Its front in southern Russia smashed, its beleaguered armies trying frantically to avoid encirclement and
annihilation in the Dnieper Bend, Berlin spoke last night for the "first
time of "the beginning of the end."
The German-controlled Oslo radio, which Berlin often has used in the past to put out bad news, said that the
current battle was not merely one for the Dnieper Bend but for what Stalin was trying to turn into "the beginning of the end."
German fears of new Allied landings in Italy were broadcast yesterday as
fighting subsided generally along the 90-mile front, except for bitter
clashes between the Eighth Army and Naziforces defending the base of
Isernia, 55 miles north of Naples
A new reign of terror has begun in the Balkans with the wholesale slaughter of civilians and captured
guerrillas by the Germans, the information office of the exiled Yugoslav government here revealed today after
publishing a detailed list of 24 separate massacre
The Japanese, groggy from endless Allied air blows dealt them in the southwest Pacific, said yesterday that
Americans
and Australians have "3,000 planes based in New Guinea" and the
"strength and violence of the Allied counter-offensive in the area is
increasing every day.
Tells of First Blow at Sicily
A BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL, Oct. 27—
The German is a good soldier, but only when he has his leaders "hollering at him," Pvt. Robert M.
fjxnt,
of Greensboro, N.C., one of the first paratroopers to reach Sicily,
said here today. He made this observation while relating how he and
another private took the leadership of a paratroop group after a German
patrol had shot their company.commander.
Pvt. Scott was brought
here yesterday with 11 other American soldiers who have been freed from
German prison camps. His right leg had been amputated above the knee
following wounds by German bullets.
Scott said that Flying
Fortresses raided Caltanissetta, Italy, as he was passing through to a
German prison camp, and P38s later strafed the Nazi command carin which
he was traveling
THE STARS AND STRIPES
Daily Newspaper of U.S. Armed Forces in the European Theater of Operations
New York, N.Y.—London, England Thursday, Oct. 28,1943
Anxiety Swelling in Berlin as Reds Gain
Gloomy Nazis Admit
Lines Are Breached;
Trap Peril Increases
Krivoi Rog Mines
Are Captured by
Russians
Its front in southern Russia smashed, its beleaguered armies trying frantically to avoid encirclement and
annihilation in the Dnieper Bend, Berlin spoke last night for the "first
time of "the beginning of the end."
The German-controlled Oslo radio, which Berlin often has used in the past to put out bad news, said that the
current battle was not merely one for the Dnieper Bend but for what Stalin was trying to turn into "the beginning of the end."
Every German broadcast and every German statement quoted in neutral capitals reeked with gloom. In contrast, jubilant Moscow told last night of further advances in the south as the great encirclement which would eclipse Stalingrad developed.
Within the Dnieper Bend there evidently no longer was a unified German command. The German line has been broken up into a number of independent sectors jn which each Nazi commander was trying o extricate his own force as best he could.
Besieging Krivoi Rog
In the north area of the river loop one Russian force was swinging west toward Kirpvgrad, a second Red Army group was besieging Krivoi Rog slightly to the south, while from Melitopol in the south a third Soviet mass was moving west and north.
Between these forces were hundreds of thousands of German troops and enormous German supplies to be taken. And pressing the center of the enemy lines back were Russian armies which had broken through from Dniepropetrovsk to Zaporozhe.
New Landings
Feared in Italy
As Lull Grows
Bitter Mountain Fighting
For Isernia; Allies Look
For Counter Attack
German fears of new Allied landings in Italy were broadcast yesterday as fighting subsided generally along the 90-mile front, except for bitter clashes between the Eighth Army and Naziforces defending the base of Isernia, 55 miles north of Naples.
The Berlin correspondent of the Swedish newspaper Social Demokraten said German military circles were disturbed by the inactivity on the Italian front and anticipated that Gen. Eisenhower might launch a new invasion in the Gaeta area north of Naples.
Reports from the Fifth and Eighth Armies indicated the only heavy fighting was in the mountainous central sector where advances of three to six miles were made by Gen. Montgomery's troops and Civita Campomarano and Acquaviva were occupied.
The Germans fought stubbornly in this sector to hold the road northeastward from Vinchiaturo to Isernia. An Allied advance along this highway would threaten Venafro, key to the new Nazi defense line.
Some Allied leaders expressed the opinion the Nazis might gamble on a move to raise the siege of Europe by a terrific counter offensive. Two reasons were given: Hitler's need of a victory to boost home morale; Rommel's need to re-establish his reputation as one of
Germany's crack generals.
