The Berlin radio said today that President Ismet Inonu of Turkey
had returned to Ankara from a conference at Cairo with President
Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill and that the Turkish cabinet
would meet in a special session'
German spokesmen meanwhile
told Swedish correspondents that "the Allies are exerting heavy pressure
to force Turkey to join the war
The British Eighth army pushed armor across the Moro river today on the
approaches to the Adriatic port of Pescara. In western Italy, the
American Fifth army advanced a mile in the Venafro area and captured
several key heights guarding the road to Rome,
ON EVERY FRONT TODAY the outlook is desperately grim for the
enemy and filled with promise of victory for America and her Allies.
These maps show how the Axis h.as been gradually pushed back and
territory regained in Allied offensives since Dec. 7, 1941
Two Years of War (see two year timeline below).
The Portsmouth Herald
PORTSMOUTH, N. H., TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1943
TURKEY MAY JOIN
FIGHT- HINT INONU
SEES TWO LEADERS
Churchill Said
To Be in Parley
With FDR, Inonu
London, Dec. 7 (AP) —
The Berlin radio said today that President Ismet Inonu of Turkey had returned to Ankara from a conference at Cairo with President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill and that the Turkish cabinet would meet in a special session'
German spokesmen meanwhile told Swedish correspondents that "the Allies are exerting heavy pressure to force Turkey to join the war."
There has been no Allied confirmation of such a conference. Cairo dispatches yesterday stated that the
whereabouts of President Roosevelt had not been disclosed since he attended the three-power parley in
Iran, although it was revealed that Churchill had attended combined British-American military parleys in Cairo subsequent to the Teheran meeting.
Fight in Blizzard
Fighting in a howling blizzard that piled snow drifts in the central Ukraine, Russia's advancing armies battered the outer defenses of Znamenka and struck within six-mile artillery range of Smela in the Dnieper bend after severing the double track railroad between those junctions and by-passing Cherkasy.
Moreover, the Russians pressed with 23 miles of the stronghold of Kirovograd.
8th Army,
Yanks Gain
Near Port
The British Eighth army pushed armor across the Moro river today on the approaches to the Adriatic port of Pescara. In western Italy, the American Fifth army advanced a mile in the Venafro area and captured several key heights guarding the road to Rome,
The Americans took a ' ridge southwest of virtually encircled Mignano and British troops yielded a height to a Nazi counterattack.
Steady pressure was maintained on the Adriatic front against German defenses from coastal Ortono, 11 miles below Pescara, through Orsogna and Guardiagrele. Heavy rains still plagued the Allied offensives.
Page TWO The Portsmouth New Hampshire Herald
Two Years of War
It is two years since Japan's sneak attack on Pearl Harbor plunged America into
war. Out of those dark days of defeat which followed in the early months of
1942; we have emerged to take the offensive with our Allies on every battlefront.
around the world. Thanks to our fighting men—and our heroic dead—
who.have.carried.the;battle.to the enemy by land, by sea, and by air, our out.
look for victory,is bright and shining and our hopes for peace not far distant.
ON EVERY FRONT TODAY the outlook is desperately grim for the enemy and filled with promise of victory for America and her Allies. These maps show how the Axis h.as been gradually pushed back and territory regained in Allied offensives since Dec. 7, 1941. On the long road to Tokyo in the Pacific theater of war, we now hold all of the long-fought- for islands in the Solomons; the important islands in the Gilbert group including Tarawa and; Makin, Japan's "front door" defenses; almost one-third of New Guinea, including what were once Japan's largest bases; and Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians. Hitler's "Fortress Europe," shown in inset, is virtually encircled with the Allies striking death blows on all sides. Germany has lost all of her holdings in Africa and a part of the territory she conquered as a result of her war on Russia. Italy, her one-time ally, is now a battleground with the Allies slowly pushing forward from the entire southern half which they now hold. From England, wave after wave of American area' R. A, F. bombing planes are carrying out devastating and almost constant raids on industrial cities and enemy military installations. (International)
U. S. HIGHLIGHTS
OF WORLD WAR II
1941
Dee. 7—Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Dec. 8—U. S. declares war on Japan
Dec, 8-22-Battle of Wake Island
Dec. 11—U. S. declares war on Germany and Italy
1942
Jan. 2—Manila falls .
Jan. 11—Japs invade Dutch East Indies
Jan. 26-First A, E. F. of World War 11 lands in Ireland
Jan. 28—Naval battle of Macassar Straits ends
Feb. 15—Singapore surrenders
Feb. 21—Battle of Java Sea
March 9—Java falls to Japs
March 12—Japs invade New Guinea
March 13—Japs invade Solomons
April 9—Bataan falls
April 18—U. S. flyers bomb Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Nagoya
April 25—U. S. troops land in New Caledonia
May 6—Corregidor surrenders
May 10—Battle of Coral Sea ends
June 2—Japs bomb Dutch Harbor
Juna 4-5—Battle of Midway
June 7—Japs land on Kiska end Attu
July 4—U. S. bombers make their-first assault on western Euro;:
Aug. 7—Marines invade Guadalcanal
Aug. IS—U. S. troops take part in Dieppe raid on French coast
Nov. 8—U. S. troops invade North Africa
Dec. 4—Buna, New Guinea,recaptured
1943
March V2—Battle- of Bismarck-Sea
April 7—American and British-forces join-in Tunisia
April 21—President Roosevelt announces execution of Tokyo raiders
April 23-U. S. occupation of Funafuti in Ellice islands is announced
May 4—U. S. occupies Russell islands
May 7—U. S. occupies Amchitka, Adak Islands
May 11—U. S. troops open Attu battle
May 12—Tunisian campaign ends in Allied victory
May 30—Attu recaptured after bitter resistance
June 30—U. S. forces land on Rendova island
July 6—Naval battle of Kula gulf
July 10—Allies invade Sicily
Aug. 17—Sicily surrenders
Aug. 21-U. S. and Canadian-forces-occupy Kiska; Japs flee island
Aug. 25—Japs flee New Georgia island
Aug. 30—U. S. troops occupy Arundel-island
Sept. 3—Allies invade Italy
Sept. 8—Italian surrender announced; armistice signed Sept. 3
Sept. 11—Jap airdrome of Salamaua, New Guinea, captured
Sept. 16—Jap base at lae, New Guinea, captured
Oct. 1—Allies take Naples, open march on Rome
Oct.; 6—U. S. troops occupy Kolombangara island
Oct. 13—Italy declares war on Germany
Oct. 26—U. S. troops occupy Treasury island
Nov. 1—U. S. troops invade Bougainville island
Nov. 21—Marines invade Makin and Tarawa in Gilbert islands
Nov. 22—1,000 R. A. F. bombers make heaviest raid of war on Berlin
Nov. 25—U. S. conquest of all the Gilbert islands announced
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