MOSCOW -—UP —
The. Red army began the battle
for Odessa today, driving through the last German defenses at a pace that promised
early liberation of the big Black Sea port and destruction of its nazi
garrison..
Naples — UP —
Fierce patrol fighting flared
along the Anzio front, a communique reported today, while allied field guns and
armored tank destroyers joined in a shattering bombardment of. German artillery
and mortar nests around the beachhead perimeter.
NEW DELHI —UP—
Japanese invasion -forces driving westward through
India's Manipur state have reached' the "Imphal area and. are engaging the
defenders of that British stronghold, a
communique
disclosed today.
THE OELWEIN DAILY REGISTER, FRIDAY,' APRIL"
7, 1944
SPEEDY SOVIET
ADVANCE ENDS
ESCAPE HOPE
Nazis
Jammed
Against
Sea
MOSCOW -—UP —
The. Red army began the battle
for Odessa today, driving through the last German defenses at a pace that promised
early liberation of the big Black Sea port and destruction of its nazi
garrison...
Soviet tank and infantry columns
near the outskirts of Odessa along three main highways -east,
northeast and northwest of the city
while Soviet planes ranged over the sea approaches to prevent any Dunkirk
evacuation attempt.
The speed of the Russian advance
was believed to have smashed any German hopes of extricating more than a
portion of the nearly-trapped garrison — estimated a month ago at more than 100,000
men— or of making a protracted stand in the city.
ANZIO BATTLE
TEMPO STEPS UP
A L L I E D HEADQUARTERS,
Naples — UP —
Fierce patrol fighting flared
along the Anzio front, a communique reported today, while allied field guns and
armored tank destroyers joined in a shattering bombardment of. German artillery
and mortar nests around the beachhead perimeter.
Headquarters spokesmen indicated that
the tempo of battle increased on all the major Italian fronts yesterday, with
both sides throwing an increasing weight of artillery into the struggle.
Particularly violent skirmishing and
shelling again were reported in progress on the Anzio beachhead, where both the
allied and German- armies appeared to be bracing for another major test of
strength. Swiss press dispatches reported to the Office of War Information
quoted axis sources in northern Italy as saying that the 5th army has been pouring material and picked
troops into the beachhead for the past month and that a major drive on Rome was
expected to be launched simultaneously with the invasion of western Europe.
JAP FORCES IN
IMPHAL AREA
NEW DELHI —UP—
Japanese invasion -forces driving westward through
India's Manipur state have reached' the "Imphal area and. are engaging the
defenders of that British stronghold, a
communique
disclosed today.
The communique also disclosed that
the Japanese had consolidated their 15-mile road block on
the highway north of Imphal and pushed
on across the road to the west on the highway north of
Imphal and pushed on across the road
to the west, in the direction of the Assam-Bengal railway some 50 miles away.
Allied troops have made contact with
the enemy forces west of- the highway, the communique said, adding that the
Japanese thus far have made only "slight" progress toward the
railway.
Cutting of the Assam-Bengal railroad,
which also is. Menaced by another enemy column moving
westward above Kohima, 60 miles
north of Imphal, would sever the main allied supply line to
Lt.-Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell's
Chinese and American forces in North Burma.
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