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6/28/1944, By Walter Cronkite, Estimated 3,000 Allied Warplanes Bomb & Strafe Axis Europe from All Directions, Part 1

6/28/1944, By Walter Cronkite, Estimated 3,000 Allied Warplanes Bomb & Strafe Axis Europe from All Directions, Part 2

6/28/1944 (Delayed); Battle of the Marianas; There Is No Joy in Tokyo Tonight, the Jap Air Force Has Struck Out; Part 1

6/28/1944 (Delayed); Battle of the Marianas; There Is No Joy in Tokyo Tonight, the Jap Air Force Has Struck Out; Part 2

6/28/1944 (Delayed); Jap Targets too Lucrative in Marianas, U.S. Carrier Planes Run Out of Gas & Ditch; Pilots Rescued

Map, Pacific Theater, Army History

6/28/1944, Allied 5th & 8th Army Troops Battle Stiff German Opposition for Gains up to Six Miles Along 100-Mile Front

Map, Fortress Europe Under Siege, Wikipedia

6/28/1944, War Department Releases Names of Six Milwaukee County Soldiers Wounded in Action

6/28/1944, G.O.P. Convention at Chicago Stadium Explodes into Sea of Posters & Banners upon Dewey Nomination, Part 1

6/28/1944, G.O.P. Convention at Chicago Stadium Explodes into Sea of Posters & Banners upon Dewey Nomination, Part 2

6/28/1944, Political Cartoon, G.O.P. Takes on Massive Bureaucracy

6/28/1944, Production of P-47 Fighters to Be Cut Back at Year's End, Army Wants More-Suitable P-51s for Pacific Theater

6/28/1944, Retail Furniture Stores See Decreasing Inventories Due to War Shortages & Substantial Increases in Demand

6/28/1944, American Association Standings, Brews 46-20; Red Birds 37-25; Hens 37-25; Colonels 36-28; Saints 30-25

6/28/1944, American Association Boxscores, Millers Trounce Colonels 19-9, Fred Vaughn Contributes Four Singles & HR

6/28/1944, Chet Laabs Joins Browns on Eastern Trip, Laabs Worked War Job & Played Weekends While Waiting for Draft

6/28/1944, Brewers Edge Red Birds 3-2 in 13 Innings in Series Final at Columbus, Ed Levy Drives in All Milwaukee Runs

6/28/1944, Casey Stengel's Brewers Split Series in Columbus with 13-Inning Win; Red Birds Tied with Toledo for 2nd

6/28/1944; Australian Liaison Officer on U.S. Patrol Boat Describes Battle of Hollandia; Japs Cut Off, Troop Barges MG'ed

Map, New Guinea, Dates of Allied Advances, Army History (Hollandia Located Central North on Main Island)

Japanese Naval Forces Occupy Bases in Western Half of Northern New Guinea (Includes Hollandia), 4/30/1942

Allied Invasion Forces Stage Triple Landing in New Guinea, Jap Aerodrome at Hollandia Siezed, 4/24/1944

Map, Hollandia Operational Area, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

Associated Press Describes Strategic Holliandia Sector on New Guinea, 4/24/1944

U.S. Planes Now Operating from Captured Hollandia Aerodrome, Aussies Drive Japs from Alexishafen, 4/28/1944

Map, Alexishafen, Google; (Allies Were Estimating 60,000 Japanese Troops Between Hollandia & Alexishafen)

Operation Reckless, Landings at Hollandia, Pacific War Online Encyclopedia

New Guinea Campaign, 2nd Largest Island in World, 1,600-Mile North Coast, Jungled Mountainous Spine, Army History

Approach to Philippines; Hollandia Operations, April 1944; Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/29/1944, Red Army Pincers Closing in on Minsk, Germans Threatened with Encirclement Within Orsha-Bobruisk-Minsk

Map, Minsk, Google

Map, Orsha, Google

Map, Bobruisk, Google

6/29/1944, British Develop Offensive Between Tilly & Caen, Advance Covers Six Miles; British Tanks Cross Odon River

