April 20, 1944

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4/20/1944, Russian Drive on Crimean Fortress of Sebastopol Gains Two Miles, German Exits Blocked, City in Flames

4/20/1944, French Leader Laval Believes Invasion of Europe Will Begin with Massed Formations of Allied Parachutists

4/20/1944, British General Wingate's Airborne Troops Establish Bases 200 Miles Behind Japanese Lines in Burma

4/20/1944, Japanese Launch New Drive to Clear Chinese-Held Central Section of Peiping-Hankow Railway

4/20/1944, U.S. Subs Sink 15 Japanese Ships—Including Three Tankers, Repair Ship, Nine Cargo Vessels

4/20/1944, German Government Informs Ireland that Rome Is Not Being Militarily Defended Within Its Boundaries

4/20/1944, German S.S. Men Massacre Inhabitants of French Village Ascq After Guerrillas Derail Supply Locomotive

4/20/1944, Fortress Europe Invasion Strategy, Germans & Allies Make Final Preparations, Focus on 'Inner-Invasion Coast'

4/20/1944, Warplanes Relentlessly Pressure 40,000 Japs Trapped on New Britain, Liberators Sweep Caroline Islands

4/20/1944, Great Fires in Sebastopol, Red Army Closes in for Final Kill, Port & City Shrouded in Smoke

4/20/1944, Half of Odessa Evacuates to Central Asia, Only 280,000 of 737,000 Remain, 25% of Buildings Destroyed

4/20/1944, Sweden Declines to Break Existing Trade Agreements with Germany Despite Allied Requests

4/20/1944, Determined Efforts by Germans to Penetrate Anzio Beachhead Broken up by Allied Artillery

4/20/1944, Heavy Fighting in Kohima Residential District, Indians & British of 14th Army Defend Against Jap Columns

4/20/1944, Yemen Imam Recognizes Syrian Independence & Expresses Desire to Establish Cordial Relations

4/20/1944, Cassino Blocks Road to Rome, Italian Campaign Bogged Down, Abundant Patrol & Artillery Activity Reported

4/20/1944, About 6,000 Warplanes Launching from England Mercilessly Smash at Key Points in Europe in Past 36 Hours

4/20/1944, Turks Detain Two Rumanian Liners at Istanbul on Grounds They Converted from Commercial to Military Use

4/20/1944, Roosevelt Tells Ireland He Cannot Rule Out Destruction of Rome Since City Aids German Military Operations

4/20/1944, Second Front Fever Mounting in Germany, Berlin Believes Allies Will Leap Over Channel

4/20/1944, U.S. War Dept. Admits Some Paratroop Planes Shot Down by Friendly Antiaircraft Fire in Battle of Sicily

4/20/1944, Paris Radio Complains that Frenchmen See Paris in Flames from Allied Bombers as Gigantic Torch of Victory

4/20/1944; Nazi Economists & Social Theorists Meet at Bad Salzbrunn, May Proclaim "Magna Charta" for Europe

4/20/1944, Sec. of War Releases U.S. Casualty Figures, 33,808 Killed, 41,330 Missing, 70,948 Wounded, 33,223 POWs

4/20/1944, Goebbels Delivers Radio Pep Talk on Eve of Hitler's Birthday, Dwells on Righteousness of Nazi War Aims

Opening Day News, Cards' Lanier Blanks Bucs, 4/19/1944

Opening Day News, 1943 HR Champ Rudy York to Get Draft Exam, 4/19/1944

4/20/1944; Oil Industry, Congress, & Administration to Discuss Oil Problem; Hearings to Begin on Saudi Arabian Pipeline

4/20/1944, Improving Weather over Europe, Hitler Getting Shower of Bombs for Birthday Present, Explosions Near Calais

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