Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Current Events May 17. 1943:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, MAY 17, 1943:
British bombers attacked Berlin, the environs
of Rome, the Ruhr and the Rhineland last night and
burst two of the largest dams in Germany, flooding the valleys
of the Ruhr and Eder in huge waves.

The American North African army today stands poised and eager
for the next big jump-off which it believes will be the invasion of continental Europe.
We did it once and we can do it again," say the veterans of Tunisia.
Six months of battling the Germans in the rugged Tunisian mountains have transformed
this army from a "test tube baby" into a tough, fighting group, which will be
one of the ablest units in future Allied operations

American submarines raiding through Pacific waters have sunk
six enemy ships, including one destroyer and damaged another Japanese
vessel, the navy reported today.
A communique reporting the destruction told also of a torpedo
bomber attack on four Japanese cargo ships off Buin in the Northern
Solomons. One of the cargo ships was set afire.


MANSFIELD NEWS-JOURNAL
               MANSFIELD, OHIO, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1943

RAF SHATTERS GIANT NAZI
DAMS, DEATH TOLL HEAVY

Ruhr and Eder
Valleys Flooded
By Huge Waves
Sources Of German
Power Blasted
To Bits By
Attack.
Associated Press)
LONDON — British bombers attacked Berlin, the environs
of Rome, the Ruhr and the Rhineland last night and
burst two of the largest dams in Germany, flooding the valleys
of the Ruhr and Eder in huge waves.

African Victory Seasons Green American Troops, Now
Ready and Anxious to Tackle Nazis on Soil of Europe
Editor's Note: C. R. Cunningham. United Press
war correspondent, who landed in North Africa with
the Americans -and witnessed the whole six months
campaign, here reveals for the first time some of
the hardships under which they have lived, analyzes
the factors that made them into a first-class fighting;
force and tells how today they have one objective—
to participate in the invasion of Europe.)
By C. R. CUNNIHGHAM
UP Staff Correspondent)
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, NORTH
AFRICA — (UP) — The American North African army today stands poised and eager
for the next big jump-off which it believes will be the invasion of continental Europe.
We did it once and we can do it again," say the veterans of Tunisia.
Six months of battling the Germans in the rugged Tunisian mountains have transformed
this army from a "test tube baby" into a tough, fighting group, which will be
one of the ablest units in future Allied operations.
And today some of the highlights of those six months of hardship and final triumph
can be told without interference by the censor.
The transformation began on the night of April 29 when we took an important
strategic hill in the drive on Mateur.

AMERICAN BOMBERS
ATTACK JAP RAIL
POINTS BURMA
HEAVY DAMAGE BELIEVED
INFLICTED ON ENEMY'S
WAR MATERIALS
NEW DELHI, India, May 17.
American bombers returning to the attack on Japanese rail installations
and communications in Burma dropped 10 tons of bombs
on three junctions near Shwebo yesterday and an even greater tonnage
of explosives on the railroad yards at Zigon, 27 miles northwest
of Shwebo, it was announced today. Shwebo is 50 miles northwest of
Mandalay.
"Fires following an explosion in the storage sheds at Zigon caused
smoke columns which" were visible 50 miles from the target," a United
States communique said.
All of the formation's bombs were reported to have struck in the target
area, destroying rolling stock. tracks and warehouses,
Railroad yards at Moksogyon, six miles southeast of Shwebo, and
warehouses at Wetlet, 15 miles, and at Magyizauk, 20 miles southeast
of Shwebo, suffered direct hits attended by explosions and fires.

Six Enemy Ship
Sunk by American
Subs in Pacific
WASHINGTON, May 17-
American submarines raiding through Pacific waters have sunk
six enemy ships, including one destroyer and damaged another Japanese
vessel, the navy reported today.
A communique reporting the destruction told also of a torpedo
bomber attack on four Japanese cargo ships off Buin in the Northern
Solomons. One of the cargo ships was set afire.
Text of navy communique, NO, 379' "South Pacific (all dates are
east longitude.)
1. On May 15, during the night, Avenger (Grumman TBM)
torpedo bombers attacked four Japanese cargo vessels in the Buin
area. One enemy ship was set on fire.
                                        "Pacific and Far East:

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