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/29/1944, Rapidly Advancing Red Army Only 75 Miles from Minsk, Russians Report Street Fighting in Mogilev

Map, Mogilev, Google

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6/29/1944, SHAEF Issues Communique No. 45, Allied Armor Widens Breach S.E. of Tilly, German Resistance Stubborn

Map, Fortress Europe Under Siege, Wikipedia

6/29/1944, U.S. 5th Army in Italy Advances Beyond Piombino; +500 Fortresses & Liberators Raid Budapest, Six Missing

Map, Piombino, Google (Germans Defend Delaying Positions in Italy, Terrain Unfavorable to Attacking Allies)

Map, Budapest Hungary, Google

6/29/1944, Australian Aircrews Attached to U.S. Unit Based in N.W. Australia Participate in Raid on Noemfoor Island

Map, Noemfoor Island, Google (Flt. Lt. Napier's Liberator Strafed Parked Aircraft, Petrol Stores, Bivouac Areas, Etc.)

History of Pacific War by Date, 8/15/1945; Listing Shows Yanks Landing on Noemfoor Island on July 2, 1944

Noemfoor Island, Wikipedia; Japanese Troops Occupied Noemfoor in Dec. '43

6/29/1944, Gen. MacArthur's G.H.Q. Communique from New Guinea Lists Recent Air Raid Targets (Map Links Follow)

Map, Soembawa Island, Google (Medium Units Bombed Shipping & Waterfront Installations in Night Raid)

Map; Approximate Location of Cape Chater, Timor; Google (Medium Bombers Attacked Japanese Aerodrome)

Map; Namlea, Boeroe Island (Buru Regency, Indonesia), Google (Air Patrols Destroyed 3,500-Ton Freighter off Namlea)

Map; Halmahera, North Maluku, Indonesia; Google (Japanese Freighter Damaged by Air Patrols off East Coast)

Map; Timika, Dutch New Guinea; Google (Medium Units Strafe & Bomb Japanese-Occupied Villages)

Map; Sorong City, Dutch New Guinea; Google (Air Patrols Damaged 3,000-Ton Japanese Cargo Ship)

Map; Manokwari, Dutch New Guinea; Google (Medium & Heavy Units Attack Harbor Shipping, Aerodrome, & Gun Positions)

Map, Noemfoor Island, Google (Bombers & Light Units Strike Aerodrome, Roads, Enemy-Occupied Villages, Boats, Etc.)

Map; Biak, Dutch New Guinea; Google (Attack Planes Bombed Enemy Supply Points Along North Coast)

Map; Maffin, Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea; Google (Heavies & Attack Planes Bombed & Strafed Bivouac & Supply Areas)

Map; Wewak, British New Guinea; Google (Japanese Barracks & Supply Dumps Bombed, Carrier Planes Strafe Barges)

Map, Yap Islands, Google (Heavy Units Fought Off Enemy Interceptors & Bombed Aerodrome)

Map, Woleai (Coral Atoll of 22 Islands), Google (Heavy Units Bombed Aerodrome Runway)

Map, Pelew (Palau) Islands, Google (Night Patrols Bombed Aerodrome Starting Large Fires)

Map; Rabaul, New Britain; Google (Bombers & Fighters Suppressed A.A. Positions & Attacked Targets of Opportunity)

Map; Cape Roloss (Approx. Location), New Ireland; Google (Medium Units Attacked Barges & Shore Positions)

6/29/1944; British Army in Med. Has Employed Quarter Million Workers from Middle East Regions, 150,000 in Egypt

6/29/1944, G.O.P. Convention Adopts Aim of Organized International Cooperation for Peace, but Not World State

6/29/1944, British Assn. of Refrigeration Gets Cold Storage Tips in Meeting Held at Institute of Mechanical Engineers

6/29/1944, Washington Knuckleballer Johnny Niggeling (9k,6w,3h) Limits Detroit 4-1; Tigers Skidding Toward Cellar

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6/29/1944, Navy Secretary Says 200,000 Japanese Isolated in Pacific; Targeting Mainland Will Follow Fall of Saipan

6/29/1944, Strong Japanese Forces Overrun Gurkha Positions in Bishnupur Sector of Manipur India

