTH ANDATIN AMERICAN

THEATERSWestern Europe

France: About300 RAF planes;arry out success-ul night raid on sobnarine yards atLorient. Seven RA)lanes are missingEngland: Five

enemy planes overS coast during dayand several moreat night, causingminor damage; 1destroyed.North Atlantic:

Convoy bound forJnited Kingdom at-tacked by enemy sumarines and following ships sunk atapproximately 55-CN, 26-00 W; SSToward (Britishcargo ship, 1,571tons), SS Robert E.Hopkins (U.S. tanke6,625 tons), SSAfrika (Britishcargo ship, 8,597tons), SS Henry, ,RAgarllry (US. Ca

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(Cont'd)each the Sea ofsxov with the cap-ire of Yeisk. Thissolates Nazi forcesin the triangle from.eisk-Krasnodar-fovorossisk-Kerchtrait. Triple-trust by Sovietorces S of Kharkovesults in capturef Balakleya by theight flank, Barven-ova by the center,nd Lisichansk byhe left flank. Indrive on Kursk,Soviet forces claim:apture of Bolshay-'roitskoe, Veliko-Mikhai lovskaya,and Manturovo inregion aroundStaraya Oskol.lazis report re- .ulse of Soviet at-acks at Lake Lado-:a and bombing ofMurmansk, and:laim sinking of,000-ton Russian3hip in Arctic waters

Russia: BerlinLnnounces that bulkof Soviet forces intridgehead NW oflovorossisk iswiped out. Russiancapture Olginsk, SEf Rostov, and townnd port of Azov,.iquidating last-enter of enemy*esistance on left)ank of Don. InUkraine, Sovietscapture Kramatorsand district centerand RR station ofCamenka. They alsoccupy Gosteschev¢on RR between Bel-gorod and Kursk.Russian forces cutmain road betweenKursk and Orel witcapture of Fatezh.

Duthern Europe

Italy: Two flightsof 12 and 8 B-24'srespectively, attacNaples harbor. Hitare scored on 3merchant ships,harbor installa-tions, and moles;many fires startedIntense and heavyAA fire damages 4of our planes. Firsmission intercepteby 3 enemy aircraand second, by 9planes of which 2ME-109's destroyeI B-24 shot down.

Sardinia: Forty-one B-17 s escorted by 25 P-38'sbomb Elmas air-drome and Cagliarseaplane base;bursts observed o:airdrome and amonrbuildings; 2 enem:planes destroyedand 3 damaged.Same targets at-tacked by force of19 B-26's which

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Tunisia: Enemy troops moving SWfrom area NW of Kebir Reservoir suc-cessfully engaged by our artillery.Enemy artillery fire in Kef Taouritarea and patrol activity around DjebelRlihane reported. Our forces inOusseltia Valley sector heavily engagec3 of Mausolee.Youks les Bains airdrome attacked

by 6 or more ME-109's; 1 A-20 de-stroyed on ground and 2 damaged.Mediterranean: Convoy again at-

tacked by enemy SS's and aircraft: SSEmpire Webster (British cargo ship,7,043 tons) and Empire Banner (Britist,argo ship, 6,699 tons) sunk at 37-00N, 01-55 E.East Atlantic: Convoy returning fron

Mediterranean loses three ships: SSMary Slessor (British cargo ship,3,027 tons), SS Empire Mordred(Britis:cargo ship, 7,024 tons), and SS BaltoniE[British cargo ship, 2,013 tons) sunkby mine at approximately 35-55 N, 06-D1 W.

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erating in the Alyag,Shwebo, and ThaziJunction areas, in-flict considerabledamage on enemytransport. Welling-tons score hits onrailroad station andyards at Mandalay.

Burma: Patrolactivity increasesnear Rathedaung. Inthe Donbaik area,British repulse anight attack on theiipositions by forceestimated at 100Japanese.

RAFplanes destro:MT and damagebuildings in TaunguJarea, and success-fully raid Rangoon.

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IPfl1, f (Cont d)4e. fuinmea: In Wau area, our ground

force''are clearing enemy from areaW of the Bulolo R.

Enemy aircraft are very active invicinity of Wau; airdrome dive-bombedby 12 enemy medium bombers escortedby 12 fighters. In air battles through-out the day our fighters destroy 3enemy bombers and 21 fighters, pro-bably destroy or damage 6 bombersand 12 fighters; AA fire destroys 2bombers; our losses are light.

New Britain: A 500-ton enemy ves-sel is damaged and probably destroyedin Open Bay, and troops in 2 barges atRiebeck Bay strafed by rcn B-24; 1 ofthe barges is set on fire. Searchlightpositions at Rabaul attacked by B-17,but weather prevents observation of resuits.

Australia: One of 2 enemy bomberson rcn over Darwin is shot down by Al-lied fighter.

Solomon Is.: UoS. forces on Guadal-canal advance westward to a line alongthe Umasani R., while unit on SW es-tablishes outpost 500 yards NE ofMarovovo.

Fifteen SBD's escorted by 21 fightersattack Japanese force of 19 DD's nearRendova I., scoring hit on 2 of them.Of 15 Zeros protecting the DD's, 2 andpossibly 3 are destroyed.

During night attack on Kahili by 2RAAF Catalinas, a 2,000-ton ship isset on fire, 2 aircraft burned, ammuni.tion dump blown up, and fire visible fo]60 mi. started on fuel dump.

New Guinea: Allied troops encounterstrong enemy opposition SE of Wau airdrome. Enemy forces continue move-ments by night from Amoa (NW ofMorobe) to Dona (mouth of Waria R.).

In Dutch New Guinea, Kaukenau andTimika bombed and the former alsostrafed by rcn B-24; another B-24 onrcn bombs Babo; results of both at-tacks unobserved.

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Aleutian Is.:Force of 5 B-24'sand 5 B-25's drops48 500-lb bombs orenemy installationat Kiska harbor,scoring hits onbuildings in maincamp area and onan oil or watertank. Twelve 500-lb. bombs are dropped near new airstrip at SalmonLagoon with unob-served results. Asecond flight of 2B-25's, failing tolocate target, drop8 300-lb. bombsthrough overcast iNorth Head area;results unreportedHeavy AA fire en-countered, but allof our planesreturn.

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(Cont'd)alliopi (Greekargo ship, 4,965)ns), SS HarmalaBritish cargo ship,,730 tons), SSaghild (Norwegiananker, 9,272 tons).

England: Sixaemy planes arever England duringay and 5 more atight; 2 damaged andestroyed. Slight

asualties inflicted.North Atlantic:;onvoy again attackd by enemy sub-iarines and SSrewton Ash (Britistargo ship, 4,625ons) sunk at 56-251, 22-26 W.

iastern Europe

Russia: Red Armyorces in NCaucasui:ontinue to advancend capture Staro-hcherbinovsk andseveral towns andvillages. On theower Donets thereis little change inhe situation althougiRussians report:ontinued offensiveLction. Russians=laim advance SE ofKharkov and, NE ofBelgorod, capture:orocha on anmportant roadcrossing. Fartheriorth, the Soviets)ccupy the importarnemy base of Kurs]Germans claim~rustration ofrenewed Russian at-acks S of LakeLadoga.

Southern Europe

(Cont'd)cores hits onangars, dispersalreas, startingarge fires. Ofitercepting enemyircraft, 2 destroy-d. Eight Welling-ons make nightaid on Villacidrairdrome, scoringits among dispers.d planes; 3 attack'ecimomannu air-rome, and 4 bomb;lmas. airdrome,

Sicily: Messinaarbor bombed by5 B-24's whichcore direct hitsn ferry terminal,ower station, and)il storage'tanks;.ttack opposed by,eavy, but inac-urate, AA fire and* enemy planes of7hich 1 ME-109 islestroyed and 1Lamaged. Malta-iased Spitfires.omb RR in S Sicily

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Libya: Forward troops attacked byJU-88's with escort. Small force of

enemy planes bombs Tripoli; 2 HE-.ll's destroyed.Tunisia: Patrols on both sides activen N Tunisia. Enemy, from positionsaround Kebir, shells Allied troops andluring night, enemy shells Sidi Bou;id although no damage is inflicted.Sousse shipping and docks bombed by

:2 B-17's with escort of 24 P-38's;)ursts observed on buildings and outeretties and hits scored on 2 vessels,locks, and seaplane base. Enemyalanes intercept; 2 are probably de-stroyed and 3 damaged. Sixty A-20'sascorted by 22 Spitfires attack concen-ration of enemy troops and transpor-ation 10 mi. E of Faid; bursts obser-red; 3 A-20's damaged by AA fire.Same target also successfully attackedby 12 A-20's escorted by 24 Spitfires.Fifteen B-26's and 18 B-25's escorted)y 18 P-38's bomb Gabes airdrome,scoring hits on the field, RR yards andbuildings, and starting a large fire.Enemy planes intercept; 18 destroyed,L probably, and 22 damaged; 4 B-25'sand 1 P- 38 lost. Twelve P-39's and12 P-40's attack landing grounds atKebili; no enemy aircraft or activityobserved at target.

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Six flights of RAFplanes operate inMayu R. and Akyabareas; 1 of.theraldtis carried out byBlenheims, whichattack Pauktawgyi.Shwebo airfield andProme also attackeby RAF.

A British brigadeHq in the Chin Hillsis attacked by 18enemy bombers;little damage re-sults.

China: Twenty-two enemy bomberattack a target(identity iinreporte(7 mi. SE of KweilinKwangsi Province,and 7 bombers at-tack Kweilin. TenJapanese bombersescorted by 9 fightters raid aenyga.

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;argo ship, 4,812 tons) sunk by SS at36-51 S, 150-38 E.

Solomon Is.: U.S. ground forces onluadalcanal,; supported by shelling frorDD, advance westward on N coast to

oint 1/2 mi. W of the Segilau R., while)ur troops on the W coast reach Visale7ithout opposition. Considerable enemquipment is captured.Munda bombed by force of 14 SBD's;scorted by 18 fighters; results unre-iorted.New Guinea: Allied patrols in Waurea, supported by artillery, continueheir eastward advance, despite enemy.pposition.Mubo village and tracks bombed and

strafed by 6 A-20's. Small explosion*esults from early morning attack on'inschafen by 1 RAAF Catalina.Single plane drops 1 bomb onMerauke

io damage results.Aroe Is.: Dobo attacked by 9 B-25's

and later, by 6 RAAF Hudsons. Photo-graphs reveal that 3/4 of the town islestroyed by these attacks.

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France: Germanadio announceshat Lorient is toe evacuated.C olombia-Russia:olombiaand Russiegree to exchangeiplomatic repre-entatives.Algeria: MarcelB.'eyrouton, Gover-or General of Al-eria, creates a'ermanent Councilf War Economy.

India: Mohandas. Gandhi begins

Lis ninth politicalast in 25 years.France: Paris

*adio announceshat the governmenias ordered the eva:uation of Brest byll non - essential)ersons to mini-nize the effects ofUlied bombing.Netherlands: Dr.

I. Reydon, newlyippointeJ Propa-randa Minister, is,hot in The Hague;t is uncertainwhether or not helied.

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THEATERS

Aleutian Is.:Force of 2 B-17's,4 B-24's and 8P-38's, drops 80500-lb. bombs onJapanese positionsat Kiska; hitsscored on hangarsand buildings inmain camp area,and on the newfighter strip SW ojSalmon Lagoon.Three of B-25'sdrop 24 300-lb.bombs at NorthHead, scoring 19hits in target area

Single enemyplane drops 1 bomon Allied vessel 51mi. S of Kiska; thevessel suffers nodamage.

