Current Events August 27, 1943

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY AUGUST 27, 1943
  In one of the most daring raids of the war. roaring swarms of American Lightnings hedge-hopped across
I t a l y yesterday completely surprising the ground defenses of Foggia airdrome from such a low level that fleeing Axis ground crews threw stones and fired revolvers at the raiders. 

  A great tank battle raged today north and northwest of Poltava as the Red Army drove deep into the Ukraine, one-third the distance from Kharkov to Kiev. At one point Russian forces were only 80 miles from the Dnieper River--farther west than they have been since the luiae German advance in 1941 

Allied fighters and bombers, smashing enemy installations in Germany and occupied France by day and night, struck across the Channel yesterday for the third day in a row hammering home new blows at Nazi airfields and industries      

            THE STARS AND STRIPES
          Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations
                  New York, N.Y.—London, England Friday, Aug: 27, 1943

Lightnings Skim Low
 Across Italy to Lead
Big Attack on Foggia
Italians Toss Rocks,
Shoot Revolvers;
Forts, Libs Follow
By Relman Morin
Associated  Press War Correspondent
ALLIED HQ, North Africa. Aug. 26
In one of the most daring raids of the war. roaring swarms of American Lightnings hedge-hopped across
I t a l y yesterday completely surprising the ground defenses of Foggia airdrome from such a low level that
fleeing Axis ground crews threw stones and fired revolvers at the raiders.
The Lightnings, specially equipped for a long-distance run, were followed by huge formations of Flying Fortresses, which blasted the airfield with heavy bombs, and Liberators, which battered Foggia's railway
yards.
The daring planning of the raid and its spectacular success won the DFC for its organizer. As Lt. Col. George Mac- Nicholl stepped from his P38 on his return. Lt. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz awaited him with the medal in his hand.
The great naval port of Taranto, where most of the Italian fleet is at anchor, also was smashed in the 24-hour offensive. RAF and RCAF Wellingtons, loaded w i t h two-ton block-busters, pounded the port before dawn.
                                                              Peace Talks in Lisbon

Soviet Advance
Threatens Nazi
Base in Ukraiine
Poltava Tank Battle Rages
As Russians Drive
Towards Kiev
MOSCOW. Aug. 26—
A great tank battle raged today north and northwest of Poltava as the Red Army drove deep into the Ukraine, one-third the distance from Kharkov to Kiev. At one point Russian forces were only 80 miles from the Dnieper River--farther west than they have been since the luiae German advance in 1941.
Striking across the broad plains. 40 miles north of Poltava, the Russians appeared to be making a becline.flor
Kiev. 170 miles 10 the west.
If Poltava is occupied by the Russians, the German line from Kiev to Stalino and the Donetz Basin will be cut and the German forces in the Basin will be threatened.
At one point the Russians today advanced through Opashyna to only 20 miles from Poltava. Yesterday's capture of Zenkov has given the Russians a road l i n k i n g the two tank columns converging on Poltava.
Big German forces have been brought up to protect the railroad linking Kiev, the capital city of the Ukraine, with Poltava and Stalino.

AlliesPound
Nazi Fields
For 3rd Day
No Let-up in Air Offensive
As RAF Mosquitoes
Hit Berlin Again
Allied fighters and bombers, smashing enemy installations in Germany and occupied France by day and night, struck across the Channel yesterday for the third day in a row hammering home new blows at Nazi airfields and industries.
The new raids kept up a punishing tattoo on German installations that has seen Berlin attacked three times
in as many nights, once on Monday night by massive RAF- formations and again on Tuesday and Wednesday nights by swift RAF Mosquitoes.
Yesterday's Allied smashes across the Channel marked the third daylight blow in a row from British bases. Twenty-four hours earlier USAAF Marauders, raiding without loss, attacked the German airdrome at Tricqueville and the German power station near Rouen, both in France. Crews said both targets were satisfactorily bombed.
                                                            Fires Still Burning in Berlin

We Can't Allow Japanese To Rebuild, Wallace Says 
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UP)—
Japanese must not be allowed to rebuild their war machine, and therefore must inot be given the same considerations as other countries after the war. Vice  President Henry Wallace declared today. 
We must think twice about giving them the equal rights and opportunities to raw materials and trade. We cannot take chances and allow them to rebuild their war machine," Wallace said.
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; No Decision on Rome Yet
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UP)—
The question whether Rome is to be rccognized us an open city is being discussed, but nn decision has yet been reached. Sectary of State Cordell Hull, saill today

Danish Revolt
Stymies Nazis
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 26. (AP)-~
As the; Danish revolt against Nazi occupation reached new heights in spreading public disorders, speculation
arose here to night that Germany has stretched her military might so thinly over Europe that she is unable to enforce her full military control of her "model protectorate."
This opinion was strengthened as Nazi occupation authorities still hesitated to pursue the ruthless tactics which characterized their earlier dealings with opposition forces, despite the serious disruption by strikes and sabotage in the kingdom's production of war supplies.
One Shooting Reported German soldiers, sped into Copenhagen as the wave of strikes and sabotage increased, were reported, however, to have fired a volley of shots during a demonstration in a crowded capital market place last night