Map, Manipur India, Google

Map; Bishnupur, Manipur, India; Google

Bishnupur India, Wikipedia

The Gallant Gurkhas, Himalayan Tribesmen Known for Bravery & Loyalty; 1/6/1943

6/29/1944, Soviet Reinforcements & Supplies Pouring in Through Wide Gaps on Eastern Front, Germans Falling Back

Map, Eastern Front, Summer of '44, Wikipedia

6/29/1944, Southern Democrats Oppose Return of Vice President Henry A. Wallace on '44 Democratic Ticket

Democratic Convention in Chicago Chooses F.D.R.-Wallace Ticket; Roosevelt Worried About European War, 7/26/1940

Text of German-French Armistice, 6/24/1940

Daily War News, July 18-21, Britain Rejects Peace, Japanese Eye Netherlands & French Possessions, 7/26/1940

Daily War News, July 22-23, Germans Confiscate Jewish Homes in Paris, Baltic States 'Join' Soviet Union, 7/26/1940

Moscow Seizes Golden Opportunity to Expand in Bessarabia with Hitler Preoccupied, 7/26/1940

Germans Plan to Make Program of Axis Powers in S.E. Europe "Clear" to Rumania, 7/26/1940

6/29/1944, Large-Scale Tank Clashes & Heavy Fighting in Eastern Normandy, German Tanks Knock Out 53 Allied Tanks

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

Map, Fortress Europe Under Siege, Wikipedia

6/29/1944, Negros Stage Patriotic War Bond Parade Led by Sarasota Air Base Band; War Weaponry Exhibited on Trucks

Baltimore Afro-American; Tabbing the Stars; Mays .319, 51 HRs; Newcombe 20-5; Campanella .318, 32 HRs; 10/8/1955

6/29/1944, U.S. Marines & Infantry Gain Up to Two Miles on Saipan Island; 20,000 Japs Compressed into North, Part 1

6/29/1944, U.S. Marines & Infantry Gain Up to Two Miles on Saipan Island; 20,000 Japs Compressed into North, Part 2

6/29/1944, Iowa Gasoline Tax Revenues Total $1,578,184 in June, Up $391,114 from May, Up $84,927 from Last June

6/29/1944; Stoves to Remain Rationed; Shortages of Steel, Lumber, & Manpower Beginning to Affect Civilian Economy

6/29/1944, Reds Sweep Doubleheader from Boston Braves in Cincy, Crabtree Pinch Single Wins Nightcap, Mueller 5/9

6/29/1944, Text of Dewey's Speech in Chicago Accepting G.O.P. Presidential Nomination, Full Employment No. 1 Priority

6/29/1944; Canadian Unit in Italy Pinned Down by German MGs, Sniper Fire, & Mortars; Six Canadian Tanks Knocked Out

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6/29/1944, Hengyang in Flames, Encircled Chinese Still Holding Out, Causalities Heavy, Japs Bringing up Reinforcements

Map; Hengyang, Hunan, China; Google

China, Teaming Population, Few Roads Outside Cities, Everyone in Rural Areas Works Fields, 6/6/1933

6/29/1944, Some Finns Worried that German Aid Will Be Only Token, Other Finns Ready to Ask Russians for Peace

Map, Finland, Google

Russians Launch Big Offensive in Finland Based on "Steamroller" Tactics, 12/9/1939

Soviet Offensive Against Mannerheim Line Progressing with Increasing Fury, 2/13/1940

Berlin Warns Fall of Leningrad May Be Delayed, Russians Use Remote-Controlled Bombs in Viborg, 9/8/1941

New Soviet Offensive in Lake Ilman Area Aims to Knock Finland Out of War, 12/4/1942

Mighty Red Army Offensive Being Developed from Finland to Caucasus Makes Gains on All Fronts, 1/21/1943

Soviets Launch Major Offensive Designed to Knock Finland Out of War & Isolate 100,000 German Troops, 6/12/1944

Soviet Imperialism, Stalin Adopts Czarist Diplomacy, Finns Chose to Resist, 6/24/1946, Part 1

