Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-12-03

San Vittore and threatens Casino, last
serious obstacle to Rome. Americans
established beachhead at Nettuno below
Rome jeopardizing all Nazis in Southern
Italy. GustaNe Line shows signs of
cracking. Ludwigshaven, center of
German poison gas industry heavily
bombed. So is French naval base at
Toulon. Channel coast and Pas de
Calais rocket area also heavily raided.
Marshall Islands and Paramushiro
raided by naval task force flyers. Caro-
line Island bases also bombed Revela-
ton of torture of Bataan prisoners
brings new determination to American
forces taking war to Japs.
FEBRUARY, 1914.
American amphibious forces bypass
Jaluit and other main Marshall bases
to seize Kwajalein, Eniwetok and other
islands, thus trapping Japs in Eastern
Marshalls between western islands and
Gilberts. Hundreds of American planes
merchantmen. More islands seized in
Marshalls. Green Island, off tip of New
Ireland, occupied, isolating remaining
Japs in Solomons, American task force
penetrates Japan's inner circle of de-
Tense in Central Pacific to shell Mari
anas Islands of Saipan. Guam and
Tinian, after hundreds of carrier born
planes bomb enemy bases. Nazls
heavily attack Anzio- Nettuno beachhead
in Italy, inflicting sharp losses, but 5th
Army hangs on. Famous Benedictine
Monastery is leveled when Nals persist
in using it to spot for artillery. Russians
push deeply into Estonia; Reds kill SIS, 900
Nazis caught In Dnepr Bend pocket.
Reds capture Nikopol, center of man
ganese production, ana Krivoi Rog, iron
center in Ukraire.
MARCH, 1914.
Russia makes peace offer to Finland,
but Firms reject it claiming inability
to disarm and intern Germans. Russia
given one-third of Italian fleet. Reds
capture Kherson, Black Sea port, taking
heavy toll of enemy. Drive to point ITO
miles from Ploesti oil fields and in
Poland toward Lwow, about $50 miles
from Berlin. Nazis send radio-con-
trolled tanks carrying 1000 pounds of
explosive at Anzio beachhead, but attack
fails. Allied aircraft drop first 10000
ton bombs on German targets. Berlin
hit by 10000 bombs and $4,000 incendi-
aries. American 5th Cavalry lands on
Los Negroes in Admiralty Islands. JAP
anese send three columns into India
from Burma and start campaign to link
North and South China positions. Palau
Island bases shelled by United States
task force. Truk, Ponape and Woleai
bombed. Russia forces Japan to give up
Sahhalin Island oil leases.
APRIL, 1914.
King Victor Emmanuel abdicates in
Italy turning kingdom over to Prince
Humbert. Reds capture Odessa and
seize all of Kerch Peninsula save Sevas-
topol. Tarnopol, Polish strong point
captured by Russians. Campaign into
Besserabia makes progress as heavy
forces are assembled behind Red lines.
German targets hit by 10000 bombs in
three days as German invasion filters
grow. Kurile Islands raided IA times in
one week. Truk, Ponape and other Jap
bases raided time after time. Mac
Arthur, leap-frogging again, seizes Hol-
landia on north coast of New Guinea,
isolating 100000 Japs. Japs cut British
supply lines in India.
MAY, 1914.
Gustave Line in Italy smashed as
Allies move steadily forward reaching a
point only IL miles from Rome Allied
planes attack German synthetic oil
plants, spend week hammering invasion
coast and communication lines then
turn back to heavy blows at industrial
targets. Main japanese bases in South
west Pacific bombed repeatedly. United
States task force steams close enough
to bomb Marcus Island, only 1900 miles
from Tokyo. British bomb Soerbaja
Allied troops capture Myitkyina import.
ant supply base threatening all Japs in
North Burma. Wakde Island off tip OF
New Guinea occupied by Americans.
JUNE, 1914.
D day arrives and thousands upor
thousands of American and British
troops swarm ashore on June in Nor.
| mandy. Facing the fiercest resistance
| yet encountered, the Allies during the
rest of the month cleared the Cher.
bourg Peninsula Of the enemy and took
heavy bag of prisoners. Campaigning
in first IL days cost Allies $4,000 casual.
ties. Nazis toss all armored divisions ir
France into battle and withdraw vet.
Grams from Russian front to stem. ad.
vance. French Forces of the Interior
hundreds of thousands strong, join inva.
sion. Rome falls on June and Allies
move to Pisa Florence Rimini line. Red.
open summer campaign, quickly cap.
turing vfipuri, Finland's second largest
city, and overrun Vitebsk in White Rus.
STA on the way to East Prussia. Ameri.
can forces invade Marianas islands