DON'T F R A T E M I Z E l DON'T'TRUST A GERMAN VOLUME V I NO. 4 2 1 2 MARCH 1945

G E R M A N Y ; T H E A M E R I C A N F I R S T A R M Y B R I D G E H E A D O V E R T H E R H I N E R I V E R AT HEMAGEN I S NOW

MORE THAN 3 M I L E S DEEP AND 9 M I L E S L O N G . D U R I N G T H E N I G H T T H E A F R I C A N S E X P / N -D E D T H E B R I D G E S E V E R A L H U N D R E D Y A R D S A N D DROVE J N T O T H E H I L L Y COUNTRY BEYOND T H E R I V E R . T H E Y A N K S CAN NOW F I R E ON T H E ROADS U S E D BY T H E GERMANS TO B R I N G UP S U P ­P L I E S AND R E I N F O R C E M E N T S . GERMAN A R T I L L E R Y F I R E ON T H E B R I D G E H E A D A R E A I S N O T AS H E A V Y AS I T W A S . A F O R C E OF 47 GERMAN P L A N E S A T T E M P T E D T O BOMB T H E S P A N O V E R T H E R I V E R B U T MORE THAN H A L F O F T H E A T T A C K I N G F O R C E WAS S H O T DOW.

N O R T H O F T H E M O S E L L E R I V E R T H E R E ARE O N L Y 1 0 , 0 0 0 G E R M A N S L E F T O U T O F THE B I G F O R C E T H A T WAS T R A P P E D T H E R E BY THE L I N K OF T H E A M E R I C A N F I R S T A N D T H I R D A R M I E S . G E N E R A L P A T T C N ' S F O R C E S A R E NOW T H R E A T E N I N G MORE GERMAN T E R R I T O R Y B E Y O N D T H E M O S E L L E R I V E R E A S T O F T R I E R . ONE T H I R D A R M Y COLUifil WAS L A S T R E P O R T E D A M I L E N O R T H OF C O B L E N Z . A L L I E D T R O O P S NOW L I N E T H E WESTERN BANK OF T H E R H I N E F O R 1 5 0 M I L E S AND T H E GERMANS A R E A N X I O U S L Y A W A I T I N G A N O T H E R A L L I E D A T T E M P T TO CROSS T H E R H I N E .

A L L I E D P L A N E S A N D B I G G U N S H A V E T U R N E D CN T H E I N D U S T R I A L R U H R V A L L E Y A N D G E R ­MAN I N D U S T R Y I N T H I S A R E A HAS COME I N F O R A T E R R I F I C P O U N D I N G . TODAY MORE THAN 1350 A M E R I C A N H E A V Y BOMBERS WERE O V E R T H E R E I C H . P A R T OF T H E F O R C E P O U N D E D N A Z I R A I L Y A R D S BETWEEN T H E R U H R A N D F R A N K F O R T - O N - M A I N . A N O T H E R F O R C E FLEfl TO T H E B A L T I C C O A S T TO A T T A C K M I L I T A R Y AND N A V A L T A R G E T S . T H E GERMANS S A Y T H E A M E R I C A N BOMBERS H I T S T E T T I N A T T H E MOUTH O F T H E O D E R . D U R I N G T H E N I G H T RAF M 3 S Q U I T O S H U M I L I A T E D B E R L I N F O R T H E 2 0 T H N I G H T R U N N I N G WHEN T H E Y DROPPED MORE 4000 P O U N D BOMBS CN T H E GERMAN C A P I T O L . I N D A Y L I G H T Y E S T E R D A Y MORE T H A N 1 0 0 0 RAF H E A V I E S I N C N E OF T H E G R E A T E S T D A Y L I G H T A T T A C K S OF T H E WAR U N L O A D E D 5 0 0 0 T O N S O F BOiviBS CN T H E R U H R C I T Y O F E S S E N . MORE T H A N 1 2 0 0 A M E R I C A N H E A V I E S WERE O U T Y E S T E R D A Y B L A S ­T I N G T A R G E T S I N WESTERN -GERMANY.

R U S S I A : A M I G H T Y T A N K AND I N F A N T R Y B A T T L E HAS BEEN R A G I N G FOR S E V E R A L DAYS N E A R L A K E

B A L A T C N Hi HUNGARY WHERE T H E GERMANS A R E T R Y I N G TO THROW T H E R U S S I A N S BACK TO T H E D A N U B E R I V E R . MOSCOW S A Y S T H E GERMANS ARE R E C K L E S S L Y T H R O W I N G HUGE R E S E R V E S OF T A N K S I N T O T H E B A T T L E A N D A R E S U F F E R I N G H E A V Y L O S S E S I N ARMOR. CN S A T U R D A Y A L O N E T H E REDS K N O C K E D O U T 152 H A Z I T A N K S CN T H I S F R O N T . T H E S O V I E T S H A V E S W I T C H E D L A R G E NUMBERS OF P L A N E S TO T H I S F R O N T .

T H E GERMANS A R E S P E A K I N G O F R U S S I A G A I N S N O R T H OF B U D A P E S T I N C Z E C H O S L O V O K I A A N D S A Y T H A T F I E R C E F I G H T I N G I S S T I L L G O I N G CN I N K U S T R I N ON T H E O D E R E A S T O F B E R ­L I N , M A R S H A L L R 0 K 0 S 3 0 V 0 S K Y • S F O R C E S H A V E F U R T H U R COMPRESSED T H E " D A N Z I G P O C K E T " . T H E GERMANS H A V E T O L D T H E P E O P L E OF D A N Z I G A N D G D Y N I A TO G E T READY F O R A L O N G S E I G E .

F A C I F I C ; A M E R I C A N S U P E R F O R T S FROM T H E M A R I A N A S I N A N I G H T A T T A C K H A V E DROPPED 2000 TONS

O F H I G H E X P L O S I V E uND I N C E N D I A R Y BOMBS ON A 5 M I L E S Q U A R E A R E A OF T H E J i P I N D U S ­T R I A L C I T Y OF N A G O Y A . A N O T H E R F O R C E O F S U P E R F O R T S F L Y I N G F R O M I N D I A TODAY H I T S I N G A P O R E .

A M E R I C A N A S S A U L T T R O O P S CN T H E P H I L I P P I N E I S L A N D O F M I N D A N A O A R E N E A R I N G T H E A I R F I E L D OF T H E C H I E F P O R T CN T H E I S L A N D . T H E YANKS H A V E A L R E A D Y T A K E N 4 V I L ­L A G E S , CN I W O J I M A T H E M A R I N E S A R E H U N T I N G DOWN T H E R E K N A N T S O F T H E J A P G A R R I S O N A N D S E A L I N G T H E M UP I N C A V E S . C H I N E S E F I R S T ARMY TROOPS I N NORTHWESTERN BURMA H A V E P U S H E D 5 M I L E S B E Y C N D L A S H I O .

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