Soviet Imperialism, Stalin Adopts Czarist Diplomacy, Finns Chose to Resist, 6/24/1946, Part 2

Finns Provide Industrial Services for Soviets, but Still Maintain Neutrality; 12/28/1953

6/29/1944, Transport for 3/4 of German Infantry Formations Provided by Horse; Allied Invasion Army Used No Horses

6/29/1944, News Photo, G.O.P. Convention, Dewey Placards Held Aloft Throughout Chicago Stadium During Nomination

6/29/1944, Infantryman Pvt. Forrest J. Tuman Wounded in Action on May 14 in Italy, Mother Notified by War Department

6/29/1944, Dairymen & Farmers Battle Feed Shortages by Planting Late Crops; Fireman McCrary Joined Navy at 17 in '43

6/29/1944, Jimmy Hanning Writes Letter Home to Mother from Jungles of New Guinea, Sleeps in Foxhole, Plenty of Japs

Map, New Guinea, Army History (Shows Dates of Allied Advances)

6/29/1944; Chairman of Democratic National Committee Says Dewey Inexperienced Novice & Bricker Sounds Like Hoover

6/29/1944, First Letter Received from Pfc. James Heiman Since Invasion, Somewhere in France, Not Shaved in 12 Days

6/29/1944, Soviets 37 Miles from German Fortress at Minsk, Red Army Spearheads Closing in from Several Directions

Map, Minsk, Google

Minsk Falls to Russian Bolshevik Forces; Severe Fighting Near Ovruch, Much Bayonet Work; 7/13/1920

Russian Troops Enter Poland; Frontier Guards Resist Invaders at Molodezcno on Minsk-Vilna Railway, 9/18/1939

Blitzkrieg Columns Cut Deep into Polish Buffer Zone, Germans Bypass Red Army West of Minsk, 6/28/1941, Part 1

Blitzkrieg Columns Cut Deep into Polish Buffer Zone, Germans Bypass Red Army West of Minsk, 6/28/1941, Part 2

Germans Turn Minsk into Vast Concentration Camp, Gardens Covered with Gallows, Jews Shot, 12/14/1942

Moscow Breaks with Poles in London, Poles Believe German Claims of 10,000 Polish Officers Killed by Soviets, 4/26/1943

Jewish Ghetto at Minsk Liquidated Between Aug. 20 & 24; Nazis Capable of 10,000 Killings in a Few Hours, 5/15/1943

Molotov Describes POW Camp Near Minsk Run by Germans, Many Killed During Food Distribution Scrambles, 7/30/1943

Great Soviet Drive Menaces Minsk, 9/30/1943

6/29/1944, Normandy Beachhead Stockpiled by U.S. Army Service Troops; Preshipment of Supplies Began 12 Months Ago

6/29/1944, Wisconsin Farmer & Delegate at G.O.P. Convention Defies Dewey Bandwagon & Votes for MacArthur, Part 1

6/29/1944, Wisconsin Farmer & Delegate at G.O.P. Convention Defies Dewey Bandwagon & Votes for MacArthur, Part 2

6/29/1944, Milwaukee Schnitts (or Chicks) Shade South Bend 2-1 in 12, Mcguire Scores Winner with Clever Base Running

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6/29/1944; Fleet of 1,000 U.S. Heavy Bombers Smash Aircraft Plants, Oil Refineries, & Other Targets Inside Nazi Germany

6/29/1944, SHAEF Communique No. 47 (Could Not Find No. 46), Allies Widen Bridgehead Across R. Odon, Heavy Clashes

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/29/1944, Political Cartoon Pokes Fun at Ocean Pollution Resulting from Japanese Naval Losses

6/29/1944, Lt. Penney & Fellow P-47 Fighter Pilots Defend Bomber Formation Under Attack on Way to Yugoslav Targets

Map, Yugoslavia, Wikipedia

Heir to Austrian Throne Archduke Ferdinand & Wife Assassinated in Sarajevo Bosnia (Later Yugoslavia), 6/29/1914