Western Europe

England: Bombsropped by 15 enemilanes in SE Englancnd Suffolk; minorasualties and dam-ge result.

France: Caen}ombed by 11 es-;orted Venturasuring daylight. Onenemy fighter proba)ly destroyed, 2iamaged for loss of3 RAF fighters andlamage of 1 more.England: Two of

12 enemy aircraftover S coast des-troyed by AA fire.North Atlantic: S'

Dacific (Britishzargo ship, 2,816ons) overdue inLondon and presumesunk.

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Russia: InRostovrea, Naxi forcesre counterattackingtrongly in effort toalt Soviet advance.ussians claim to bedvancing in Don-)onets area but]ermans claim thatheir counterattacks.re holding the Red=rmy forces. The,ussian right flankn Balakleya sectors reported pro-ressing and occupaion of several)opulated places islaimed. Russianroops capture3elgorod, themportant RRunction on the lineo Kursk, andPonirin the Kursk-Orel~R. S of Kursk, theowns of Solnitsevomd Medvenski fallo the advancingSoviets. RenewedSoviet attacks in E7arelia and S ofLake Ladoga arereported unsuccess-ui by the Nazis.

Russia: Russiansmnnounce capture ofAkhtari on the shore)f the Sea of Axov;,his clears enemyIrom the areabetween this townnd the mouth of theDon R. Germans report stubborn de-fense and counter-attacks in lower Doiregion but, N ofRostov, some Sovietmits reach the No-7ocherkassk-RostoiRR line. In Kharko'irea, the Red Armyadvances from SE,;apturing Chugeyev,ind from NE, occup:Lng Volchansk.2Russians claim to b!orging ahead N ofKursk and reportoccupation of severainhabited localities.

Southern Europe

Crete: Night of1/10, 8 B-25'sbomb HeraklionandKastelli Pediada.irdromes; heavyAA fire encounterecover both fieldsmnd fire started atatter.Sicily: Ten

Wellingtons makenight attack ontrapani docks.Mediterranean:

2500-ton enemynerchant ship;orp. and sunk at10-56 N, 17-36 E.

Sicily: SevenB-24's bombPalermo harbor;Clouds preventobservation ofresults. One B-24scores 4 direct hit;and a near miss oniighway in area.Targets in NESicily bombed bySpitfires fromMalta.

Mediterranean:4,000-ton enemymerchant vesseltorp. and sunk offS Italy.

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Tunisia: Enemy contacted NE ofoubellat and in Mateur sector. Duringight, enemy machine guns 4 mi. Nf Munchar open fire. Patrols reportnemy machine guns and mortar fireW of Bou Arada. Enemy activity inafsa region increases.Twenty-four B-17's dispatched tottack landing ground W of Gabes findarget obscured by clouds; Kairouanirdrome bombed instead. Bursts ob-erved on field and in RR yards; of 6ntercepting FW-190's, 1 is destroyed.Force of P- 39's and P-40's on rcnVer Pichon-Ousseltia area' is inter-epted by 7 FW-190's near BouDab-uss; 2 enemy planes destroyed.

Libya: Dawn attack by 4 JU-88's on'ripoli harbor causes little damage.

Tunisia: Small force raids enemylocalities 6 mi. NW of De Jefna andakes prisoners. Several hostile Arabvillages used as enemy patrol bases)urned. Several enemy localities W of:Mateur cleared. Patrols clash inHeidous. area;. enemy infantry and cav-alry reported moving W from N and Sof Bou Dabouss.

Bombing missions cancelled due toweather conditions. Nine B-25's withascort of 16 P-38's, on anti-shippingmission between Tunis and Sicily, at-:ack 4 vessels, believed to be Siebelferries, N of Cape Bon; 1 sunk andanother left in sinking condition.

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China: Kweilin,Liuchow, and Lung-Iingbombedby3, 20,and 10 Japaneseplanes, respectively

Burma: Japanesepatrols again clashE of Fort White andthe enemy is forcedto withdraw. Britis]attempt to dislodgethe Japanese froma hill 1 mi. N of Doibaik fails. Enemyattack in this areais repulsed.

Rolling stock atMaymyo yards istarget for 8 B-25'swhich drop 32 300-.lb. bombs; 4 hitsscored.

Six Japanese bombers and 2 fightersattack British for-ward positions inRathdaung area; nodamage results.

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Solomon Is.: All organized enemyesistance on Guadalcanal ceases, afterunction of Allied-forces at C. Esper-nce is effected. Large quantities ofsupplies are captured. Navy announceshat 6,066 Japanese were killed and 127aptured, during final Allied offensive,which started Jan. 15.Two P-39's strafe and sink an enemybarge off Hooper Bay, and strafe float-ng drums of fuel oil N of Basein I.Russell Is.).Vila bombed with unobserved results

by 2 B-26's escorted by 9 fighters.Nine SBD's escorted by 19 fighters

attack Munda, starting 1 large fire. AAire is heavy, but all our planes return.At night, a Catalina makes harassing-aid on Munda.New Guinea: Patrol activity continues

BE of Wau and near Wandumi.Five RAAF A-20's and 7 RAAF Beau-

*ighters make coordinated bombing andstrafing attack on Malahang.N.E.I.: Celebes: Japanese installa-ions, store dumps, and buildings atKendari extensively damaged by attack)f 8 B-24's; interception by 9-12 enemyighters over Kendari and the sea re-sults in destruction of 1 and probablynother.South Pacific: SS Starr King (U.S.

;argo ship, 7,176 tons) torp. and sunk a34-15 S, 154-20 E.

Solomon Is.: Allied ground forces onGuadalcanal engaged in mopping upenemy remnants and in regrouping andreorganizing main forces.Force of 10 SBD's and 5 TBF's es-

corted by 19 fighters successfully at-tacks Munda. Munda and Vila are tar-gets for 4 500-lb. bombs each, droppedby rcn planes.

New Guinea: Enemy troops, harassecby artillery fire, are withdrawing fromWau area.

Japanese floatplane ineffectively bombTenahmerah (160 mi. N of Merauke).

New Britain: One B-17 makes 2-hourattack on Rabaul, night of 10/11, start-ing 2 fires at Lakunai.

Kei Is.: Three RAAF Hudsons, attacking town area of Toeal, start small fire

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China-India: It isnnounced thatField Marshal Sir)hn Dill and Lt.ten. Henry Arnoldave concluded aeries of confer-nces with Generalssimo Chiang Kai-hek in Chungkingnd with Generalir ArchibaldWavell in India.

Netherlands: C.van Ravenzwaai,Secretary for So-cial Affairs in theMussert Cabinet,is assassinated.

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Germany: Wil-elmshaven heavilyaided at night bybout 175 RAFlanes; very largexplosion and manyires result, althoughloudy weather pre-ents identificationf target and bomb-ig is done by flares.

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Russia: Germanseport successfulounterattacksgainst Soviet force;W of Novorossisk.ussians report re-ulse of enemyounterattacks in,ostov area whereoviets are exertingressure from S,E,nd VT, and claimapture of Mechetnyaitsevka, andeveral other place:i Novocherkasskrea. Strong Naziounterattacks ap-ear to be checkingie Russian efforta Kramatorsk sec-or to cut off thescape line of Ger-ian troops inRosto'alient. S of Khar-:ov, the Germans)se Lozovaya, annportant RRunction, and severaillages S ofThuguyev. Moscoweports advances inrea of VolchanskLnd continued of-ensive action N ofCursk. Berlin an-ounces that Sovietsre shifting their atacks from area S)f Lake Ladoga to)ther sections ofiorthern front.lazis report strongUir attacks againstRussian troops andrehicles.

Russia: Soviet2aucasian forcescapture RR town ofKrasnodar; Germaireport renewedRussian attempts tb:enetrate into Novcrossisk harbor.Soviets pushing froNE toward Rostovcapture Shakhty.Voroshilovsk, NEStalino, also falls tadvancing Red Arnwhile other units

outhern Europe

Sicily: Malta-iased Spitfires inffensive sweep:rafe train neareoto and gun posi-ions near Pozzallo.

Italy: Malta-based Mosquitosattack railtrafficin Calabria andSicily.

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Libya: RAF fighter bombers con-inue attacks on dispersed enemy MTand tents W of Ben Gardane.Tunisia: In Ousseltia sector, strongttack by Axis patrol during night re-pulsed. Enemy patrols encounteredn Faid area; successful raid fromTafsa on enemy in Sened area carried)ut.Bombing operations cancelled be-

cause of inclement weather. TwelveA-20's escorted by 12 Spitfires and10 P-40's attack Sened, scoring hitson highway and in town.South Atlantic: SS Helmsey (British

cargo ship, 4,764 tons) torp. and sunkit 34-20 S, 24-56 E. SS Queen Anne(British cargo ship, 4,937 tons) torp.and sunk 8 mi. off Cape Agulhas.

Libya: Tripolitania cleared of allenemy organized forces as Britishtroops advance unopposed along coastroad toward Ben Gardane. RAF make3 fighter bomber attacks on MT W ofBen Gardane and enemy twice tries tcintercept.

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Solomon Is.: Force of 17 SBD's es-corted by 15 fighters attacks Munda,destroying AA positions and startingfires. Three B-26's escorted by 6fighters carry out a second raid onMunda. All of our planes return.

Newg u a: Port Moresby raided byrt Lumber of enemy planes.

i ,Ji¢.Bra : Japanese convoy, con-sli of L and 3 AK's, sighted by)3-2a ' ak a cked S of Wide Bay; hitor near miss halts 6,000-ton AK.Sawmill at Ubili set on fire during at-

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NTHEATERSTHEATERS

Aleutian Is.:Kiska attacked byEorce of 5 B-24'sand 6 B-25's es-corted by 10 P-38's; 72 500-lb. an24 300-lb. bombslropped. Fifty-seven 500-lb.bombs hit maincamp area; 3 500-lb. bomb hits scoied on runway offighter strip SW cSalmon Lagoon;300-lb. bomb hitsscored on NorthHead; four P-38'sstrafe enemyfighter strip.Photo planeaccompanying mi,sion strafes LittleKiska. Four of 6intercepting enemplanes are destrced. One B-25,damaged by AA

fire, crashes neaAdak.Enemy scout

plane is shot dowi15 mi. W of Con-stantine Harbor,Amchitka, by P-38s.

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France-Holland:.?wenty-one escort-I Bostons makeaylight raids onoulogne shippingnd St. Malo docks,hile 20 escortedTenturas scorelirect hits on steelworks at Ijmuiden.Three enemy planeire destroyed, 1)robably, 5 damage3 RAF planes des-troyed, 3 damaged.More than 450 RI

planes participatein 2 night raids onLorient, during whwhich 1,137 tons ofbombs are droppecRaids, carried outin bright moonlighare highly successful and docks andcenter of town ob-served well ablaze8 RAF bombers armissing and 2crashed.

