The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-03-28
Soviiets Push
Into Danziig:
Enter Cydniia
German Remnants In Kahl-
Tolz Peninsula Fur
Their Compressed

LONDON, March 21-LR)-Rus-
sian troops crashed into the CEN
fer of Danzig and fought through
tbe streets of the neighboring Po-
fish port of Gydnia today as the
fall of these two vital Nazi naval
bases on the Baltic appeared inn
minent.
To the east, Moscow announced
that Third White Russian Army
units destroyed the remnants of
the German force which had been
compressed into the eight-square-
mile Kahlholz peninsula southwest
of besieged Koenigsberg. The Rus
slams captured 1000 Germans,
bringing their total bag in this
central area during the past two
days to $4,000.
In Polish Silesia, other Soviet
units dashed to within IA miles
northeast of Moravska -Ostrava,
Czechoslovakkias third city guard
ing the northern route to Vienna,
already threatened by Red Army
units attacking through Hungary.
The siege Of Danzig and Gdynia,
10 miles northwest of the former
free city, was broken by Marshal
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky's Sec
ond White Russian Army. These
troops swept up IA suburbs before
driving into the heart of Danzig,
Moscow said. 1t was over Danzig
and the adjacent Polish corridor
that Adolf Hitler found a pretext
for launching the second world
war.
Rokossovsky's lunge promised a
quick cleanup of the two pockets,
freeing what Berlin estimates as
force of a half-million men for
the growing frontal assault on Be-
lin. More than 1000 Germans were
captured in the Gdynia-Danzig
area. The Russians had separated
the two port cities in a drive to
the coast a week ago.
Far to the south, troops Of the
First Ukraine Amy captured Los
lau in Polish Silesia, IA miles
from Moravska-Ostrava. This rep
resented seven mile gain beyond
Rybnik, the capture of which Mos
cow had announced earlier in the
day.
Meanwhile, the German high
command said other massive Soviet
forces in northwestern Hungary
had speared within 20 to % miles
Of the Austrian border and 60 to
50 miles of Vienna.
One German broadcast said Mar
Shall Ivan S. Konev's First Ukraine
Army had invaded Moravia, reach
ing Opava (TroppaO, and Mosav-
Ska-Ostrava in drive threa tening
thousands of Germans deployed to
the east along the now-breached
Hron river in Slovakia. Opava is
l40 miles east of the Czechoslo-
Vaklan capital of Prague and 10
miles northeast Of Morsvska-Os-
traVa, which gurds the Moravian
zap leading to Vienna and Prague.
Ihls enemy account was not con-
flrmed by Moscow which announc-
cd the capture of Rybnik, Is miles
east Of Ratibor and 20 miles north
east of Moravska -Ostrava, and
strehlen, 20 miles below besieged
breslau. These two towns fell to
russian units driving southwark on
an 80-nile front against the en-
envy Sudenten mountain positions.
BY enemy account the First
"hlte Russian Army was pouring
q ceaseless stream" of men across
me Oder, widening its offensive
mont in Berlins forefield. The
russians were Smelling a 40-mile
stretch of this front northward from
frankfurt and had pushed into Nazi
oe1enses at Genschmar, six miles
northwest of captured Kuestrin and
Of miles from the Reich's imperiled
capital, Berlin said. The Germans
previously had placed the Russians
81 miles east of Berlin at Golzow,
1ouf miles south of Genschmar.
IN northwestern Hungary, Mar
nal Feodor /. Tolbukhin's Third
Ukraine Army and a wing of Mar
shal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's Sec
oha Ukraine Army were driving
against Vienna's QUITE defenses
south OF the Danube river.
According to the German COM
lnunlty, the Third Ukraine Army
mas reached the lower Raba river
which runs within 20 to % miles
ol the Austrian border and 80 to
% miles of Vienna.
The river flows into an arm OF
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