Anti-Serb Riots Erupt Over Archduke Assassination, 200 Serbs Killed by Mobs, Serb Shops Looted, 6/30/1914, Part 1

Anti-Serb Riots Erupt Over Archduke Assassination, 200 Serbs Killed by Mobs, Serb Shops Looted, 6/30/1914, Part 2

Dates of World War Events, 1/23/1919

6/29/1944, Lt. Wynne E. Stewart of Eugene Transferred from Aleutians to Sioux City AT-23 Aerial Tow Target Outfit

Map, Eugene Oregon, Google

Map; Sioux City, Iowa; Google

Martin B-26 Marauder, 208 B-26s Were Converted to Target Towing AT-23 Training Aircraft, Wikipedia

Japanese Forces Land in Western Aleutians, Enemy Ships Reported at Kiska & Attu, 6/13/1942, Part 1

Japanese Forces Land in Western Aleutians, Enemy Ships Reported at Kiska & Attu, 6/13/1942, Part 2

Map; Kiska Island, Aleutians; Google

Map; Attu Island, Aleutions; Google

U.S. Troops Storm Attu Island Under Cover of Dense Fog, Fierce Fight Raging, Situation Unclear, 5/14/1943, Part 1

U.S. Troops Storm Attu Island Under Cover of Dense Fog, Fierce Fight Raging, Situation Unclear, 5/14/1943, Part 2

Battle of Attu, National Park Service, Alaska Region

Report from the Aleutians, U.S. War Department, YouTube

Diary of a Japanese Army Doctor Killed on Attu, Alaska, in 1943; © 2015 Rodney A. Smith

Attu, Aleutian Islands, Alaska

6/29/1944, Russian Far Northern Army Captures Kondopoga on Rail Link to Murmansk, Fall of Borisov Near, Part 1

6/29/1944, Russian Far Northern Army Captures Kondopoga on Rail Link to Murmansk; Fall of Borisov Near, Part 2

Map, Kondopoga, Google

Map, Murmansk, Google

Map, Borisov, Google

6/29/1944; Russians Race Toward Minsk; Germans Fail to Extricate 22 Divisions from Vitebsk, Mogilev, & Bobruisk

Map, Bobruisk, Google

6/29/1944, Orson Welles' Ex Wants Double Child Support & $100,000 Trust Fund, Welles Now Married to Rita Hayworth

6/29/1944, Five German Generals Killed in Normandy Battles, Now Possible to Release Identities & Backgrounds

6/29/1944, Foster & Wood Lodi Independent Cannery Will Begin Canning Apricots Monday, 350 Employees Available

6/29/1944; Philly Ordnance District Contracts Increase; Needs Are Shells & Ammo, Heavy Trucks, & Reconditioned Tanks

6/29/1944, Lanier Loses Suspended & Regular Game, Major League Baseball Contributes $80,000 to War Relief Fund

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6/29/1944, No Change in Positions Near Caen in Last 12 Hours, Germans Launch Numerous Violent Counterattacks, Part 1

6/29/1944, No Change in Positions Near Caen in Last 12 Hours, Germans Launch Numerous Violent Counterattacks, Part 2

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

Map, Fortress Europe Under Siege, Wikipedia

6/29/1944, Gov. Dewey Says Administration too Old, G.O.P. Effort Will Be to Retire F.D.R. to Hyde Park, Part 1

6/29/1944, Gov. Dewey Says Administration too Old, G.O.P. Effort Will Be to Retire F.D.R. to Hyde Park, Part 2

6/29/1944, Road to Tokyo, News Map of Pacific Area Shows Relation of Caroline, Marianas, & Bonin Islands to Japan

6/29/1944; Pfc. Alfonse Montelli of High Park (Jeannette, Pa.) Home on Furlough, Pinned Down on Anzio for 70 Days

Map, Jeanette Pa., Google

Map; Landing at Anzio; January 22, 1944; Army History

Vichy Radio Reports Allied Forces Landing at Anzio; Troops Ashore at 2:am, German Resistance Light, 1/24/1944