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(Cont'd)pture Krasnoar-eisk, a vital RRiction in middlenets area, thereby.tting the enemy'sst standard guageP to Rostov.issians claimrther gains inramatorsk- Lozo-aya sectors andcrease pressurei Nazi forces atiarkov. N of Kursiviet units are ad-mncing slowly, en-ountering stiffiemy resistance.erlin asserts thatsconnected Russiaitacks in Velikyeuki region collaps-i and reports re-ulse of attacks onside front betweenolkhovo and Lake

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Russia: Germansgain report repulsef Soviet attacksround Novorossiskhe only good re-naining Nazi basei NW Caucasus.russian troops,iressing towardZostov, occupy RRowns of Zverevo,Aikhaya, and Novo-herkassk, whilether units advanc-ng in Krasnoar-ieisk area, wherehey present ahreat to Germans Etostov, appear to tneeting counterat-acks. Soviets cap-ure Zolochev inKharkov sector. Ciorthern front, hea'ighting continuesnd Germans repor

repulse of allSoviet attacks inregion.

outhern Europe

Crete: Herak-ion and KastelliPediada airdromesombedby 5 B-24'sarge fire startedit latter.Italy: Fourteen

U.S. planes bombNaples; 10 bombCrotone where hitsire scored on bar-racks and ware-louses and firesstarted; light in-effectual AA firesncountered.

Sicily: MaltaSpitfires scoremany hits andstart fire in chemcal factory nearPachino, and strafcamp and factory.

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Tunisia: Artillery and patrol acti-vity along entire front. Force ofB-26's escorted by P-38'sbombs Tuni,and El Aouina airdrome and are in-tercepted by 20-30 ME-109's. Fourenemy planes destroyed, 3 probably,and 4 damaged. B-25's escorted byP-3es,;on anti-shipping flight be-tween Tunis and Sicily, sight force of35-50 JU-52's and 3 ME-323's; 4 JU-52's and 1 ME-323 destroyed. Alliedplanes strafe MT moving S from Faidin Maatleg Pass area.

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active in Mayu Pen-insula and Akyabareas; at night, 9Wellingtons bombSagaing.

Enemy bombersattack British for-ward positions; 1destroyed, 2 pro-bably, and 1 dam-iged.

Burma: Force of12 P-40's attackJapanese Hq atLonkin, startinga fire in the townand burning 6barracks across theriver from Lonkin.Two formations ofB-25's success-fully attack rollingstock at Wetlet andPaukkan in CentralBurma; severalfires started intown area at WetletTwo P-40's destroya Japanese planeon Lashio airdromeduring strafingattack. RAF fight-ers sweep MayuPeninsula and Toungoo airfield.


(Cont'd):ack by rcn B-24. One B-17 makes2-hour night raid on Rabaul, startinglarge fire in dump area; observation ofresults hampered by searchJ ights andclouds.

Solomon Is.: Six B-24's escorted by11 fighters score direct hit on an AKoff Buin. Eight of 45 intercepting Zeroare destroyed; we lose 2 bombers and EEighters to Zeros and 1 bomber and 1Eighter to heavy AA fire.

An enemy convoy, consisting of 1large AK escorted by 1 DD and 1 CLattacked in Buin-Faisi area by 9 PB4Y'.escQrted by 15 fighters, but nohits are scored.

AA emplacements at Munda bombedby 17 SBD's and 2 TBF's escorted by14 P-40's; small fires started.

Kahili airdrome attacked during nightby 2 RAAF Catalinas.

New Guinea: Mubo village and tracksin vicinity bombed and strafed by 6A-20's. Five RAAF Beaufighters makioffensive sweep from Finschafen toMadang; hangar at Madang left burningand fires started at Finschafen are sti!burning 5 hours later. Buildings atLae are targets for 5 B-25's, but

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Finland: Council)f Finnish SocialDemocrat Party)asses a recom-nendation for re-election of M. Ristclyti and resolutionhat Finland is free,o end the war whefa suitable opportu-nity oc:urs and thecountry's libertyand independenceire secured.

Finland: M. RistcRyti is re-electedas President.Brazil: Brazil

announces that aconference washeld recently atRecife between theAir Minister, FielcMarshal Sir JohnDill, and Lt. Gen.Henry Arnold.

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THEATERS,

Aleutian Is.:Seven enemy planesLttack Allied vesselin ConstantineHarbor, Amchitka,dropping 8 100-lb.bombs, and strafeshore positions;no damage results.

Western Europe

France: Daylightraid on Tours by 6RAF Mosquitos re-sults in damage toengine sheds anddestruction of 2large workshops.

Germany: Cologneleavily bombed atlight by about 240RAF planes. Attac]is made throughcomplete clouds,but fires are re-Elected; nine RAFplanes are missingmd 3 crash at base.

England:Typhoons interceptenemy fighters inStraits of Doverarea, destroying 4,and probably des-troying 3 more; 2Typhoons lost.

F 'ance: Twenty-one B-24's escortecby RAF Spitfiresattack shipping atDunquerque in afternoon, scoring hitsin dock area. Tentons of bombsdropped on Tours bMosquitos. Tenenemy planes aredestroyed, 2 pro-bably, 4 damaged;2 B-24's lost.

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Russia: Russiansoccupy Rostov and,with this obtaincontrol of all vitalRR systems in NCaucasus andDonets-Don bends.On SW front, Soviet.capture Voroshilovgrad, an importantindustrial city, indrive towardStalino, and con-tinue offensivedrive SW of Voro-shilovsk. Germansreport repulse ofstrong attacks Eand NE of Kharkovand in area N ofKursk; Russiansclaim gains inZolochev district.Soviet attacks onnorthern front donot appear to bemaking any pro-gress as Germanscontinue to reportrepulse of all Rus-sian attempts in thiarea.

Russia: Germanreport repulse ofSoviet attacks atNovorossisk andseveral other pointof the Kubanbridgehead. On thesouthern front,Russian troopsforge ahead, re-porting gains SW oVoroshilovsk andcapture of LutogincIn Krasnoarmeiskarea, enemy iscounterattackingstrongly to defendhis escape corridoto the west butSoviets captureKuteynikov, SE ofStalino. They alsooccupy Krasnodon

Southern Europe

Italy: Over 130RAF Lancastersmake successfulnight attack onMilan; large firesstarted throughoutthe city; AA firemoderate, but in-accurate; 2 RAFplanes missing.Five Beaufightersattack RR junctiondepot, and trainsin toe of Italy;locomotives, mar-shalling yards, androad traffic strafedby 7 Mosquitos.

Sicily: MaltaSpitfires in nightraid score directhits on RR depotand warehousesand strafe ware-houses, signal boxand gun positions.

Mediterranean:1,500-ton enemymerchant shiptorp. and sunk 60mi. S of Taranto.

Italy: Naplesharbor attacked by5 B-24's; inter-ception by 7 enemyplanes preventsobservation ofresults; enemy lose1 plane andanotherprobably; heavy Afire damages man:of our aircraft.Naples againbombby 10 B-24's whic]score direct hitson 2 merchantvessels; attackopposed by heavy,accurate AA fireand about 15 enemplanes; 2 ME-109'2 MC-200's des-troyed and 5 planedamaged.

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ions cancelled because of weatherconditions, but throughout day Spit-fires, P-38's, P-39's, P-40's, andA-20's attack enemy tanks, motorcolumns, and concentrations in Gafsa-Mlaknassy-Faid area. P-39's on rcn)ver Fondouk are intercepted by 2vME-109's; Spitfires on rcn overKairouan are intercepted by 4-5FW-190's; P-39's and P-40's escort-ng bombers to Faid are intercepted)y 8 Axis planes of which 1 is des-troyed.

Tunisia: Allied armored division,counterattacking S from Djebel Less-ouda, forces slight withdrawal of Axisto Sidi Bou Zid area and fighting con-tinues there throughout the day.Small enemy mechanized forceoccupies Gafsa in afternoon. Screenof enemy armored cars offers theonly opposition as British occupy BenGardane.

Twelve Wellingtons make night at-tack on Bizerta docks and shipping,In afternoon, 7 TU-87's escorted byME-109's bomb bridge iBab; 3 of these destroyeium bombers make 2 attrouan airdrome. In firsB-26's with escort of 24hits on 6-8 enemy plane7 Axis aircraft intercepand 1 damaged. Secondout by 10 B-25's escortemany bursts observed a]

Burma: SixB-2score sev-eral near misseson NW side ofMyitnge bridgewith 500-lb. bombs.Fourteen P-40'sbomb and strafeMaingkwan, com-pletely destroyingbarracks 2 mi. NWof town and scoringseveral hits intown. RAF planescontinue active inAkyab area, sweepShwebo and Promeareas, and bombShwebo airfield atnight.

Burma: SevenB-2' bomb Myit-nge bridge, butscore not hits.Akyab area andRathedaung arechief targets forRAF planes, whilefighters sweepvarious enemy-occupied regions;Heho field is bomb-ed at night.


Solomon Is.: Force of 9 PB4Y's es-corted by 22 fighters attacks largejapanese AK off Kahili, scoring 3lirect hits. Forty-five Zeros inter-cept, of which 11 are shot down; ourlosses are 2 PB4Y's shot down and 6fighters missing.

Munda attacked by 18 SBD's and 3IBF's escorted by 11 fighters; largeEire started in E end of runway. Mun-ia is also subjected to strafing attackby force of 16 fighters.New Guinea: Enemy installations and

airdrome at Lae attacked by 7 B-25'sescorted by 8 P-38's; direct hits scoreon 2 grounded aircraft, and 3 buildings.Rcn B-24 drops 2 bombs at Madang.New Britain: Rabaul town and harbor

heavily attacked shortly before dawnay 4 waves of B-17's and B-24's; 2ships off Kokopo probably hit, 2 searchlights destroyed, ammunition dumppossibly hit, and many large firesstarted, 1 visible for 100 mi. Two at-:acks on Rabaul, during night of 14/15,by total of 17 B-17's, result in largeexplosion, probably on fuel dump, andmany fires, including a large one atRapopo and several in Simpson's har-bor. B-25 on rcn drops 4 bombs atlUbili, hitting the sawmill.

Solomon Is.: Force of 6 B-26's es-corted by 10 fighters bombs Vila, starting fires.

Munda is target for attack by 9 TBF'E15 SBD's, and 15 F4F's, and for asecond attack by 11 SBD's and 7 TBF'sescorted by 18 fighters; AA fire en-countered, but all U.S. planes return.

Five B-24's are dispatched to raidKahili airdrome, but only 1 reachestarget; 1 B-24 fails to return.

Three B-24's sent to Ballale, but only1 reaches target; 1 plane of this group

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THEATERS

Aleutian Is.: Sixhostile planes dropten bombs onAmchitka, causing2 casualties, butiamage to landingstrip is negligible.

Western Europe

France: Force)f 59 B-17's and 63-24's carries outiaylight raid onsubmarine installa-tions at St. Nazairemany fires startedn dock area. 40-50 enemy fightersand heavy, accuratEAA fire encountere¢3ix B-17's are lost,2 to AA fire, 2 toenemy fighters, anc2 to unknowncauses20 enemy planesdestroyed, 12 pro-bably, and 2 dama-ged. Lorientheavily raided atnight by about 370RAF planes, whichirop about 985 toneof bombs; manyfires result in dockarea.England: During

day and night, 37enemy planes operate over S and SWEngland, inflictingconsiderable damaEat Swansea; 4 des-troyed, 2 probably.

England: Sevenenemy palnes overS and SE coasts,during day.

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(Co.ul' d)nd Uspensk in theJkraine. Heavyighting is reported.t the gates of Khar.:ov and the ap-proaches to Orelwhere the Red Arm;captures Droskovo.lazis still resistSoviet attacks onLake Ladoga-Volk-iovo front:, and re-)ort repulse ofioviet attack atKronstadt Bay.Russians reportsinking of 2 enemyships, totalling19,000 ton3, in3arents Sea.