Poor weather grounded heavy bombers but Invader dive-bombers strafed an ammunition train moving south of Rome and blew- it up with a tremendous explosion. Other Invaders hit rolling stock south of Rome and transport behind the enemy lines while Mitchells struck into Greece and attacked airfields at Salonika.
Germans Slaughter Yugoslavs,
Begin Balkan Reign of Terror
CAIRO, Oct. 27 (AP)—
A new reign of terror has begun in the Balkans with the wholesale slaughter of civilians and captured
guerrillas by the Germans, the information office of the exiled Yugoslav government here revealed today after
publishing a detailed list of 24 separate massacres.
It was pointed out that these were by no means.the only instances of German brutality. Other examples included "the burning of 30 villages, dive-bombing of other villages, and the razing to the ground by fire of many more.
In payment for the crime of belonging to, or sympathizing with Gen. Mihailovitch forces, men, women and children throughout Serbia, Herzegovina, Montenegro and Bosnia have been slaughtered.
At Srem, a "clean up" is being carried out by 12,000 . German SS troops. Bulgarian troops are also being employed in the massacres in many regions.
It is impossible to estimate accurately the total number of people killed, but they run into many thousands. Housesare also being destroyed by the hundred, leaving their inhabitants homeless in the face of the approaching winter.
U.S. 'Chutist, Freed by Nazis,
Tells of First Blow at Sicily
By Richard Wilbur
Stars and Stripes Staff Writer
A BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL, Oct. 27—The German is a good
soldier, but only when he has his leaders "hollering at him," Pvt. Robert M.
Scott of Greensboro, N.C., one of the first paratroopers to reach Sicily,
said here today.
He made this observation while relating how he and another private took
the leadership of a paratroop group after a German patrol had shot their
company.commander.
Pvt. Scott was brought here yesterday with 11 other American soldiers who have been freed from German prison camps. His right leg had been amputated above the knee following wounds by German
bullets.
Scott said that Flying Fortresses raided Caltanissetta, Italy, as he was passing through to a German prison camp, and P38s later strafed the Nazi command car in which he was traveling
Bombs Can End War
By Xmas'— Prisoners
If Allied bombers continue their heavy attacks on German cities and factories, the war will be over by
Christmas.
This is the "profound conviction of a great majority of the wounded British prisoners returned from Germany," Thomas Johnston, Scotland's Secretary of State, said yesterday after talking to many of the repatriates landed at Leith, Scotland.
Japs Say Allied
AirPower Great
Claim U.S., Aussies Have
3,000 Planes Based
In New Guinea
The Japanese, groggy from endless Allied air blows dealt them in the southwest Pacific, said yesterday that
Americans and Australians have "3,000 planes based in New Guinea" and the "strength and violence of the Allied counter-offensive in the area is increasing every day."
This statement probably was prompted by the severe batterings the Japs received during recent weeks at Rabaul, New Britain, Wewak, New Guinea, and other bases in the Solomons.
At the same time Allied headquarters in the South Pacific area yesterday stated the Solomons air bases of Kahili, on Bougainville Island, and Kara, on Choisuel Island, had been put out of action, "temporarily at least," by continual blows over the weekend.
This announcement came a few hours after the news of the destruction of Rabaul—the Jap's most-prized air, sea and land fortress in the South Pacific area.
Meanwhile, the air blows continued. Madang, next Allied objective in the push along the New Guinea coast, received a heavy raid yesterday from mediums while other Jap bases in the Solomons were attacked.
U.S. 'Chutist, Freed by Nazis,
Tells of First Blow at Sicily
By Richard Wilbur
Stars and Stripes Staff Writer
A BRITISH MILITARY HOSPITAL, Oct. 27—
The German is a good soldier, but only when he has his leaders "hollering at him," Pvt. Robert M.
fjxnt, of Greensboro, N.C., one of the first paratroopers to reach Sicily, said here today. He made this observation while relating how he and another private took the leadership of a paratroop group after a German patrol had shot their company.commander.
Pvt. Scott was brought here yesterday with 11 other American soldiers who have been freed from German prison camps. His right leg had been amputated above the knee following wounds by German bullets.
Scott said that Flying Fortresses raided Caltanissetta, Italy, as he was passing through to a German prison camp, and P38s later strafed the Nazi command carin which he was traveling
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