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VOLUME, V I N O . 9 FEBRUARY 1945 RUSSIA: MARSHALL ZHUKOV'S WHITE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE REPORTED BY THE GERMANS TO BE OPER- ATING ON THE NEST BANK Of THE ODER NEAR KUSTRIN. THE GERMAN R A D I O REPORTS THAT ZHUKOV'S INF ANIRYMEN AEE SAVAGELY ATTACKING I N THE KUSTRIN dSiEk AND THAT THE REDS ARE TRYING TO ENCIRCLE THE CITY. THE GERMANS CLAIM THAT ZHUKOV HAS ESTABLISHED A NUKBER OF BRIDGEHEADS ACROSS WIDE STRETCHES OJb T H E MEDDLE ODER EAST OF HEREIN, MOSCOW HAS SAID NOTHING ABOUT THESE REPORTED BRIDGEHEADS. SOVIET ARTILLERY MASSED ALONG THE EASTERN BANK OF THE ODER HAS BEEN POUNDING GERMAN POSITIONS ON THE FAR BANK WITHOUT LETUP FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS. ZHUKOV'S RIGHT WING HAS PUSHED NEARER TO THE BALTIC PORT OF STETTIN ON A 20 Ml IE FRONT. RUSSIAN CAVALRY AND INFANTRY WERE REPORTED BY THE GERMANS TODAY TO BE WITHIN SHELLING DISTANCE Oi THE TOWN OF STARGARD, 20 MILES EAST OF STETTIN. IN YESTERDAY'S 1- IGHTING ON THIS 1R0NT THE REDS DESTROYED 84 TANKS AND DROVE TO WITHIN 15 MEIES Oi THE TRUNK RAIL LINE BE- TWEEN STETTIN AND THE PORT OF DANZIG. MARSHALL KONEVS FIRST UKR.ANIAN AhMY is REPORTED BY BERLIN TO HOLD BRIDGEHEADS ON BOTH SIDES 01 BRESLAU ON THE UPPER ODER R I V E R . KONEVS 50 MELE WlLE BRIDGEHEAD SOUTH OF BRESLAU HAS -BEEN FURTHUR EXPANDED AND DEEPENED. THE GERMANS REPORT THAT THE RUSSIANS NOW HOLD ANOTHER BRIDGEHEAD NORTHWEST OF BRESLAU NEAR THE BIG TOWN OF STEINAU AND SAY THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE LAUNCHED AN OFFENSIVE FROM THIS NEW BRIDGEHEAD. BRESLAU ITSELF I S NOW THREATENED FROM THREE SIDES. IN EAST PRUSSIA, MARSHALL ROKOSSOVOSKY'S SECOND WHITE RUSSIAN ARMY HAS COMPLE- TED THE ENCIRCLEMENT Of THE TOWN OF ELBING NEAR THE BALTIC CO AST. SOUTH OF KOEN- IGS3SRG, THE TOWN OF KREUZ3ERG HAS BEEN TAKEN. BELGIUM i CANADIAN AND UNITED KINGDOM TROOPS OF THE CANADIAN FIRST ARMY HAVE LAUNCHED A MEW ATTACK SOUTHEAST OF NUMLGEN ON A 6 -7 MILE 1RONT. THE ATTACK WAS PRECEEDED BY A 5g HOUR ARTILLERY BARRAGE AND BY AN A I R ASSAULT. THIS AFTERNOON, THE. ALLTED TROOPS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE ADVANCED UP TO 4| MILES «T SOME PLHCES INTO THE FIRST OF THE THREE BELTS I N THE SIEGFRIED LINE IN THE REICHSWALD FOREST. THE C NADIaNS AND BRITISH FORCES WERE SURPRISED TO FIND THaT THE FIRST BELT IN THE SIEGFRIED LINE WAS NOT MADE UP OF CONCRETE FORTS. GERMAN RESISTANCE 30 F A R HAS NOT BEEN HEAVY <iND 1200 FRISOMERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN. • AWERICAN F I R S T ARMY TROOPS BATTLING THROUGH THE HURTGEN JOKEST EHOT OF * O N - SCHAU WERE LAST REPORTED WITHIN A klLE OF THE BIGGEST 01 THE D«ivS ON THE W3ER I TVER, GENERAL PATTON'S THIRD ARMY TROOPS H„VE PUSHED TO LESS TH.JJ H MILE FROM THE ROAD JUNCTION OF PRUM IN THE SIEGFRIED LINE. ACROSS FROM THE LUXEMBOURG BOR- DER, OTHER THIRD ARMY FORCES HAVE CONSOLIDATED THEIR 10 BRIDGEHEADS ACROSi THE RIVERS OUR AND SURE. IN SOUTHERN ALSACE, ALL ORGANIZED RESISTANCE IN THE GERMAN BRIDGEHEAD SOUTH OF STRASBOURG HAS ENDED. THERE ARE STILL SOMfc. GERMANS LEt T ON THE WESTERN SANK OF THE RHINE BUT THEY HaVE BLOWN THE BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER. A GREAT AEhlAL FLEET OF i.