Russia: Germanreport operationsof local significanconly in Kubanbridgehead. Sovietreport capture ofBolshy Kryepkayaand Chaltyr in Ros-tov area. InStalino district,enemy is offeringstiff resistance toRussian attemptsto cut off his escapiSoviet troops occuiKharkov as Naziswithdraw in dir-ection of Poltava.Germans reportrepulse of RedArmy attacks N ofKursk, SE of LakeIlmen, and betweerVolkhovo and LakeLadoga.

Russia: Germanreport repulse ofstrong Soviet at-tack on N front ofKuban bridgehead.Pushing W fromLikhaya, Sovietsoccupy Rovenki

Southern Europe

(Cont'd)Sicily: Twenty-ne B-17's bombocks and shippingt Palermo; oilank set on fire ancship hit and left

urning.Mediterranean:/lalta Wellingtonsattack 5,000-tonnemy tanker at37-00 N, 12-00 End leave it burn-ng. Two enemy)D's and 15,000-on merchant shipattacked at 37-03N.2-08 E; nearnisses scored.

Crete: RAFLiberators raidHeraklion airdromstarting 2 fires onlanding ground.Sicily: Malta

Spitfires bombComiso airdrome,scoring hits ondispersed aircraftand near hangars.

Sardinia: Forty-nine B-17's es-corted by 26 P-38dispatched to bomElmas airdrome;enemy planes destroyed. Villacidnand Decimomannu

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started. Attack opposed by 15-20enemy planes of which 6 are destroy-ed, 3 probably; 1 B-25 shot down.Four enemy planes approaching Soukel Arba airdrome are intercepted and1 damaged. Thelepte airdrome raidedn morning by 6 ME-109's whichlestroy 1 A-20 on ground and are in-ercepted by Spitfires and,P-39's; 3enemy planes destroyed, 1 damaged,and 1 probably against loss of 1 Spit-fire.

Tunisia: Axis force attacks U.S.positions in Sbeitla-Sidi Bou Zid areaand confused fighting continues therethroughout day. Allied positions SE ofSbeitla penetrated but Axis is held offduring day; enemy tanks move SW ofSbeitla and in direction of DjebelHamra. By afternoon, enemystretches along line of Djebel Less-ouda-Sidi Bou Zid-Djebel el Kebar.U.S. infantry force isolated N of Sidi BouZid withdraws but another, SE of SidiBou Zid, continues to hold out. In thesouth, Rommel's forces still inpossession of Tatahoume.

Throughout the day, Spitfires andP-39's attack enemy ground targets.Six A-20's escorted by 12 P-39's bomtenemy concentrations NW of Gafsa.Enemy convoys and roads SW ofKairouan attacked by 15 Bisleys. RAIescorted fighter bombers attacklanding ground W of Medinine and late.make 2 attacks on MT in area.

East Atlantic: SS Geir (French) sunLby mine off Fedala.

Tunisia: Sbeitla evacuated, Thelepteairdrome abandoned, and remaindeteo:Feriana force moves to block the', ^'pass at El'mael Abiod. Enemy octecupies SW slopes of Djebel Ksairatour infantry is not dislodged. Axisforces occupy Kasserine in evening.To conform to situation, U.S. and

Burma: TwoP-40's heavilystrafe 20 enemytrucks loaded withbridge equipment Sof Spunginzup(North Burma).Later, 16 P-40's,in 2 flights, attackNsopzup and Spung-inzup, severelydamaging bothplaces; at thelatter, 4 large firesare started and 20trucks receivedirect hits; machinegun fire slightlydamages 1 of ourplanes, but all re-turn. Akyab areareceives weight ofRAF attacks; 4Liberators bombMagwe airfield atnight.

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d)n S coordinated attacks, 2 of which ar

n 3 coordinated attacks, 2 of which arEsscorted by 13 P-38's; many fires,ncluding probable fuel fires, started.New Britain: Rcn B-24 attacks

enemy AK in Stettin Bay; ship is leftburning fiercely as result of directhit and near miss.N.E.I.: Nine B-24's, attacking

enemy shipping and shore installationsit Ambon, score 2 hits on 8,000-tonmerchant vessel, which is probablydestroyed, hit a possible ammunitionlump, and start numerous fires in towiarea.Dilli town and airdrome attacked by

Dutch B-25's and again, by RAAFHudsons; buildings damaged and firesstarted.

Aroe Is.: Six RAAF Hudsons furtheriamage Dobo in low-level attack. The;own is now in ruins.

Solomon Is.: Navy announces loss ofJSS Chicago (CA). The ship wasseverely damaged on Jan. 29, duringattack by enemy torpedo planes on U.S.iaval force covering transport move-ments in. vicinity of Rennell I. Thefollowing day the USS Chicago was sunIluring another attack by 13 enemytorpedo planes; 12 enemy planes wereshot down by our planes.

Four 500-lb. bombs dropped on Vilaby single Catalina.

New Guinea: Local patrol skirmishe,in Wau area are only ground activity.

Six B-25's make low-level bombingattack on Malahang airdrome with un-observed results, and destroy fishingboats off Salamaua Peninsula duringheavy strafing attack.

' N' A '.S. Naval task force cfC'ristobal I. located and attacked

by 7 Japanese torpedo planes; no dam-age is suffered by U.S. vessels and 5enemy planes are shot ddwn.

Force of 13 SBD's escorted by 24fighters attacks Munda, starting 2 fire

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U.S.: Mme. ChianKai-Shek addresseboth houses of Congress, warningAmerica againstunderrating Japanand urging a uni-versal and humani-tarian peace.

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South Atlantic: SS3rasiloide (Brazi-.ian cargo ship,3,075 tons) torp. ancsunk at 12-38 S,37-57 W.

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Germany: Forceof 194 RAF planes.s dispatched tobomb Wilhelmshaveiit night. Visibility.s excellent andnany fires arestarted, especiallyin dock area. Twoenemy planes aredestroyed; 4 RAFAlanes missing.

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(Cont'd)nd several other)wns. Russiansapture Slavyansk,nportant RR junc-ion N of Krama-orsk. Between thisown and Kharkov,hey capture ZmiyevLnd Aleksyeevskoe;NW of Kharkov,3ogodukhov andiraivoron areoccupied. Germans?eport that attacksn Kursk area areighter than on pre-ceding days. In[ake Ilmen areamnd on Volkhov-Lak,adoga front, fresh;oviet forces fail to;ain against Germanesistance.

Russia: Russianroops in Krasnodaiirea captureSyeversk on RR toNovorossisk fromhe E and Starovel-chkovsk on RRrom NE, further;onstricting Naziorces in this area.I of Rostov, enemy;ontinues to retreatnd Soviets capturevIatvyeev-Kurgan)n RR running Nrom Taganrog.Moscow announcesslight gains SW ofVoroshilovgrad andstrong counter-attacks W of Kharko,Enemy claims re-iulse of attacks Nof Kursk and Sovietson N end of thisront, push on, cap-.uring Zalegoschnd Verkhni Sosna,

strong points S ofDrel. Germans re-port heavy defensivDattles S of LakeLadoga and repulsef all Soviet attacks

Southern Europe

(Cont'd)iirdromes attackedby 12 B-25's andL7 B-26's escortedby 31 P-38's; sev-eral fires started,3 enemy planesdestroyed, andI P-38's shotdown.Mediterranean:

Vlalta Wellingtonssink 3-4,000-tonenemy merchantship at 38-27 N,L2-54 E.

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(Cont'd) (Cont'd) (Cont'd)French in Ousseltia sector are with- daung, blowing up planes; details unreported.drawing W. Enemy attack in Pichon- 2 culverts and min- New Guinea: Enemy units in Wau areMaison des Eaux region repulsed in ing the road N and continue to retreat towards Mubo.evening. British elements in S S of the culverts. Labu village and surrounding areaTunisia reach Medinine but enemy British and Japa- heavily strafed during coastal sweepcontinues to hold roads 5 mi. W and S nese patrols clash by 5 RAAF Beaufighters.of the town. 20 mi. N of Kalemyo; Babo (Dutch New Guinea) bombed by

Enemy vehicle concentration S of enemy withdraws single rcn B-24; results unobserved.Feriana raided by 6 A-20's with es- after suffering 30 New Britain: Two B-17's, attackingcort of 12 Spitfires and 4 P-39's; 35 casualties. RAF Ubili, destroy buildings. Gasmatavehicles reported destroyed. During operations in Akyab bombed and strafed by rcn B-24 withday, Spitfires and P-39's carry out un- Mayu battle area unobserved results.ceasing offensive sweeps over continue.Sbeitla-Gafsa area, inflicting much China: Japanesedamage. Twelve Bisleys bomb MT force, estimatedon enemy supply roads in Sbeitla- at 1 regiment, landsFaid-Gafsa area. in vicinity of

South Atlantic: SS Deer Lodge (U.S. Kwangchowwan,cargo ship, 6,187 tons) torp. and sunk French settlementat 33-46 S, 26-57 E. SS Llanashe N of Hainan, dur-(British cargo ship, 4,836 tons) ing period Feb. 15-torp. and sunk at 34-20 S, 28-30 E. 17.SS Roger B. Taney (U.S. cargo ship,7,191 tons) torp. and sunk at 22-00 S,07-00 W.

Tunisia: Axis units engaged in Burma: British Solomon Is.: Early morning attack 18Goubellat area. Advance enemy ele- launch attack on on Kahili airdrome by 5 RAAF Cata-ments moving N from Sbeitla reach enemy positions.l linas results in large explosion andpoint 8 mi. S of Sbiba. Heavy patrol mi. N of Donbaik, many fires, including 5 along disper-attacks our positions W of Djebel but advance is lim- sal bays visible for 50 mi. Night ofMansour; Axis contacted 3 mi. SE of ited because of 18/19, 4 RAAF Catalinas attack supplyKef el Ahmar; enemy reported to be enemy mortar dumps and dispersal bays at Kahili,assembling further forces in Feriana fire and counter- causing heavy explosions and startingarea. Enemy in W outskirts of Medin- attack. Seventy- fires, 1 visible for 30 mi.ine shells our patrols during day. seventh Brigade In coordination with night attack onBad weather and loss of 3 important crosses Chindwin Kahili, 12 B-17's attack shipping inairfields prevents bombing operations. R. in 2 columns near Buin area, setting on fire a 9,000-ton

Thaungdut and is pro- ship and a 7,000-ton ship with 2ceeding towards In- direct hits each, scoring hit and verydaw-Katha area. near miss on an 8,000-ton ship, and

Force of B-25's possible hit and near misses on one ofbombs railway 3,000 tons.yards at Sagaing; Six PBY's and 3 B-24's, dispatchednot hits scored. at intervals, bomb Ballale, Kahili, andAccurate AA fire Nusave I., as well as shipping in Buin-is encountered and Tonolei area; fires started at Kahili.1 plane receives 14 Vila bombed by 10 SBD's escortedhits. Bad weather by 14 fighters; results unreported.prevents RAF New Guinea: Coastal sweep fromoperations. Mambare to Lae carried out by 4

RAAF A-20's, and one from Fins-chafen to Madang, by 9 RAAF Beau-fighters; 4 enemy launches and a 300-ton auxiliary schooner damaged or des-troyed during the latter sweep. RcnB-24 bombs dispersal area at Madang.

Fifteenth raid on Merauke is carriedout by single enemy floatplane; 2 bombsdropped, but no damage results.

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France-Spain: ThTichy Governmentcloses the Franco-Spanish frontier af;er receiving news:hat a tense situa-tion had arisen atToulon.

India: A confer-ence of IndianLeaders passes aresolution urgingthe government ofndia to releaseGandhi immediate-ly, and without conditions.

