Monday, February 20, 2012

Current Evenrs February 20, 1944;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1944:
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, Feb. 19.—(AP)—
American and British troops have carpeted the ground before their Anzio beachhead line with –German dead and in four days have wiped out as many as half of some Nazi units in one of the greatest and most crucial battles of the war, front dispatches reaching here disclosed tonight.

 By The Associated Press
LONDON, Sunday—
The Russians announced last night that they had not only killed or captured 73,200 Germans in the 14-day'battle of the Korsun trap but had seized an immense armory of Nazi equipment, including 10,000 trucks, 618 guns and 116 tanks. The Nazi Eighth army commander's body also was declared found among the dead

By The Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,-Sunday
American destroyers daringly shelled once mighty Rabaul and its supplementary base of Kavieng early Friday for the first time in the war. Moving boldly to within four miles of those Japanese strong points on northeastern New Britain and northwestern New Ireland, they dueled with shore batteries and silenced them.



 
Charleston, West Virginia, Sunday Morning, February 20. 1944

Ground 'Carpeted'
With German Dead
Indians, New Zealanderi
Join Cassino Attack
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Naples, Feb. 19.—(AP)—
American and British troops have carpeted the ground before their Anzio beachhead line with –German dead and in four days have wiped out as many as half of some Nazi units in one of the greatest and most crucial battles of the war, front dispatches reaching here disclosed tonight.
Meeting the German attempt to push' them back into the sea with a hurricane of steel, 5th army troops fell back in one sector but kept their lines intact and prevented a break-through.  The Allied soldier’s were fighting doggedly to wear out the Germans.


 
BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA. SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1944.



 130 Towns Taken
In Drive On Pskov
Germans Lose
Immense Armory
Of Equipment
BY TOM YARBROUGH
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Sunday—
The Russians announced last night that they had not only killed or captured 73,200 Germans in the 14-day'battle of the Korsun trap but had seized an immense armory of Nazi equipment, including 10,000 trucks, 618 guns and 116 tanks. The Nazi Eighth army commander's body also was declared found among the dead.
The announcement said that 10,000 more Germans had been counted since figures on German losses in the great Dnieper bend debacle had been made public first, lust Thursday.  Among. these were 3,000 dead, making a total of 55,000 slain, and 7.200 additional prisoners for a total of 18,200 captives.
The announcement was made in statement broadcast by Moscow radio and recorded by the Soviet monitor.



DOCKS IGNITED,
INSTALLATIONS
BLASTED IN RAID
Numerous .Jap Ships
Reported Sunk, Allies
Have No Losses
By The Associated Press
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS I'N THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,-Sunday
American destroyers daringly shelled once mighty Rabaul and its supplementary base of Kavieng early Friday for the first time in the war. Moving boldly to within four miles of those Japanese strong points on northeastern New Britian and northwestern New Ireland, they dueled with shore batteries and silenced them.
They heavily damaged shipping. They blew up shore installations. Then they departed undamaged. At Rabaul, they smashed Simpson harbor which lies deep
w i t h  i n Blanche bay. Huge fires were set in dock areas. At Kavieng, the destroyers even remained until after daybreak.
Rabaul, which the Japanese used for the anchorage of many warships until repeated air attacks made this too costly, was approached by the destroyers under cover of a smoke screen. The opposing shore batteries were knocked out. Flames were spread over the docks by the warships' shells.
Tanker Sunk
The warships at Kavieng, 160 miles northwest of Rabaul, hit a tanker which exploded. Other shells fell on small coastal vessels in the harbor. The docks w;?re
engulfed in flames after being hit. Coastal batteries were rendered impotent lo resist the naval raiders.




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