Thursday, May 31, 2012

May 31, 1944; R.A.F. STRIKE FRENCH INVASION COAST

THIS WAS REPORTED TODAY, MAY 31, 1944:

IN NAPLES, May 31. (AP)
British troops advancing through dense mine fields on  the coastal flank of the Fifth army line have reached a point just south of Pescarella Nuova, 14 miles from the outskirts of Rome, Headquarters announced today

LONDON, May 31. (UP) —
RAF night bombers struck a heavy blow at the French invasion coast early today and Allied and Axis reports said large American and Allied forces were following through this morning with new attacks extending from the battered channel wall to western and southwestern Germany.



Lowell Mass. Wednesday May 31 1944
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NAPLES, May 31. (AP)
(AP)—British troops advancing through dense mine fields on  the coastal flank of the Fifth army line have reached a point just south of Pescarella Nuova, 14 miles from the outskirts of Rome, Headquarters announced today:
| Elsewhere the .Fifth army beat against an unyielding wall of enemy resistance. an
Allied communique .said: " it is now clear that the. enemy's intent is to hold this line at all costs"—the line reaching; inland below Rome.

Yanks in
New Attacks
On Germany
British "Heavies"
Along French Coast
Batter Nazi Defenses
LONDON, May. 31 (AP)—
With an escort of J200 fighters,
U. S. heavy bombers today
attacked railway yards at
four places in Germany and
an airbase near Mulhouse,
France.
By Walter Cronkite
LONDON, May 31. (UP) —
RAF night bombers struck a heavy blow at the French invasion coast early today and Allied and Axis reports said large American and Allied forces were following through this morning with new attacks extending from the battered channel wall to western and southwestern Germany.



The Lowell Sun  Wed.  May 31, 1944

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