North Africa:British Minister inWashington an-nounces that aNorth African Economic Board is established to super-vise supply of civilian goods fromBritain and the U.,and to restore thegeneral economy iNorth Africa.

Martinique: InFort de France, thMayor and Councilresign in protestagainst the econo-mic situation andfood scarcity.

Chile: Sabotageis suspected in thefire which almostcompletely des-troys headquarter;of the Andean Regiment of the ChileaArmy.

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Aleutian Is.: Twoenemy planes,approaching Con-stantine Harbor arerom Makarius Pt.,Lre attacked by 8P-40's; 1 hostileplane is shot downLt Makarius Pt. anche other is des-troyed at Aleut Pt.;P-40's undamaged.Allied surface

units bombard Holt,Bay and ChicagofHarbor.

Aleutian Is.:Friendly CA attacksand sinks an enemyvessel, probably aiammunition ship,NW of Attu.Force of 5 B-24's

6 B-25's, and photcplane (B-25) escored by P-38's at-tacks Japanesecositions at Kiska:

3 1000-lb. and 58500-lb. bombsdropped in maincamp area wherehits are observed;18 500-lb. bombsdropped on runwaywhich is also hit;North Head is tar-get for 16 300-lb.bombs; photo planedrop .2 300-lb. an2:.100'lb. bombs ox

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Holland: Torpedooat establishmentat Den Helder hitluring daylight at-ack by 10 escortedTenturas.Germany: Wil-helmshaven raidedor second succes-sive night by RAF)lanes, about 335 ofvhich drop 350 tonsHE and 500 tons ofincendiaries; largefires observed inspite of cloud andiaze. One enemyfighter is destroyed;11 RAF planesmissing, 2 morecrash.France: Trans-

former stations inN France are;argets for night at-tack by 34 RAFplanes, 3 of whichire missing;burstsseen in target area.

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Russia: Germansclaim gains in at-;ack S of Novoros-sisk while Sovietsreport capture ofPopovichevsk andseveral other townsin Krasnodar area.Nazi forces con-tinue to resist inKrasnoarmeisk sector but Russiansclaim gains W ofRostov. Pushing Wand SW of Khai kov,Red Army capturesLyubotin and Meref;and SW of Kursk,Oboyan. They an-nouncethat KharkovKursk RR and high-way are cleared ofthe enemy.German;report repulse ofnumerous Sovietattacks SE of Orel,SE of Lake Ilmen,and S of LakeLadoga. They alsoreport successfulraid on Murmansk.

Russia: Russianpress in still moreclosely on Naziunits in Caucasusand capture Ilsk,on RR from Kras-nodar, Maryansk,and Novomishast-ovsk, on RR fromthe NE. In Rostovsector, RR centerof Kuibishevo cap-tured by Sovietswho also reportgains SW of Voro-shilovgrad, althougthere is stiff eneirresistance in thisarea. Soviet forcefanning out fromLozovaya capture

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Crete: Heraklioind Kastelli Pediadaairdromes bombedby 4 B-24's whichstart 7 fires;moderate, light,and heavy AA fireencountered.

Crete: Night of!0/21, 1B-24bomb,Ieraklion airdromeresults unobserved.Two B-24's, unableto see Heraklionbecause of clouds,attack KastelliPediada with un-observed results.

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on Crotone chemicEworks; hits scored;slight AA fire en-countered.

Sicily: ElevenWellingtons, 9Beauforts, and 8Albacores fromMalta attack ship-ping off Trapaninight of 20/21;hits scored on

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encountered 5 mi. NE of Medjes elBab. Two enemy attacks by tankssupported by infantry repelled S ofSbiba in afternoon and 8 tanks des-troyed. Axis armored, infantry, andartillery attack in area of DjebelChambi-Djebel Semmama held.

During night, 22 Bisleys dispatchedto attack roads leading to Kasserineand Feriana but thick haze over tar-get prevents attack; bombs droppedon Gafsa bridge, RR yards, and roads.All other bombing missions cancelledbecause of inclement weather.

Tunisia: Axis forces launch attackNW of Kasserine and occupy thePass, gaining the slopes of DjebelChambi and Djebel Semmama. For-ward infantry and tank elementsreach N slopes of Djebel Zebbeus.Enemy tank and infantry elementsattacking S of Sbiba are held to nogains. Medinine is reported entirelyclear of Axis units although they stillhold positions between Metameurand Medinine. Enemy engaged inMetameur area.

During night, 24 Bisleys dispatchedagainst Thelepte-Kasserine area.Motor vehicles W and NW of Kasser-ine attacked by 4 P-39's on rcn; 2missing. All other air operationscancelled by the continued badweather.

continues in Don-baik area.

Eight B-25'sbomb Sagaing ter-minal, scoringdirect hits and nearmisses; AA fireslightly damagesI B-25. NineteenP-40's, during 3offensive rcn mis-sions in N Burmainflict severe dam-age on Hpunginzupwhere large enemyconcentration is re-ported, and cause.andslide on rail-road at Meza.RAF Blenheimsbomb objectivesin Akyab area andfighters make wide-spread sweepsagainst railway androad transport.roungoo airfieldraided at night byRAF.

Burma: Donbaikand Rathedaungareas quiet.

Seventeen P-40'sbomb and strafeSahmaw and largesugar factory there,scoring direct hitson factory andother buildings, oiltanks, and railroad;35 fires started.Thirteen B-24's,in 2 flights, bombGokteik Viaduct(60 mi. NE ofMandalay), droppinEtone and half-tonbombs which fall onboth sides of tar-get. Enemy trans-portation facilitiesfrom Meza toKasma&4 a!7ro ' a

(Contd)N.E.I.: Timor: Japanese cruiser or

transportamouflaged with nets, at-tacked at Dilli by 6 B-25's; results un-observed. One of 5 intercepting Zerosis destroyed and another probablydestroyed; 1 B-25 is hit and crashlands.

Vila attacked at intervals by B-24'sand PB4Y's; fires started.

Ballale, Kahili, and Faisi are tar-gets for total of 8 B-17's; groundedenemy planes destroyed or damaged,fuel and ammunition dumps hit, andexplosions and many large fires resultin dispersal bays.'Six RAAF Catalinas bomb Ballale,night of 19/20, dropping bombs in dis-persal, ammunition, and fuel dumpsareas. Smoke from large fires risesas high as 6,000 feet.New Guinea: Malahang area strafed

and bombed by 6 RAAF Beaufightersand 10 A-20's, respectively.New Britain: Enemy merchant vessel

off Gasmata unsuccessfully bombed byrcn B-24, but 3 of 12 interceptingZeros are shot down. Another B-24 onrcn attacks Japanese transport off C.Gloucester with unreported results; 1of 7 intercepting Zeros shot down.Australia: Possible enemy plane re-orted over New South Wales at night.

Solomon Is.: U.S. troops land onRussell I. without opposition.

Munda heavily attacked by 12 TBF'sand 18 SBD's escorted by 32 fighters;bombs dropped on runway and AApositions. One SBD, damaged by heavyand accurate AA fire, is forced downin water.

Eight B-24's attack Vila airfield,destroying AA positions and starting 1large fire.

New Guinea: Unknown number ofenemy planes drops 43 bombs nearDobdura and Hariko at night; no damageresults.

New Britain: Six B-17's bomb runwa:and dispersal areas at Gasmata; 2grounded aircraft destroyed and 3 fires1 probably on ammunition dump, start-ed; 1 of 3 interce .,ros probablydestroyed. ~4iae 'iuioy off Gas-nat tacke'd tSi4ncved reulsts

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France: PierreLaval announceshat the line of de-narcation betweenhe occupied andunoccupied zonesof France will beabolished on MarcL. It is announced;hat Germany is denanding 250,000nore French worlers.

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(Cont'd)Little Kiska. In-ense AA fire, buto planes, opposettack; all of ourlanes return.

Aleutian Is.:Enemy plane fireson PBY at longrange, then fliesaway toward Buldi

Mid-Atlantic:Enemy submarinesattack --est-boundconvoy N of theAzores and justbeyond reach ofAllied air patrols;following shipssunk at approximately 49-00 N, 30-00~VSS Empire Trader(British cargoship, 9,990 tons)and SS Stigstad(Norwegian tanker5,964 tons).

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Germany: Bremeiraided at night by143 RAF heavybombers;' 435 tonsof bombs dropped,but results ob-scured by clouds.All bombers retur:

Mid-Atlantic:West-bound convoyattacked by enemysubmarines inevening; followingships sunk at 50-3N, 24-38 W; SSRosario (U.S.cargo ship, 4,659tons) and SS H. H.Roger (Panamaniatanker, 8,807 tons:

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(Cont'd)nd Krasnograd,n RR to Poltavand about 40 mi.SE of latter. Redirmy troops, in[rive toward Sumy,capture RR junctioiof Gotnya and townif KrasnayaCaruga, both W7 ofBelgorod. Theycontinue to advancehoward Orel from Iand S. Germansagain reportfrustration of Sovieattempts to pierceNazi northern line.

Russia: Germanannounce unsucessful Russian attacksin Kuban area.Russians reportadvances W ofRostov and SW ofVor oshilovgradwhere they captureBokovo-Antratsit,Verkhni-Nagolchiland Dyakova. Sof Kramatorsk,heavy fightingcontinues andRussians reportstrong enemycounterattacks.Nazis report un-successful,scattered Sovietattacks SE ofLake Ilmen.

Southern Europe

(Cont'd)3,000-tonmerchan'ship. PalermoLttacked duringaight by 23 bombersresults unreported

Greece: NineB-26s attackshipping and shorinstallations atMelos I.; 1 shipsunk, and 1 set orfire; 2 bombersmissing.

Italy: Naplesharbor bombedby'3 U.S. planes;direct hits scoredon ship, and ex-plosions causedat docks. Hitsalso scored onoi]storage tanks atPlati and on warehouses at Palmi.

Mediterranean:Enemy convoyattacked by 6B-25's 30 mi. Sof Sicily; 1 shipset on fire, 2small escortvessels reportedhit and probablysunk, and acruiser damagedFighter escortengages enemyplanes over convo3 destroyed, 2probably, and 2damaged; 1 B-25shot down. Dur-ing night, Malta-based Beaufortssink 10,000-tonenemy tanker at

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Libya: Enemy planes make 2 un-successful raids on Tripoli duringnight; 3 planes destroyed by AA fireand 2 more by intercepting Beau-fighters.

Tunisia: British troops defeatenemy attack against a hill. positionE of Medkes el Bab. Axis forcesentrenching in Djebel Azag area,about 12 mi. W of Mateur. Enemylaunches strong attack throughKasserine Pass and advances slightly,After regrouping their forces, Axistroops develop twin thrusts W towardDjebel el Hamra and N toward Thala.In western push, 6 tanks are disabledand enemy withdraws slightly but pupushes ahead in north. Enemy attackS of Sbiba repulsed. Axis reportedin occupation of Nefta. British unitsmove NW from Medinine along mainroad.

Sux escorted B-25's on anti-shipping mission between Tunis andSicily engage enemy planes of which1 is shot down; 2 P-38's lost. GafsaRR yards bombed by 10 B-25's whichscore hits on cars and tracks. TwoP-39's attack 12 tanks and 25 trucksS of Sbiba with unobserved results.

Mediterranean: Malta-basedplanes sink 10,000-ton enemy tankerat 37-15 N, 11-52 E.

