Thursday, March 29, 2012

Current Events March 29. 1944;

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, MARCH 29, 1944:
 Naples, March 29. —
German troops have sealed their "defensive victory" in the Cassino area by regaining control of the upper slopes of Mount" Cassino, it was disclosed today, as the Allied air force announced that its bombers have cut all railroad communications between the Nazi armies in southern Italy and the northern supply centers.

New Delhi, March 29.—
British Imperial troops were reported falling back 15 miles inside the Indian frontier today under
heavy attack by Japanese invasion forces swarming down through the Somra Hills towards the Manipur State capital of Imphal.

London, March 29.—
American Flying Fortresses up to 250 strong struck deep into central Germany today, and Berlin said Nazi fighters engaged them in a violent running battle' for hundreds of miles over the Reich.



 
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1944.
CONTROL OF UPPER
SLOPES OF MOUNT
CASSINO REGAINED
By REYNOLDS PACKARD
United Press Correspondent
A l l i e d  Headquarters,
Naples, March 29. —
German troops have sealed their "defensive victory" in the Cassino area by regaining control of the upper slopes of Mount" Cassino, it was disclosed today, as the Allied air force announced that its bombers have cut all railroad communications between the Nazi armies in southern Italy and the northern supply centers.
Air force headquarters asserted flatly that bridge-busting Marauders, Mitchells, Invaders and Bostons have smashed bottleneck points on every railroad line leading down from northern Italy to the embattled Germans on the Anzio beachhead, at Cassino and
on the Adriatic front.
Reconnaissance photographs showed that four key bridges and a tunnel on the coastal and. Central rail lines had been destroyed or damaged beyond immediate repair,
It was believed the Germans might require as long as six weeks to restore full service on the crippled lines, during which time their forces in the south would be isolated from their main supply sources.
As that statement was being issued, Army spokesmen revealed that two advanced units of Allied
troops who fought their way high up the slopes , of Mount Cassino more than a week ago had been withdrawn, apparently ending the 5th Army's costly attempt to drive the Nazis from their defenses astride the inland road to Rome. '
Half-starved Indian and New Zealand infantrymen who had held out on Hangman's Hill and the nearby Hill 202 for 10 days and nights, under constant fire from enemy units all around them,
stumbled back into the main Allied lines Monday night under cover of a heavy barrage that diverted the Germans' attention to the eastern end of Cassino.




BRITISH IMPERIAL
TROOPS FALL BACK
15 MILES IN INDIA
By DARRELL BERRIGAN
United Press War Correspondent
New Delhi, March 29.—
British Imperial troops were reported falling back 15 miles inside the Indian frontier today under
heavy attack by Japanese invasion forces swarming down through the Somra Hills towards the Manipur State capital of Imphal.
A headquarters communique .indicated, the, first major battle of the Indian campaign was in full swing along the western fringe of the wild Somra tract near Ukhrul.
The Japanese, ignoring heavy casualties piled up by the British frontier forces, were reported pressing their attack furiously and the communique acknowledged the defenders had "taken up
new positions."

Germany And France Hit
Hard Today By Powerful
Forces Of U.S. Bombers
By WALTER CRONKITE
United Press Correspondent
London, March 29.—
American Flying Fortresses up to 250 strong struck deep into central Germany today, and Berlin said Nazi fighters engaged them in a violent running battle' for hundreds of miles over the Reich.
The fortress fleet was one ' of the smallest formations of United States heavy bombers sent over
Germany in months. Its size prompted speculation that Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz was flaunting
a lure to draw the German air force into .combat.
While the forts hit Germany in the first, daylight "attack since Friday, Liberators of the Eighth
Air Force in comparable or lesser strength bombed the Pas De Calais strip of the French invasion
coast.

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