The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-11-04
DIARY OF THE WAR

mea The escape corridor was now
only 90 miles. Inside Dnieper bend
Russians pressed upon iron center.
! Allies fought through billy APP
proaches to German defense line
across waist of Italy, capturing num-
Der of towns. Germans sent motorized
! and armored forces into Yugoslav
hills, taking advantage Of rift in two
patriot forces there. Chinese in Bur
ma border region launched counter
attacks against Japs American planes
! were assisting. Air activity over con-
! tinent was limited. Allies destroyed
200 Jap planes in October against
loss of 40 planes. Jap airfields were
, pounded again, especially around Ra-
baul.
/ SATURDAY. - Russians continued
| fast advance across Southern Ukraine
! steppes, taking eighty more villages
and were As miles from Perekop.
Reds also gained in Dnieper bend.
] Sharp fighting ragged along Italian
front as Americans advanced three
miles and British on east coast also
| pushed ahead. American naval units
/ bombarded enemy positions. Yugoslav
patriots continued some effective
/ fighting. Chinese broke Jap offensive
in Eastern China. American bombers
assisted and pounded Jap bases. Knox
reported ten more Jap vessels sunk
! by American subs in Pacific and that
/ U-boat menace in Atlantic was effec-
lively reduced Allied bombers were
still grounded but Raj light bomb
ers hit Nazi targets in France.
SUNDAY-AIlies in Italy captured
! 20 towns and stood before massive
German line. British were on Trigno
river. Airmen struck at German
strength behind the front with Genoa
the main target. Rains added to
ground difficulties in Italian area.
Yugoslav partisans pushed into Hun
gary. Russians reached edge of Cri-
{ illcd Only - ulliCN 1IOll CIthOp'
ready to seal off the peninsula and
| lay seige to hundreds of thousands Of
/ Germans. Paratroops split Jap force
/ by two landings on ChOiseul island.
Aerial opposition was practically nil.
Germany claimed the invasion date
was set by talks in Moscow. A lone
Jap plane bombed Madras, India's
third largest port, Air raid sirens
sounded in London, on account Of Ger
man nuisance attacks.
MONDAY-Soviet armies were Is
miles from Perekop escape route for
Germans in Crimea and were captur-
ing many villages in advance. Ger
mans were pulling troops from north
eIn Italy and Norway for eastern
front In Italy Allies made moderate
advances toward Nazi 90-mile defense
/ line. L. s. warships shelled German
shore communications. Yugoslav par
/ tisans We're getting help from Alban-
/ ian guerrillas. One Yugoslav group
charged another with helping Germ
+ ans. London forecast heavier air
blows against continent reporting U,
/ S. air force in Britain may soon be
nearly as big as British Raj there.
| Germans were predicting early in
vasion by Allies. Chinese guns were
holding positions around Salween
river
TUESDAY - Moscow conference
result was made public showing big
Allied nations determined to beat
/ Germany into unconditional surrender
and to colaborate to maintain peace.
Red army severed the Perekop 18TH
mus, last German land escape channel
from Crimca, engulfing sixty popu-
lated places. Russian air force was
pounding fleeing Germans. Americans
and British sluggcd their way into p
moro Italian towns, including one hub
Of roadWays. German resistance was
furious. Air force inaugurated a
systematic campaign to destroy
enemy's lines of supply into northern
Italy, Germany and France. Germans
, opened serious offensive against So
600 Greek guerrillas. Raj bombed
western Germany. a new Jap attempt
to drive into China's rice bowl was
checked Ground fighting in Pacific
areas has grown brisk with sharp
action on Choseul, Treasury and New
Guinea. Americans invaded west-cen-
trail Bougainvillc island, 260 miles
from Jap base at Rabaul and General
! Macarthur challenged Jap navy to
come out and fight.
WEDNESDAY - Americans and
British in Italy captured important
heights along German defense line
but casualties were high. There were
indications that Germans were pre-
pairing to withdraw to new defenscs.
Airmcn from Mediterranean thcatcr
hit the Mcssorschmitt plane factory
near Vienna. Russia securely
sealed Germans in Crimca and raced
toward Khcrson where Dnicpcr spills
into Black Sea, only thirty miles
away Germans said Reds were at
lacking in Crimca from across Kerch
Strait from Caucasus and from north
} crn entrance Russia declared itself
satisfied with plans for a second