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Kally bombed andfully bombed and istrafed by 2 P-40's,while 2 othersstrafe targets alongthe Burma Road in;ivinity of Lashio;trucks damaged andset on fire andabout 50 fuel drumsleft burning as re-sult of latter raid.RAF operates invMayu and Rathe-iaung areas. Brit-ish Hq on MayuPeninsula bombedby enemy planes.Three Hurricanesntercept 8 enemyIighters overMIaungdaw; 2Eurricanes lost.

Burma: SixP-4 , on 2 offen-sive rcn missions,damage transporta-tion facilities atMeza, Kahmaw,Mangshih, Katha,and Bhamo.Taungup-Promearea and Akyab I.are targets forRAF bombers; Hehcairfield also bomb-ed at night.

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B-25''?Q=i e ~p lg in same area, 2eade rges are strafed. One

RAAF aC imakes dive bombingattack on cruiser off Gasmata, but re-sults are unobserved. B-24 on rcn inC. Gloucester area is attacked by 6Zeros, 1 of which is damaged.

Solomon Is.: During early morningattack on Ballale airdrome by 2 RAAFCatalinas, 2 grounded aircraft aredestroyed or damaged, hangar pro-bably destroyed, and large fire startedin dispersal area. A simultaneousattack on Kahili by 3 RAAF Catalinasresults in hits on searchlight, AAposition, and fires, probably Qn fueldump. Vila and Munda also subjectedto pre-dawn harassing attacks by 1 and5 PB4Y's, respectively.

Twelve TEF s and 12 SBD's escortedby 17 fighters attack Munda, startingfires near runway. One P-40 ismissing.

U.S. positions on Tulagi raided byenemy planes, night of 21/22; firestarted in a munitions dump and a fewcasualties result.

New Guinea: As a result of Allied airattacks, 300 Japanese reported with-drawing from Guadagasel Ridge.

Villages and tracks in Mubo areabombed and machine-gunned by 7 RAA1A-20's; during the attack Waipali vill-age is demolished, a machine gunposition is destroyed, and many firesare started. Installations at Lae bombed at night by 1 B-17.

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India: The Indianovernment issuesWhite Paper*hich attributes tolohandas K. Gand-i and the Indian'ational Congressnder his leader-hin the responsi-ility for distur-ances and upris-igs in India.

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Mid-Atlantic::onvoy again at-tacked by enemyubmarines andollowing ships sunlt approximately6-53 N, 34-00 W:.S N.T. Nielsonl1onso (Norwegian

anker, 9,348 tons),Chattanooga CityU.S. cargo ship,5,687 tons), SSExpositor (U.S.cargo ship, 4,950ons), and Empiretedshank (Britishcargo ship, 6 615ons).

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Russia: Pushingloser to the BlackSea, Soviet troopsn Caucasus cap-ure Kholmsk,Akhtirsk, Chernoy-&rnovsk, and otherowns; Germans report all Russianattacks in this arearepulsed. Moscowannounces slight)rogress WV ofVoroshilovgrad andW of Rostov.Soviets report re-pulse of fierceNazi counterattack.n Krasnoarmeiskdistrict and Ger-mans announce thatRussian attemptsto cut off forcesin Donets by en-.circlement betwee:Donets and Dneipe:are checked. NWof Kharkov, RedArmy forces cap-ture Trostyanetsand BolshayaPisarevka. Mosco)reports continuedoffensive W ofKursk and Berlinclaims repulse ofSoviet attacks Sand NE of Orel inheavy fighting in asevere snowstormGermans planesbomb Murmanskport and RReffectively.

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)lanes damageocomotives, train)ridges, and trackn Sicily. Yardswarehouse, RRunction and dis-persal area at3rottaglie air-Irome strafed.Palermo attacK-ed during nightby 27 bombers.

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prevents observation of results. Ten-twelve Zeros intercept, 2 of which areshot down and 2 probably destroyed.

Australia: Probable enemy rcn air-craft unsuccessfully attacks Alliedconvoy off C. Londonderry.

New Hebrides: Enemy planes makelight raid on our positions on EspirituSanto I. -

Tunisia: Twenty-sixth armored Burma: During Solomon Is.: Ballale and Kahili air- 22brigade, in heavy fighting 3 mi. S of early morning, dromes attacked before dawn by singleThala, checks Axis advance. Heavy enemy force esti- RAAF Catalinas; 4 fires, possibly onfighting continues throughout day in mated at 200 re- aircraft, started in dispersal bays atKasserine-Thala sector. Our position captures Kaladan Ballale.runs generally E of Djebel Hamra (18 mi. N of Kyauk- Three B-24's carry out pre-dawnarea to N slopes of Djebel Noguexa. taw). British patrol attack on Munda, starting 3 fires.One force withstands enemy infantry raid Myebon, SE Vila attacked in early morning by 2attack in afternoon and drives out of Akyab, at night, B-24's; results unobserved.Axis units which had penetrated our destroying jetty Force of 26 Allied fighters carriespositions. In SE sector, enemy en- and sinking river out sweep to Rekata Bay, thoroughlycountered 10 mi. NW of Tatahoume: steamer and 2 strafing the area.

Force of B-25's escorted by P-38's launches. Japanese Rcn plane sights and attacks enemyon anti-shipping mission between suffer casualties barge containing 20 Japanese, nearSicily and Tunis are engaged by 7 or as result of patrol Choiseul I., killing a number of men8 Axis planes of which 1 FW-190 is clashes in and leaving the barge listing.destroyed. During night, 11 Welling- Hukawng Valley New Guinea: Villages in Lae area andtons bomb Bizerta; bursts observed and Myitkyina area. at Waria R. mouth subjected toin town, on station, and on oil tanks. Force of 11 coordinated bombing and strafing at-Enemy troops and vehicles in Kasser- B-24's mines tacks by 12 B-25's, 6 RAAF A-20's,ine Pass bombed and strafed by es- Rangoon R. N of and 6 RAAF Beaufighters; buildings setcorted B-17's. Force of 37 B-25's, Elephant Pt., night on fire and many large fires caused by74 P-38's, and Spitfires supports of 22/23, while 6 1,000-lb. bombs. Enemy positionsground forces in S sector. A-20's and B-24's carry out from Waipali to Guadagasel bombedP-39's also attack enemy forces; total simultaneous raid and strafed by 6 A-20's. Four RAAFof 11 Axis planes and 8 Allied planes on Rangoon docks, A-20's, carrying out night patrols ofdestroyed, scoring 51 hits on the coast, bomb and strafe villages at

Axis convoy bombed by B-26's which target area and Waria R. mouth and dam.' ge barges.report 1 freighter probably sunk. starting 5 fires, 1 At least 6 enemy bomb' X. make night

Mid-Atlantic: SS Roxburgh Castle visible for 40 mi. raid on Milne Bay, caus. , slight(British cargo ship, 7,801 tons) torp. Akyab-Rathedaung damage to 3 Hudsons.and sunk at 38-34 N, 26-13 W. areas undergo New Britain: Six B-17's attack

further RAF raids; Lakunai airdrome and shipping at Ra-Mingaladon air- baul, scoring near misses on 1 mediumfield and Akyab transport; other results unobserved.area also bombed Gasmata airdrome also attacked duringat night. Rabaul mission. B-24 on rcn attacks

China: Nine Japa- small AK in Open Bay. Later rcn ofnese planes bomb area reveals capsized vessel off C.Luichow. Powell, possibly the one attacked by

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Russia: Stalin is-iues an Order oflhe Day to markthe 25th anniver-sary of the Red.rmy, saying thathe Army, createdas a defense-agaistnvaders, 'had be-gun the mass ex-pulsion of the en-emy from Sovietterritory and thatas Germany wasgrowing weaker,:he Soviet Unionwas growing strong-er.

Finland: Finnishenvoys 'to Germanyand the Vaticanare recalled forconsultation.

China: Chungkinannounces that thetreaty of 1899, ar-ranging the leaseof Kwangchowwanby the French, isabrogated.

Germany:. "On theoccasion of .the 23danniversary of theNational SocialistParty, a'proclam-ation of Hitler's,regarding mobili-zation of Europe,is read at Munich.

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Aleutian Is.: Kiskas again target forur planes. Forcef 6 B-24's, 10!-25's, and8P-38s,.ccompanieo byhoto plane (P-38),rops bombs in mainamp area, butlouds prevent ob-servation of resultsMid-Atlantic:West-

)ound convoy at-acked for third3uccessive day bylnemy submarinesLnd following shipssunk at approximatey 46-52 N, 34-32N; SS HastingsBritish cargo ship,.,905 tons), SSGlittre (Norwegiantanker, 6,409 tons),SS Winkler (Panam-mian tanker, 6,907tons), and SSEulimeBritish tanker,36 207 tons).South Atlantic: SS

Santa Monica (Pan-amanian cargo ship2,010 tons) torp.and sunk about 120mi. N of Curacao.

Mid-Atlantic:Enemy submarinesagain attack convoyand sink SS Ingria(Norwegian cargoship, 4,391 tons)at 45-12 N, 39-17 V

South Atlantic:SS Monte Igueldo(Spanish cargoship, 3,543 tons)torp. and sunk at04-09 S, 32-01 W.

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Germany: Over100 RAF planescarry out night at-tack on Wilhelm-shaven, dropping182 tons of bombsthrough thick cloudall the planes re-turn.

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Russia: Germansreport repulse ofSoviet attacks of con-siderable strengthn Kuban area.Russians claimadvances SW ofVor oshilovgradand offensiveoattles W of Rostovand report fierceenemy counter-attacks in Kras-noarmeisk sector,where Germans ap-pear to be holdingtheir'position. NWof Kharkov, Sumy,Akhtyrka, andLebedin fall toadvancing RedArmy which alsocaptures town andRR station of MaloArchangelsk, Nof Kursk. Ger-mans claim frus-tration of Sovietattacks NE and Nof Orel and S ofLake Ladoga.Russians reportsinking of 8,000-ton enemy trans-port in Barents Sea.

Russia: Berlinreports repulse ofSoviet thrusts inKuban bridgehead.Russians report re.pulse of enemycounterattacks SWof Kramatorsk butacknowledge some

penetration of theirpositions in thisarea. They claimadvances W of Ros-tov and W of Khar-kov; Germans as-sert Soviet thrustsW of Kharkovand Kursk arefrustrated but re-port heavy defen-sive fighting N andS of Orel. Berlinagain announcesstrong Russian at-tacks S of Lake

Southern Europe

Sicily: Messinaaided by B-24's

in 2 groups of 9sach; hits scoredon ferries andstation; fires andexplosions caused.Eeavy, intense AAEire causes slightiamage to planesof second groupand1 of 2 interceptingME-109's destroy-ed. Four ME-109'soppose first at-tack but inflict nodamage.

Mediterranean:Convoy attackedby Wellingtonsfrom Malta;7,000-ton enemycargo ship sunkat 38-54 N, 12-25E; 5-6,000-tonship hit and believ-ed sunk.

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Eighteen B-26's and 12 B-25's at-tack enemy in Kasserine Pass; re-sults unobserved because of weatherconditions. Kairouan successfullybombed by 24 B-17's. Total of 166bomber and over 400 fighter sortiesin support of ground action inflictmuch damage on enemy. A-20's andSpitfires on road-strafing mission inKasserine-Thelepte area attackedby 4 ME-109's; 1 probably destroyedand 3 damaged. Allied planes makenight raid on landing ground W ofGabes and on Mareth positions.

Algeria: Five enemy planes dropbombs near Algiers.

