The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1945-04-19
DIARY OF THE WAR

/ river 81 miles from Berlin. Parachute
troops were dropped at Brandenburg
about 20 miles from Berlin Allies
were 1919 miles from Red lines and &c
miles from Czech border; LIST army
was advancing 80 to 40 miles a day;
Bird was closing on Leipzig. Himmlel
ordered death for all who gave up.
Lines on Okinawa were unchanged
Allied naval and land artillery were
hitting Jap positions.
SATURDAY-Superforts in great
strength showered thousands of tons
of incendiaries on Tokyo war indus
tries, Americans repealed heavy Jap
counterattacks in south Okinawa.
Enemy suicide planes were becoming
noticeably more active. Marines on
north Okinawa swept ahead Allied
Bird severed direct roads and railways
between Berlin and southern Germany
in 32-mile drive. Patton's men were
outflanking Berlin and Pilsen. T. S.
first opened battle Of Leipzig; ninth
was IS miles from Reds British were
making good progress in north Italy.
Reds took 100000 Germans in Vienna
drive. City was completely in Soviet
hands.
SUNDAY-Tank forces ripped thru
German lines supplying Russian front.
Patton's men took Bayreuth; LIST army
gained 30 miles to pass Leipzig on
north; 9th crossed Elbe again; British
were AZ miles from Hamburg. Battle
for NORTHERN Holland was all but won
by Canadians who also took Anthem
where British parachute troops met
defeat last September Soviet forces
opened drive on Berlin and armored
fight was developing after Red artil-
lery barrage. Over thousand bombers
hit Bordeaux in effort to clean out
that Nazi pocket. Sub commanders
were finding few Jap targets left in
Pacific. laps were taking heavy losses
in suicidal planes attempting to delay
Americans on Okinawa.
MONDAY-9th army was driven
from Elbe Bridgehead in Magdeburg
area but expanded another to continue
drive toward Berlin; three other
American armies pushed toward Ger
man mountain retreat in south; Bird
army was nearing junction with Reds.
Canadians drove to North Sea in Hol-
land. Soviet tanks were driving hard
"a miles from Berlin. Big bombers
raided Berlin. Tokyo was hit again by
inccndiaries, also Kawasa!ii, indus
trial city. The fight was deadlocked
in South Okinawa but L. S. troops
controlled two-thirds of island. Air
fields on Formosa were hit. Americans
made fresh progress in Philippines.
TUESDAY-U. S. 18th forces were
in Nuremberg and Allied troops were
reported on Czech border. American
and Russian planes met and eX-
changed greetings over central Ger
man battle zone. At least SAP Ger
man planes were destroyed. 500 of
them on the ground, by Allied fight
ers. Two million Reds were in the
Berlin push, according to the Nazis.
Reds were using parachutists. Yanks
were five miles beyond Elbe river line.
Americans in Philippines were tight
ening moose around Baguio. Fanatical
Japs were raiding Americans on Okin-
ava, B-29's were destroying Tokyo's
war production. Americans joined in
heavy attack in North Italy. Writer
declared revolt of starving population
of Berlin might mean collapse of
Nazis.
WEDNESDAY-Tho 3rd reached
Czechoslovak frontier Leipzig had
been entered and Chemnitz was being
stormed. Captives in Ruhr totalcd
263,00O thus far. About $50 more Nazi
craft were bagged, 4O3 on ground.
making 2,937 German planes destroy
ed in days. Russian tanks were re-
ported Is miles from Berlin Yanks
also entered Magdeburg. Yanks en-
circled 1000 laps on lie Jima, west
Of Okinawa and marked them for an
Inhalation, so they could use the is
land as bomber base Nimitz reported
destruction of at least $3.50 Jap
planes since March IS by carrier
sweeps of Okinawa and Jap main
land. Over 1000 civilians were freed
ON Luzon as Yanks advanced on Bag
uio.
THURSDAY-Patton's men were
two miles past Czech border; British
tanks were rs miles from Hamburg;
millions of Russians were driving for
Berlin. Fall Of Leipzig was only hours
away. Two B-29's were lost in attack
ing six Jap airfelds in Kyushu Amer
leans took 35-mile beachhead on the
Southern Mindanao in Philippines in
new invasion. American casualties on
Okinawa reached 1895, including 1867
killed. War reporter Ernie Pyle was
killed on lie Jima Allies advanced
slowly in Italy. Spanish government
barred landing of any German plane
in that country.