The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-12-21
The War On
Many Fronts

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The Rova, Air forca et,,,ck ms
siblv it's greatest hlou of tho n,ar 81
the spraying German chemical and
arms centers of Frankf,rt ard
Nrorrhe;y,1 ,,d,,,t,,1, e.. 80. ss"n'4
in a thunderors accomnaniment tn
the advance of Allied armiec ~, tho
Russian and italian hatt1efronts
Rounding ont az ho,,rs ~ tho
most savaoe aerial ho,nho r,,,e,,t
Hitler's European fortress has vet
undergone hundreds Of the PAYS
black-winped raiders set FranEfnrt
ablaze with more than 2o00 tons of
high explosives and incendiaries
simultaneously smaller force
struck 40 miles to the southwest at
the twin Rhineland cities Of Mann
acknowledgement, the second
largest inland port In Europe and
perhaps second only to Frankfurt
as a chemical manufacturing city.
Heavy Plane Ioss
Tho u...,,,. 80,
,,o,,,;,,a S.v.e !aios, ana ACCOM-
over wects1n $500 oy opel ~t1ol,S
o s,,,,, m 49, t, Germany and Bel
heaviest loss IN two - ,nnnths h ,,t
preliminary reports Indicated the
two main targets suffered crinnlino
damage.
American Ely;,,o rro-+,>o,ro,
Liberators preceded the bio RAE
assault with converging daylight
attacks on the continent yesterday
from bases In Britain and the Med
iterranean area. The Rritish-based
raiders left Bremen BLAZING under
a great wa,oht ~ ro,,ah. - 04 -.
down 40 enemy fighters At a cost cost
of Is heavy bornbers and eipht 40.
corting American fighters
Tn the uo<,,tox.,s.-. -. -
rro,.trors,a ",te@n t.AeateE, tne
blasted S,osh, u 1.osrat0Is mat
S,,nSav sr,itoSas anu Annsnruck
- pns, s"tecneo tner bombsights
tio,, hit 49, Va. sesS' Cne Dig lorna
the fo,,rth a a ia1Away yaros IN
iitterv p,,,ao r;aV Ialo on the
waves ~ Tortsa cap,ea,, wniie four
e,,s,s oirea,a esses lasieo the FL
ino, o,.tn,.ns.' ou.sloe AtnenS, caus-
e s.e.'e uati'age.
~ Fighters Shot Down
Twenty-eight German fighters
were shot down, while the raiders
lost nine heavy bombers and fiobt-
ers.
On the frozen Russia battle front
below Newell, the Red Army contjn
ued its week-old winter offenS,u
toward the Baltic and Polish fron
tiers, sweeping I'm 10 nora 49,.
and villages in their westrs va. -,
surge.
Official reports said +he N..,.
were abandoning guns anJ 800, 1888
ment in a hurried retreat towo =,
Vitebsk and Polotsk. twin fserma =,
strongholds on the Mosc,euAp, a,.
railway which appeared to ho +s y
immediate obiective of ~ Ing .iis
Army drive. eA
One army OF the Soviet sro.
head already had o,,tf,anra Spe ",
tebsk and carried In With, On Ii.
north of that citv ard Tondo eS
reports placed the Rnss;arr 1s ~
20 miles west of the vitahsi, ~ w
lots. railroad sn,,r~on,v AZ e,,,,os
from the Polish fronier e'
Comrtar 49,
Further south Cor,,,o
again counter-at+acSad , 1o.SSa
against the Russian-ha,d so1,o-t
west of Kiey and aroma K;ro,,n l'
grad In the northern Dnierer pous
Moscow Reported howeuer +hot ~;
Naz attacks had haan h.o+a n' s &c
with heavy losses To thu 49,. Va.
and It was Indicated +Lat +tn eniy'
VETS had imnrovad 4hair ,,aSi+, ~
a the Kiev salient 'A'S
Berlin Admitted -, +roo.~. 49,
withdrawn from, th.. east har, ~
the Dnieper estuary onros,ts r1.,o ~
son. but earlier Nazi renorts nc
Kherson itself had heen eha ndono Nc
appeared nremat,,ra ''e''
American troons er,oa5 forr,or, ..
much as a mile andn ono.heIfI -,
central Itaiv tn cant,,ra Morn+
Spinuccio q 2e00.f oot WOOL n,,ar
LOOKING tho iriord rcod r. 30 a.
an advance that hro,,eht tpe r,oh ~
wing of the Aunoio. smer;cer sth
Army into line With tic fnrwo o rd
positions running westward to ths
coast. S
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