Mediterranean: SS Nathaniel Greene(U.S. cargo ship, 7,176 tons) torp.and sunk at 35-10 N, 00-10E. SSFintra (British cargo ship, 2,089 tons)torp. and sunk 15 mi. N of Algiers.

East Atlantic: Enemy submarinesattack west-bound convoy at 31-10 N,27-30 W; following ships sunk: SSEmpire Norseman (British tanker,9,811 tons), SS Esso Baton Rouge(U.S. tanker, 7,989 tons), and SS AthelPrincess (British tanker, 8,882 tons).

Tunisia: U.S. troops press on to-ward Kasserine Pass, encounteringheavily mined roads and artillery firefrom the Pass. Axis units hold posi-tion 5 mi. S of Sbiba from whichpoint our patrols at Sbiba are shelled.Patrols push S from Rohia throughSbiba to point about 3 mi. S of latterwhere artillery fire is encountered.French troops clear St. Amara andRas el Fedja of enemy units. Enemyinfantry and MT move S from FerianaEl Aouina airdrome bombed by 13

B-26's with escort of 21 Spitfireswhich destroy a number of planes onthe ground and engage 8 planes in cornbat; 3 of our bombers lost. Alliedbombers and fighters carry out manymissions in battle area: 9 A-20's and11 Spitfires attack Sbeitla, scoringhits in town and on RR; 6 A-20's es-corted by 11 Spitfires bomb traffic onGafsa-Feriana road; 12 Spitfires at-tack MT N of Kalrouan; 10 Bisleysbomb MT and communications inKasserine-Feriana-Gafsa areas.During night, Sbeitla and Gafsa bombecby 29d Bisleys, which start fires in both%

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Burma: EightP-40's severelyiamage railroad)ridge 10 mi. W ofMlyitkyina withlirect bomb hit>n each approachspan and nearnisses on centerspan. RAF contin-ies bombing opera-:ions in battle areas

Burma: Gokteikviaduct attacked by11 B-25's in 3flights; several nea]misses scored.Four enemy planesintercept 3d flight15 mi. W of Shwe-bo, slightly dam-aging 3 B-25's; 1enemy plane des-troyed and 1 dam-aged. One B-25from above missiorfails to reach tar-get and scores hitson rolling stock atPaukkan. Railroadbridge 6 mi. NE ofPinbaw is targetfor 4 P-40's, whichdestroy S approachspan and 200 feet oftrack and damagemain abutment.RAF planes attatRatheda rea\a' a

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$o}6ms8 gs.: An enemy plane raidsGhua-'adff -airfield, damaging 6 ofour fighters.Japanese positions at Vila and Munda

attacked by 4 PB4Y's and 4 B-24's, re-spectively; 2 fires started in targetarea at Vila.New Guinea: Villages in Lae area

bombed by 5 B-25's, and enemy posi-tions in Mubo-Guadagasel area bomb-ed and strafed by 2 flights of 3 A-20's;results of both operations unobserved.New Britain: Six B-17's raid

shipping and installations at Rabaulluring early morning, scoring 3 hits onon DD or cruiser, near misses on anAK, and starting fires along the water-ront. Heavy and accurate AA fire en-;ountered and 1 B-17 fails to return.N.E.L: Timor: Rcn B-24, bombing

?enfoei airdrome at Koepang, is in-;ercepted by 6 Zeros, 2 of which areshot down and a 3d probably destroyed.Kei Is.: Total of 8 Hudsons, in 2 at-

;acks, damage buildings at Toeal andstart many fires.

Solomon Is.: Allied weather planedrops bombs in revetment area atVila with unobserved results.

New Guinea: Seven B-25's bomb andstrafe Malahang airdrome, buildingsat Lae, and nearby villages, startinglarge fire at Lae and other fires invillages. Guadagasel area twice at-tacked by 3 A-20's, which also strafevillages at Waria R. mouth. Madangairdrome is target for 6 bombs droppedby 1 B-24.

In Dutch New Guinea, Babo and Kau-kenau are attacked by single rcn B-24'sdirect hit scored on 3,000-ton vesselin Babo harbor, but results of attackon Kaukenau are unobserved.

New Britain-New Ireland: SevenB-17's make pre-dawn attack on enemyshipping at Rabaul, scoring direct hiton an AK and near misses on 2 CM's;another warship in St. George's Channelis driven aground on reefs. B-24 on rcnover Open Baytis'i:pted by 9enemy.fighters~i ?i are shot dowAn JS4[attaek K oa Aj. St. George,

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France: In a Lon-Lon broadcast, DeGaulle urges the'rench to resistGerman demands.

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Aleutian Is.:Force of 6 B-24'sand 5 B-25's bombiKiska, scoringhits on North Headand in main camparea. One B-24,damaged by AAEire, crash landsat Amchitka. OneB-25 is slightlydamaged by AAEire, but returns.No enemy aircraftobserved.

West Atlantic:For fifthsuccessive day,enemy submarinesattack west-boundconvoy; SS Man-chester Merchant(British cargoship, 7,264 tons)torp. and sunk at45-10 N, 43-23 W.

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Germany: Forceof 337 RAF planesis dispatched atnight to bombNuremburg; 724tons of bombsdropped during 45-minute attack, butground haze andsmoke hamperobservation ofresults; explosionand many firesreported; 9 RAFplanes missing, 1crashes.

Eastern Europe

(Cont'd)lmen; GermanLir force becomesncreasingly active;Nazis report at-acks on Sovietroop and vehicleconcentrations andraids in Murmanskand KandalakshaLreas.

Russia: Russiantroops driving to-ward Novorossiskcapture Mingrelsk,ust off Krasnodar-Novorossisk RR.In Donets region,3oviets claim gains3W of Voroshilov-grad and W of Ros-:ov; in Kramatorsksector, determinedenemy counterat-tacks appear toaave stopped theRed Army advance.W of Kharkov andKursk Germansreport collapse ofSoviet attacks; inOrel sector, heavyfighting is continu-ing, with especiallystrongSoviet attacksE of Gzhatsk.Severe fighting Sof Lake ilmenis again reportedby Berlin whichalso asserts thatattacks in LakeLadoga and sectorare diminishing.

Southern Europe

Italy: Nine B-24'Elispatched tobomb Naples butonly 6 reach;arget; hits scoredon mole, quay,and adjacent areas.Light, inaccurateAA fire encounter-ed. One B-24 bombsCrotone, damagingquay and RRline.

Sicily: TwelveSpitfires bombersscore hits on fac-tory buildings atPozzallo; 8 othersdamage hangarsand aircraft atComiso airdrome.RAF fighterbombers also at-tack Comiso anda factory nearPachino.

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Tunisia: Enemy troops withdraw India: Eighteen Solomon Is.: During early morning, 25from Kasserine in Sbeitla-Faid Japanese bombers 7 B-24's are active in Buin area, 2direction while our armored forces and 25 fighters at- bombing Faisi and 5, Kahili.and infantry clear the Pass and rcn tack Sookerating Force of SBD's, with P-38 and F4Fpushes forward. Mines and artillery airdrome in Dinjan escort, bombs Vila, starting 3 firesfire delay advance of Allied troops. area; 32 intercept- in target area. One P-38 is forced toPatrols of 34th Division reach Kef ing P-40's break land in water.el Ahmar and report pass clear of up the attack and New Guinea: At Alexishafen, 1 B-24Axis. Germans, withdrawing S from destroy at least damages a 600-ton AK with 2 hits orSbiba, cause considerable demolition 6 bombers and 3 near misses. Guadagasel Saddle areaon road to Sbeitla. Positions around fighters and probab and buildings at mouth of the Waria R.Mareth line generally unchanged. ly destroy and dam- bombed and strafed by 6 A-20's.

In afternoon, 6 ME-109's and 6 age many others; New Britain: Five B-17's bombFW-190's engaged by Spitfires over damage from the shipping and Vunakanau airdrome atCape Serrat. Bizerta heavily bombed raid is negligible. Rabaul, scoring near misses on 2 smby 32 B-17's escorted by P-38's; Burma: Five AK's and damaging a 6-8,000-tonabout 14 Axis aircraft intercept; 5 P-40's, operating vessel with 4 hits or near misses. Adestroyed, 4 probably, and 3 damaged. against 3 enemy 6th B-17, from the same mission,Fifty-nine Spitfires on offensive rcn concentrations in bombs runway and dispersal area atin coordination with bomber attack E Hukawng Valley, Gasmata. Gasmata also bombed byassist in breaking up enemy inter- destroy 1 camp ' B-24 on rcn. Another rcn B-24 bombsception. Tebourba-El Aroussa area and severely dam- wreck at Powell Pt. and airdrome atstrafed by 11 ME-109's. Twelve age the other 2; C. Gloucester.Wellingtons make night raid on barracks damaged Australia: Enemy rcn of Darwin areaBizerta; bursts observed in town and by enemy hits; lo- continues.on docks and 1 Wellington lost. MT comotive is alsoon Arram road attacked by 17 Allied destroyed 8 mi. W o:planes which cause 3 fires and 2 Myitkyina. Myitngeexplosions. British fighter bombers bridge is again tar-attack Gabes W landing ground, get for half-tincausing a violent explosion in town. bombs dropped by

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Germany: Sixty-17 's and 9B-24's carry outaylight raid onubmarine yardst Wilhelmshaven;bservation diffi-ult due to clouds,ut results believedood. Heavy andccurate AA'firend enemy planesncountered; 21'nemy planes des-royed, 6 probably,nd 3 damaged foross of 5 B-17'snd 2 B-24's.Force of 428 RAF

)lanes is dispatchedo Cologne at night;.,014 tons of bombsLropped, includingi 8,000-lb. and 141.,000-lb. bombs; -arge explosionsmndmany fires re-ult. Moderate

kA fire and fewighters encounter-id;. 10 RAF planesnissing.France: During

laylight raid on)unquerque by 34escorted Venturas,iear miss is scoredon enemy raider iniarbor and bombsstraddle the dock.Naval storage de-pot at Renneseffectively attackedduring daylight by12 Mosquitos, 3 ofwhich are missing.

England: Thirteerenemy planes overS coast during daycause slight dam-age and casualtiesat Exmouth; 3enemy planes des-troyed and 1 dam-aged. At night, aBeaufighter des-troys 2 of 6 enemyplanes operating inThames Estuary.British nava1

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Russia: Springthaws hamperoperations aroundKuban bridgeheadand on Mius R.front where situa-tion generally is .unchanged. Enemyattacks in Donetssalient appear tobe making headwayand Soviets acknow-ledge penetrationof their postionsSW of Kramatorsk.W of Kharkov and'Kursk, Soviets arestill advancingand report annihila-tion of encircledenemy groupsW of Oboyan.Germans are fight-ing desperately inOrel sector and re-port particularlyheavy Russian at-acks from N ofe town. They als(

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Lake Ilmen and Sof Lake Ladoga.Russians reportsinking of enemyDD in Barents Sea.

Southern Europe

Sardinia: Cag-ari seaplanease and ElmasLrdrome bombed7 20 B-17's; hitssored on docks,R yards, and in-ustrial section..ttack opposed7 8 ME-109'sad some Italian.ghters, of whichare destroyed,damaged.Sicily: Maltapitfires carry outffensive sweepsver SE Sicily.lits scored onictory 'buildingsnad sidings atlarittimo by 12pitfires. Shippingear Aeolian Lttacked by U.S.eavy bombers;irge merchantessel set on fire.