£)RE THAN 1300 U. 3, HEAVY BCaBERS TODAY WERE OVER WIDE PARTS OF GERMANY. THE BOiviBERS MAUIED A BIG i*ARShnLLING YARD AT MAGDEBURG, A SYNTHETIC OIL PLANT WEST OF LEIPSIG AND AN ARMS FACTORY. DURING THE NIGHT, MORE THaN 1000 RAF BOMBERS BLASTED TARGETS I N THE REIcH. a GREAT SYNTHETIC OIL PLANT AT POILTZ, NEAR STETTIN, AND ONLY 46 MIES FROM THE RUSSIAN LINES, HAS PLASTERED TWICE BY RJ? HEf,VLES. A FORCE OF fcOSQUITOS DROPPED I N ON BERLIN ,ND TWO SEPARATE FORCES OF HEAVIES NIT A SYNTHETIC PLaNT AND A RAIL YARD IN THE RUHR. IN DAYLIGHT YESTERDAY, *LLLED TACTICAL PL U NES FLEW SOME 1500 SORTIES .-GHINST A WIDE VARIETY OF TARGETS IN WESTERN GERMANY. TURN PnGE
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VOLUME, V I N O . 9 FEBRUARY 1945
R U S S I A : MARSHALL ZHUKOV'S WHITE RUSSIAN TROOPS ARE REPORTED BY THE GERMANS TO BE OPER
A T I N G ON THE NEST BANK Of THE ODER NEAR K U S T R I N . THE GERMAN R A D I O REPORTS THAT ZHUKOV'S I N F ANIRYMEN AEE SAVAGELY ATTACKING I N THE KUSTRIN dSiEk AND THAT THE REDS ARE TRYING TO ENCIRCLE THE C I T Y . THE GERMANS C L A I M THAT ZHUKOV HAS E S T A B L I S H E D A NUKBER OF BRIDGEHEADS ACROSS WIDE STRETCHES OJb THE MEDDLE ODER E A S T OF H E R E I N , MOSCOW HAS S A I D NOTHING ABOUT THESE REPORTED BRIDGEHEADS. S O V I E T A R T I L L E R Y MASSED ALONG THE EASTERN BANK OF THE ODER HAS BEEN POUNDING GERMAN P O S I T I O N S ON THE FAR BANK WITHOUT LETUP FOR THE PAST THREE DAYS. ZHUKOV'S R I G H T WING HAS PUSHED NEARER TO THE B A L T I C PORT OF S T E T T I N ON A 20 Ml I E FRONT. RUSSIAN CAVALRY AND INFANTRY WERE REPORTED BY THE GERMANS TODAY TO BE W I T H I N S H E L L I N G DISTANCE Oi THE TOWN OF STARGARD, 20 M I L E S E A S T OF S T E T T I N . I N YESTERDAY'S 1- I G H T I N G ON T H I S 1R0NT THE REDS DESTROYED 84 TANKS AND DROVE TO W I T H I N 15 MEIES Oi THE TRUNK R A I L L I N E B E TWEEN S T E T T I N AND THE PORT OF D A N Z I G .
MARSHALL K O N E V S F I R S T UKR.ANIAN AhMY i s REPORTED BY B E R L I N TO HOLD BRIDGEHEADS ON BOTH S I D E S 01 BRESLAU ON THE UPPER ODER R I V E R . K O N E V S 50 MELE WlLE BRIDGEHEAD SOUTH OF BRESLAU HAS -BEEN FURTHUR EXPANDED AND DEEPENED. THE GERMANS REPORT THAT THE RUSSIANS NOW HOLD ANOTHER BRIDGEHEAD NORTHWEST OF BRESLAU NEAR THE B I G TOWN OF S T E I N A U AND SAY THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE LAUNCHED AN OFFENSIVE FROM T H I S NEW BRIDGEHEAD. BRESLAU I T S E L F I S NOW THREATENED FROM THREE S I D E S .
I N E A S T P R U S S I A , MARSHALL ROKOSSOVOSKY'S SECOND WHITE RUSSIAN ARMY HAS COMPLETED THE ENCIRCLEMENT Of THE TOWN OF E L B I N G NEAR THE B A L T I C CO A S T . SOUTH OF K O E N -IGS3SRG, THE TOWN OF KREUZ3ERG HAS BEEN TAKEN.
