The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-23
The War On
MonyFronts
RY TfNITEn PRESS

The battle Of Europe blazed up on
half @ dozen land and air fronts
today as armed forces Of the United
Nations struck Furnishing blows at
Adolf Eitler's battered fortress
The Germans reported an OF.
tempted landing by Allied tank
forces in Jugoslavia. American and
British air fleets swung haymakegs
ct Germany and occupied territory.
The Red Army was running rough
shod over the last German defenses
east Of the Dnieper. Allied armies
advacned up to IL miles IN italy.
There was no immediate authorl-
tative reaction to reports by the
German controlled Oslo radio that
the Allies had tried to land armored
forces on the Jugoslav coast near
cara, only to be beaten off BY Axis
troops.
The highly suspect Nail report Of
the landing attempt followed &C
counts Of O Jugoslav guerrilla Of
fensive said to have won most OF the
Dalmatiaia coast and possibly paving
the way for an Allied invasion.
Lull Broken
The Royal Air Force and the
Eighth United States Air Force
broke o 17-day lull In the offensive
against Europe.
Flying fortresses attacked the Ger
man naval base at Nantes on the
Loire Estuary soon after O very
strong" force Of British bombers
carried out one Of the heaviest raids
Of the war on Hanover, Maxi arms,
industrial and railway center.
Hundreds Of four-motored Raj
bombers dumped O great weight OF
explosives on Hanover In bonn
bardment packed into 80 minutes,
kindling fires visible to the return
ing airmen from o distance Of $50
miles. Twentysix Of the big bombers
were lost.
Other Allied attacks were aimed
at German air bases In France, Old
enburg and Emden In Germany. and
targets in Bolland.
Aground the Allied Fifth and
Eighth Armies In italy captured
three more towns as the lines shaped
up for the battle before Naples
Aerial scouts reported that the Ger
mans had scuttled most Of the ships
in the lnarbor, blocked all docks, and
were razing the port area In appar-
ent preparations for withdrawing.
Take GinOsa
The Fifth Army pushed six miles
north from Campagna to seize Acer-
no, 10 miles east Of Salerno, while
the Eighth drove 10 miles northwest
from Potenza into Avigliano and
farther south took Ginosa, rs miles
northwest Of laramie.
Lieut. Gen. Mark w. Clark's men
now held heights east of Salerno
which dominated the inland plains
from which they were sweeping
German positions with artillery and
mortar fire.
As the Russian army closed
against the Dnieper along Its full
length through South Russia and rs
far north as Smolensk, three great
battles appeared prospective. The
prizes were Smolenslk, the central
front Bastion which perhaps was
the most vital German base IN
Russia; Kiev, the capital Of the
Ukraine and stronghold Of the Mid
die Dnieper; and Dniepropetrovsk.
industrial capital Of the big bend
area.
Pacific Front
IN the Pacific, q new leap-frog,
thrust up the New Guinea coast By
Allied troops 70 isolate the enemy
base at Finschchafen appeared 20
day % foreshadow . quick attack on
New Britain, site o. the major Jap
anose base Of nabaul.
Gen. Douglas MaeArthura forces
yesterday landed above EinHehehas.
en- under protection of warzhips and
aircraft, Bidding 10 clip ofg aaoitsrH
90 miles Of eoaslllne from TIE enemy
and take cuntFol q the entire NnoE
Peninsula.
The action took piaee only n
miles across from New HFltnln. IA
haul. the enemy'a main hub n ~
Southwest Pacific. a nearly &6l
miles further en IT, northeastern
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