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Tunisia: Von Arnim's forces iinorth launch series of assaultsagainst Allied positions along a frontextending from the Mediterranean atCape Serrat to Djebel Mansour, justS of Bou Arada. Enemy advancesfrom north toward Sedjenane. Infantry,supported by tanks, attacks in areaof Sidi Nsir; confused fighting re-sults but enemy makes some progresspenetrating our positions S of Med-jes el Bab. Another column attacksSW from Goubellat, reaches Medjesel Bab-El Aroussa road and turnsS. A third force launches an assaultNW from Bou Arada, but with littlesuccess. Most advanced enemyposition by evening is area W ofGoubellat. A force attacking Dje-bel Mansour is repulsed and suffersheavy casualties. In central Tunisia,enemy tanks and armored carsoperate defensively in Kef el Ahmararea. Axis offers slight oppositionjust N of Sbeitla; Sbeitla-Sbiba road,Kasserine district, and Djebel Gou-beul and Fedj en Naam passesheavily mined by retreating enemyunits. In south, enemy dispositionsunchanged; Haddada reported clear ofenemy.

Eight Spitfires carry out offensivepatrol in Medjes el Bab area, destroy-ing enemy vehicles and gun positions,Other concentrations of MT attackedby 24 Spitfires and 12 Hurricanebombers. Arram sucessfully bomb-ed by 18 planes.

active on Donbaikfront, but Rathe-iaung is quiet.British position 12mi. N of Nsopzupheavily attacked ataight by Japaneseforce which ismaking a determinedadvance towardsSumprabum.

Two small han-gars at Kentunastrafed by 4 P-40's;i similar forcelestroys 3 truckslear Mangshih.RAF planes bomb%Minbya and Rathe-idaung areas andsweep Katha, Shwe-bo, and Mayu R.areas.Royal Indian

NTavy sinks 2Japanese launchesin Kyaukpyu area,inflicting 40 cas-ualties on thememy and taking5 prisoners.

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12 P-38's attack Kahili with unreport-ed results.Munda attacked by 18 SBD's and 16

P-40's; 1 of 8 enemy planes on grounddestroyed, hits scored near otherplanes, 2 AA batteries silenced, andfires started; fighters strafe the area.Munda is also target for 8 100-lb.bombs dropped by weather plane.New Guinea: Six B-17's make pre-

dawn attack on airdrome and shippingat Wewak, blowing up at least 1 enemyplane on airdrome and scoring directhit and 2 near misses on a 5,000-tenAK. During the day, A-20's bomb andstrafe Guadagasel Saddle area, theWaipali track, and Waria R. area.Lae airdrome bombed and strafedbefore dawn by 1 B-17. Later, smallfires are started in town area at Laeduring attack by 6 B-17's.

New Britain. The 6 B-17's whichbombed Lae, also attack Gasmataairdrome, destroying buildings. Gas-mata airdrome is also bombed by 3B-24's, but results are unobserved.Rcn B-17 attacks 3 small ships offPowell Pt. without scoring hits.

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Netherlands: Its decreed thatIermany's totalmobilization of manpower be extendedo the Netherlands.

Baltic States:Reich Commissarfor the EasternTerritories de-crees generalmobilization of themen of Esthonia,Latvia, and Lithu-ania, to formspecial legions.Those disobeyingthe decree are tobe deprived oftheir right to holdprivate property.

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Aleutian Is.:Allied weather -plane bombs andstrafes 2 barges inChichagof -Xarbor;

Aleutian Is.: Maicamp area at camparea at Kiska is at-tacked by 6 B-24'sand 6 B-25's escorted by 4 P-38's; 52500-lb. and 161,00CLb. bombs dropped,but clouds preventobservation of re-sults. Kiska isagain attacked byforce of 6 B-24'sand 6 B-25's; bombdropped include sonrof a half ton; hitsscored in camp aresNo opposition fromAA fire or planesis encountered dur-ing first attack, buteavy and inaccuratA fire is met, \

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France: Force of18 B-17's escortedby Spitfires carriesout daylight raidon port installationat Brest; burstsobserved in targetarea. Five Whirl-winds make di-versionary attackon Maupertius air-field.

Twenty-four es-corted Venturasmake daylightattack on docks atDunquerque, scor-ing hits on smallenemy ship.

Enemy casualtiesduring these opera-tions are 2 planesdestroyed, 1 pro-bably, and 2 dam-aged; 4 RAF Spit-fires lost.

East Atlantic:SS Modavia (Brit-ish cargo ship,4,858 tons) sunkby E-boat at 50-30N, 03-00 W. SSLindberg (Belgian)sunk by mine 30mi. SE of PlymouthEngland.

France-LowCountries; St.Nazaire success-fully bombed atnight by about 430RAF planes; largefires started indocks area. FiveRAF planes aremissing.

Mosquitos makedaylight raid onDiesel engine. workat Hengelo andarmarment worksnear Liege. Mau-pertius airfieldundergoes daylightraid by escorted-Whirlwinds.. i

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Russia: Nazis'eport repulse of'enewed Soviet.ttacks N of thecuban bridgehead.tussians claim.epulse of strong!nemy counterat-acks W of Rostovmnd retreat of rein-orced battalions)f German infantry3W of Voroshilov-grad. SW of Kram-itorsk and in Izyumarea, Germans iire launching heavyissaults and areresisting Soviet ad-vances W of Kharko'and Kursk. RussianE;laim destructionof 18 enemy bombersan airdrome atZaporozhe. Germardefense lines S andN of Orel appear tobe holding againstSoviet attacks; Ber-lin reports failureof Soviet attacks Sof Lake Ilmen.

Russia: Sovietattacks on N frontof Kuban bridge-head again repulsedDetermined Nazicounterattacks inupper Donets areaare making progres:and enemy claimsrecapture of Kramatorsk and Lozovaysimportant RRcenters, and en-circlement of Sovieforces which weretrying to outflankGerman positions.Russians reportEadvances W of!harkov and Kursk

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Sicily: Syracusepower station andseaplane base at-tacked by 12 Malta-)ased Spitfireswhich score directhits on seaplanelangar, RR yards,.and buildings, andamong seaplanesand shipping inharbor; many firesstarted. Nightraid made onComiso by Maltaplanes which strafesearchlights and

iun positions anddamage 2 motorlaunches offMarsala.

Sardinia: Cagliaraeavily bombed by26 B-17's whichscore hits on jetty,warehouse, RRyards, and town.Twenty-three B-17':make second raidon same target;direct hits scored o:1 ship, docks , RRyards, and towns;9 Axis planes in-tercept and 3 aredestroyed, 3 dam-aged.

Sicily: Comisoairdrome attackedby 6 Malta Spit-fires which scorehits on hangars an(buildings, startinga large fire. Twelv

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Tunisia: Fizhting continues Wledjes el Bab-Bou Arada road, N ofedjenane, and between Medjes elBab and Bou Arada. 'British units at-ick and capture high ground just N ofroubellat where enemy had penetrat-d. Axis infantry and MT, supportedy about 20 tanks, advance from Sidi[sir in direction of Beja but arealted 5 mi. N of Munchar; 7 tankseported destroyed. Near the coast,British counterattack halts enemymi. N of Sedjenane. In central

'unisia, Kef el Ahmar is reportedo be still in enemy hands. Ouratrols advance without oppositiontrough Djebel Goubetl Pass. Kasserae, Thelepte, and Feiiana reportedvacuated by Axis. Around Marethline, intermittent shelling and patrolngagements are taking place on bothides. .Transport SW of Mateur is success-illy attacked by 16 Spitfires and 12Hurricanes. Eighteen Spitfires and 9Hurricanes score direct hits on Axisransport NE of Beja. Enemyoncentrations and vehicles at Sidi[sir attacked by force of 30 Spitfiresnd 9 Hurricanes and then by 11[-25's. Gabes W landing ground bomtd by Halifaxes and Wellingtons.

Tunisia: Enemy attacks on CapeSerrat and Sedjenane repulsed, andAxis line stopped N of Toukabeur andChaouach. Enemy still fighting inarea around Medjes el Bab-El Arous-sa road and Bou Arada. Sbeitlareporteclear of Axis. Patrol activity onlyin south.

Enemy transport, tanks, and troopsthroughout the northern Tunisianbattle area attacked constantly bySpitfires and Hurricane bombers;much damage inflicted. Mateur attaced by 12 B-25's and 24 Spitfires butbombs fall W of town.

3-24's score 4lits snd severalnear misses on a',000-ton AK S ofRangoon; vessel iseft on fire andisting heavily.['wenty-four P-40Cs)omb and strafeTaingmaw (4 mi.

SE of Myitkyina),;coring hits on warEiouse and gas, oil,and ammunitiondumps; smoke frorlarge fires isrisible for 60 mi.Eleven B-24'sLttack Pazundaungrailroad bridgeN of Rangoon;)ombs straddle tar,get and 2 nearnisses are scored;interception at-tempted by 1 enemyplane . Two?-40's destroy 2trucks at Mangshihluring strafingattack. RAF)ombs Myohaungand Rathedaungareas and sweepsover regions.China: Three

Zeros strafeLungling; damageiegligible.

Burma: Shinbwi-yang, on the Ledo-Mogaung road, isoccupied by hostileforce of 120.

Storage area atMangshih bombedby force of 6 B-25'Eescorted by 4P-40's; weatherprevents observa-tion of results.Eight P-40's attac'Tiangzup (N Bur-ma), destroyingbridge and damag-ing town with man:bomb hits andheavy straming."Seven E-4p 's1:Jbi[and str:fKIp2u]which is'practlcaHdestroyed. Lamerattacked 'by 4

scorted by 15 F4F's drops 17,000-lb. bombs on Munda, and startlarge and 2 small fires.Fourteen SBD's escorted by 24ighters attack enemy AP and 2orvettes 3 mi. off NE tip of Vella]avella; the AP and 1 corvette set onire by direct hits. One Zero is shotown during attack; 2 of our fighters.hissing and 2 more collide over field.New Guinea: In Mubo area, groundLctivity limited to patrol clashes inicinity of Waipali.Four B-25's bomb and strafe Labund nearby villages in Lae area.Single enemy bomber reconnoiters6erauke. Three or four enemy bomb-rs ineffectively raid Milne Bay.

Solomon Is.: Force of PB4Y's andTBF's attacks enemy shipping offBuin, sinking a large AK. Total of 4B-24's, unable to locate ships, bombsairfields at Kahili and Ballale; largefires started at both places and anenemy plane destroyed on the ground.One TBF fails to return.Force of 15 SBD's escorted by 16

fighters attacks Vila, starting 3 fires.Allied weather plane drops 9 bombs

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chafen with unobserved results, andanother bombs Lae airdrome, damag-ing buildings.fenely floatplane drops a2 bd bmeintawn r[ea.a;2t M erauke; no,8rnag'e -

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North Atlantic:SS Wade Hampton(U.S. cargo ship,7,176 tons) sunkby SS at 59-24 N,35-40 W.

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(Cont'd)Spitfires attack)ower station at2assabile but re-rults are unob-served. Factoryuildhigs at?ozzallo dam-aged in raid byi1 Spitfires.

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lestroy 2 trucksmnd 1 steam roller;. P-40 destroyedand another dam-iged during attack.RAF bombs Myohaunand Akyab areasand sweeps otherlistricts.Enemy air activity

n Akyab area in-:reases. RAForce of 8 Hurri-:anes and 6 Blen-ieims is interceptec)y 15 enemy fight-)rs; 2 Hurricaneslestroyed. British,round forces inhis area attackediy 7 enemy bombersand 6 Oscars.

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Kei Is.: Five RAAF Hudsons, attack-ing Toeal, damage buildings with bomb,and strafing.

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