The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-02-04
DIARY OF The WAR

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nezh they reached to within 70 miles
of Kursk. A pack of subs attacked a
convoy off South America and sank
four vessels. u. S. forces in Tunisia
were 33 miles from Gabes gulf. There
were indications a major offensive
was to get underway. Axis forces in
Yugoslavia launched an all-out drive
against Partisans who had been
waging guerrilla warfare there.
! SATURDAY - Russians knocked
out an entire Italian corps capturing
| II, 900 including three generals, west
of Voronezh Caucasus Russians over
ran a stronghold and rail junction
south of Rostov. U. S. planes blasted
Tunisian port of Sfax and Rommcls
rear guard was under constant fire as
they attempted to get into Tunisia.
There were still French political COM
plicatons in the North African stu
alton. Turkeys early entrance into the
war on Allies side was indicated by
neutral sources. Roosevelt, cnroutc
home, stopped in Brazil for confer
ence with President Vargas. Yanks
on Guadalcanal captured an enemy
command post and warplanes struck
heavily at Jap ships and bases in GEN.
trail Solomons. U. S. planes were bag
cling at ratio of to 1.
SUNDAY-American subs in Pa
cific sank six Jap ships including a
destroyer, damaging seventh. Brit
ish mosquito bombers raided Berlin
/ twice upsetting scheduled Nazi an
niversary speeches of Goering and
Goebbels. Hitler did not speak, sup
posed to be with his soldiers. The
| German sub chief was placed at the
head of the entire Nazi navy. Reds
continued their drive all along the
front and were almost within striking
distance of Kursk. There was a pos
sibility. also of trapping a large Nazi
force between the Black Sea and the
Rostov-B aku railway. British entered
Tunisia in chase of Rommcl's army
and American planes struck at COM
munications Of the retreating army.
The docks at BiZcrte were bombed.
Germany has ordered total mobiliza-
ton Of men Is to 65, and women II
to 45.
Observation-Disclosures of one of
the two remaining pockets of Nazi
troops in Stalingrad was announced
by Russians with capture of German
field marshal among $4,000 prisoners.
Russian armies also advanced in north
Caucasus and pushed further west of
Voronczh Frank Knox returning from
10000 mile inspection of South Pa
cific said U. S. forces on Guadal-
canal "have diSspated the threat of
the Jap ground forces. He predicted
organized resistance would cease
there in thirty days. He said pros
poets of air attack on Tokyo were
good and that U. S. U-boats were de-
stroying Jap shipping effectively. In
Tunisia Germans cracked the light
French lines but U. S. planes went
into action. Allied planes also bombed
AXis-hcld areas and big bombcrs
pounded McSsna, in northern Sicily.
British advanced from Libya into
! Tunisia British bombed Hamburg in
Western Germany. Raj planes
bombed Japs in Burma. A harder u
boat war was pledged by Germans.
observation-disclosures were falling
back over vast areas upon approaches
to Rostov in apparently general re-
treat. Germans conceded catastrophe
at Stalingrad. Reds rcoccupicd a rail
way point on line running to Khar-
kov. Reds also made progress in de-
stroying force cntrappcd to west of
Voronczh. Americans in Africa were
making progress in taking town of
Maknassy, SO miles from middle Tu-
nissan coast but Germans were hold
ing the Faid Pass. British and Amer
leans threw back a German thrust to
the north where Axis was trying to
hold open a corridor of retreat for
Rommcls army from Libya. U. S.
troops killed 81 more Japs on Quad
alcanal and took % prisoners. u. S.
planes hammered enemy bases.
Churchill in a conference in Turkey,
declared he had reached full accord
with the president of that country.
WEDNESDAY - U. S. and Jap
naves were locked in a new battle
as Japs launched major effort to
rctakc the Solomons. Both sides suf-
fcrcd losses but U. S. said Jap claims
were grossly exaggerated. Japs also
bombed Alcutian islands. Enemy
bases in Solomons area were bombed
by U. S. planes with loss of five. Rus
slams announced complete liquidation
of the 100000 Axis troops that had
been cncirclcd at Stalingrad. British
units in African drive across Libya
pushed beyond the Marcth line in
Tunisia as fighting in that country
by Americans and French remained
inconclusivc. Churchill in visit to
Cyprus pledged delivcrancc of the
Greeks Roosevelt announced modern
weapons would be sent to North
Africa for French force of 100000