BELGIUM i CANADIAN AND U N I T E D KINGDOM TROOPS OF THE CANADIAN F I R S T ARMY HAVE LAUNCHED A
MEW ATTACK SOUTHEAST OF N U M L G E N ON A 6-7 M I L E 1RONT. THE ATTACK WAS PRECEEDED BY A 5g HOUR ARTILLERY BARRAGE AND BY AN A I R ASSAULT. THIS AFTERNOON, THE. ALLTED TROOPS WERE REPORTED TO HAVE ADVANCED UP TO 4 | M I L E S «T SOME PLHCES INTO THE FIRST OF THE THREE BELTS I N THE SIEGFRIED LINE IN THE REICHSWALD FOREST. THE C NADIaNS AND B R I T I S H FORCES WERE SURPRISED TO FIND THaT THE FIRST BELT IN THE SIEGFRIED LINE WAS NOT MADE UP OF CONCRETE FORTS. GERMAN RESISTANCE 30 F A R HAS NOT BEEN HEAVY <iND 1200 FRISOMERS HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
• AWERICAN F I R S T ARMY TROOPS B A T T L I N G THROUGH THE HURTGEN JOKEST EHOT OF * O N -SCHAU WERE L A S T REPORTED WITHIN A k lLE OF THE BIGGEST 01 THE D«ivS ON THE W3ER I TVER, GENERAL P A T T O N ' S THIRD ARMY TROOPS H„VE PUSHED TO LESS TH.JJ H MILE FROM THE ROAD JUNCTION OF PRUM IN THE SIEGFRIED LINE. ACROSS FROM THE LUXEMBOURG BORDER, OTHER THIRD ARMY FORCES HAVE CONSOLIDATED THEIR 10 BRIDGEHEADS ACROSi THE RIVERS OUR AND SURE. IN SOUTHERN ALSACE, ALL ORGANIZED RESISTANCE IN THE GERMAN BRIDGEHEAD SOUTH OF STRASBOURG HAS ENDED. THERE ARE STILL SOMfc. GERMANS LEt T ON THE WESTERN SANK OF THE R H I N E BUT THEY HaVE BLOWN THE BRIDGES ACROSS THE RIVER.
A GREAT AEhlAL FLEET OF i.£)RE THAN 1300 U. 3 , HEAVY BCaBERS TODAY WERE OVER WIDE PARTS OF GERMANY. THE BOiviBERS MAUIED A BIG i*ARShnLLING YARD AT MAGDEBURG, A SYNTHETIC OIL P L A N T WEST OF L E I P S I G AND AN ARMS FACTORY. DURING THE NIGHT, MORE THaN 1000 RAF BOMBERS BLASTED TARGETS IN THE REIcH. a GREAT SYNTHETIC O I L P L A N T AT POILTZ, NEAR STETTIN, AND ONLY 46 M I E S FROM THE RUSSIAN LINES, HAS PLASTERED TWICE BY RJ? HEf,VLES. A FORCE OF fcOSQUITOS DROPPED I N ON BERLIN ,ND TWO SEPARATE FORCES OF HEAVIES NIT A SYNTHETIC PLaNT AND A R A I L YARD IN THE RUHR. I N D A Y L I G H T YESTERDAY, * L L L E D T A C T I C A L P L U N E S FLEW SOME 1500 SORTIES . -GHINST A W I D E V A R I E T Y OF TARGETS I N WESTERN GERMANY.
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FIFTH R.MY TROOPS HaVE italX. MORE G A I N S IN THE, SERoHIO V J I E Y uND I N THE. H I L L S SOUTHEAST OF BOLOGNA. AMERICAN HEAVY BOMBERS FROM ITALY YESTERDAY ATTACKED COM-
I C A I I C N S IN THE VIENNA AREA OF AUSTRIA.
PACIFIC: BRITISH TROOPS Of THE 24.IH ARMY IN CENTRAL BURMA ARE REPORTED TO BE FIGHTING IN
TIE CENTER Of THE BURMA OIL AREA TO THE"''SOUTH OF MANDALAY. THIS IS THE, DEEPEST PENETRATION REPORTED IN BURMA AS YET. ABOUT 40 MIZ&S NORTH OF - MANDHLAY., OTHER . • BRITISH TROOPS HAVE- WIDENED THEIR BRlDGEHEriD OVER THE IRR»VJADDY. RIVER,
THE AMERICAN 37TH INFANTRY AND 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISIONS aRE SQUEEZING THE Li&T OF THE JAPS HOLDING OUT IN MANILA. THE j aPS »RE REPORTED. TO BE DESTROYING PaRTS OF THE CITY AS THEY F H L L B/AiK. • • ••
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