Friday, May 27, 2011

Current Events may 27, 1943:

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY MAY 27, 1943:
President Roosevelt announced
today that the War Conference of the British-American
staffs has ended, in "complete agreement on future opera-
tions in all theatres of the war.”

American Army- casualties in North Africa from November 8
to May 15 totaled 2,181 killed, 9,437" wounded and 6,937 missing
or held prisoner, Secretary of War Stimson said today.. .
Previously the U. S. Army had reported 1,180 casualties in
the initial landing operations which began November- 8 and
these were included in the over-all figure reported by the secretary.

Americancasualties since the outbreak of the war were set at 83,756 dead, wounded or missing a War Department announcement toay. The total does not include men listed as prisoners by the Navy but does include Army men captured by the enemy.
Army figures, as of May 25, were: killed, 6,318 ; wounded, 13,598; missing,
22,905 ; captured, 15,836. The totals jnie 12,500 Philippine Scouts, of whom
469 were killed, 747 wounded and the rest presumably captured 'by the Japs.
The Navy lost 5,620 killed, 2,233 wounded and 9,894 missing. The Marine
corps figures are: 1,594 killed, 2,446 wounded and l,071missing. Coast Guard
were: 78 killed, 22 wounded, 158 missing.
An RAF bomber force, estimated at between 500 and 1,000 planes,
raided Dusseldorf early yesterday and plastered the German city with
8,000-pound bombs in what air experts called the "second heaviest raid
of the war."

Allied aircraft gave Italy's outer invasion defenses — Sicily,
|Sardinia and Pantellaria—what was officially called a "terrific hammering"
yesterday, destroying 23 Axis planes in air combat.

                         The Daily Inter Lake
TI1E DAILY INTER LAKE. KAL1SPELL, MONTANA, T11UHSDAY, MAY 87, 1943

War Conference Comes To End
No Details Given Except
That There Is Complete
Agreement On All Plans
MOMENTOUS PARLEYS WHICH STARTED ON MAY 11
COME TO A CLOSE TODAY AND ROOSEVELT ISSUES A
ONE-SENTENCE STATEMENT—NO CLUES TO FUTURE
PLANS RELEASED IN STATEMENT
Washington, May 27—(AP)—President Roosevelt announced
today that the War Conference of the British-American
staffs has ended, in "complete agreement on future opera-
tions in all theatres of the war.”
The statement:
"The conference of the combined staffs in Washington
has ended in complete agreement on future operations in all
theaters of the war”.


U. S. FORCES WIN NEW FOOTHOLD ON
RIDGE IN CHICHAGOF AREA AT ATTU

American Aircraft Strike Anew at
Islands in Mediterranean


U.S. Casualties in
Africa 2,184

Washington, May 27.—(AP)
American Army- casualties in North Africa from November 8
to May 15 totaled 2,181 killed, 9,437" wounded and 6,937 missing
or held prisoner, Secretary of War Stimson said today.. .
Previously the U. S. Army had reported 1,180 casualties in
the initial landing operations which began November- 8 and
these were included in the over-all figure reported by the secretary.

           THE STARS AND STRIPES
Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed ForcesIn The European Theater of Operations
                New York, N.Y.—London, England Thursday, May 27, 1943

Dusseldorf Is Bombed by RAF
In War's Second Heaviest Raid;
8,000-Pounders BIast Industries
Attack on Steel Qty
Adds to Damage
From Flood
An RAF bomber force, estimated at between 500 and 1,000 planes,
raided Dusseldorf early yesterday and plastered the German city with
8,000-pound bombs in what air experts called the "second heaviest raid
of the war."
It was the 52nd time the city had been raided, the last attack being on
Jan. 27.
Returning pilots said that in spite of heavy clouds over the target they had
given the city a battering comparable to that delivered against Dortmund early
Sunday morning. The Dortmund raid was described as the biggest in the history
of aerial warfare.
The Air Ministry admitted the loss of 27 bombers in the Dusseldorf attack, indicating
a huge force had been engaged.
Flood Waters Spread

4OO Planes
Bomb, Gun
Italy's Isles
Axis Planes Now Giving
Stiff Resistance Over
Invasion Defenses
By Noland Norgaard
Associated Press War Correspondent
ALLIED HQ, North Africa,
|May 26- Allied aircraft gave Italy's outer invasion defenses — Sicily,
|Sardinia and Pantellaria—what was officially called a "terrific hammering"
yesterday, destroying 23 Axis planes in air combat.
Nearly. 400 planes of the North West African Air Force bombed and
gunned a variety of targets, principally docks, shipping and airfields, disrupting
communications and destroying supplies. Eleven Allied planes were lost yesterday,
today's communique disclosed. That is a small proportion in view of the large
attacking forces.

|U.S. Casualties
Total 83,756
WASHINGTON, May 26—American
casualties since the outbreak of the war were set at 83,756 dead, wounded or missing
a War Department announcement toay. The total does not include men
listed as prisoners by the Navy but does include Army men captured by the enemy.
Army figures, as of May 25, were: killed, 6,318 ; wounded, 13,598; missing,
22,905 ; captured, 15,836. The totals jnie 12,500 Philippine Scouts, of whom
469 were killed, 747 wounded and the rest presumably captured 'by the Japs.
The Navy lost 5,620 killed, 2,233 wounded and 9,894 missing. The Marine
corps figures are: 1,594 killed, 2,446 wounded and l,071missing. Coast Guard
were: 78 killed, 22 wounded, 158 missing.
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