Map; Anzio-Cassino Area; January 17 to February 19, 1944; Emerson Kent

German Advance Toward Anzio Beachhead Stalls After 48 Hours of Most Intense Fighting, 2/21/1944

Map; Anzio Beachhead; German Attacks from Feb. 28 to March 3, 1944; Army History

Bitter Fighting Raging at Anzio, Violent German Attack Penetrates 1,500 Yards on 1,000-Yard Front, 3/3/1944

Entrenched U.S. 5th Army Troops at Anzio Use Hand Grenades & Small Arms to Drive off German Attack, 4/8/1944

German Shock Troops Attack West Flank of Anzio Beachhead, 4/19/1944, Part 1

German Shock Troops Attack West Flank of Anzio Beachhead, 4/19/1944, Part 2

Map; Anzio-Cassino Area; May 11-30, 1944; Emerson Kent

Allied Troops Break Out of Anzio Beachhead Against Powerful German Defenses, 5/27/1944, Part 1

Allied Troops Break Out of Anzio Beachhead Against Powerful German Defenses, 5/27/1944, Part 2

Satellite View, Anzio Italy, Google

6/29/1944, Parents of Airman Killed After Liberator Raid Over Germany Get Son's Cocker Spaniel Companion

6/29/1944, Medium Bomber Tail Gunner Sgt. Milton D. Lanier from Waycross Back in Action Over Italy After Shoot Down

Map, Waycross Georgia, Google

6/29/1944, S.F. Seals Extend Pacific Coast League Lead to 2.5 Games Over San Diego & Portland; Seals Pound Padres

6/29/1944, Baseball Standings, Seals 44-37; Portland 41-39; Padres 43-41; Cards 41-18; Brewers 46-22; Hartford 39-18

P.C.L., L.A. Tops Seattle 7-4, Ball Wet from Rain, Fun for Fans Under Umbrellas, 3/30/1903

L.A. Wins 4th Straight; Steady Drizzle, Field Sloppy, Fans Remain, 3/30/1903

P.C.L. Notes, Portland Manager Vigneux Collects Sweet Bunch of Tossers, 3/30/1903

Rain Postpones P.C.L. Games in San Francisco & Sacramento, 3/30/1903

Pacific Coast Weather, Rain, 3/30/1903

Portland Team Arrives Late in L.A. Due to Rain, Tuesday's Game Postponed, 3/31/1903

California March Rain Heavy, Ag Season Should be Prosperous, 3/31/1903

Portland Players Relax in Hotel in L.A. During Rain, 4/1/1903

Berkeley Pitcher Orval Overall Offered $5,000 by Both S.F. Teams to Turn Pro, 4/1/1903

Orval Overall, Society for American Baseball Research, By Brian Marshall

Orval Overall, Baseball Reference (Overall's Shutout of Tigers Clinched Last Cub World Series Title in 1908, See Below)

Wednesday's L.A.-Portland Game Postponed; Thursday Is Ladies' Day, 4/2/1903

Seattle Scores Ten Runs in 2nd to Decide P.C.L. Game with Oakland, 4/2/1903

Cutter Outpitches Iberg 5-3, Sacramento Tops S.F., 4/2/1903

Oakland Breaks Deadlock with Seattle in 8th, Stoval & Cooper Pitch High-Grade Games, 4/3/1903

Sacramento's Thomas Keeps S.F. Hits Scattered, 4/3/1903

Morley's Men Stage Garrison Finish, L.A. Edges Portland, Hollingsworth Deserts, 4/3/1903

Hollingsworth Jumps L.A. Contract, Secondbaseman Will Join Pacific National League, 4/3/1903

P.C.L. Standings, Hall Pitches Clever Game, L.A. Limits Portland 5-1, Cravath Golfs HR, 4/4/1903

Amateur Brown Settles Down After Four Innings, Sacramento Defeats S.F., 4/4/1903

Seattle Bunches Hits in 8th & 9th Against Oakland for 4-2 Victory, 4/4/1903

Sacramento P.C.L. Franchise Transfers to Tacoma, 1/3/1904

P.C.L. Will Play Split Season, 1st-Half Winner vs. 2nd-Half for Title; League Wants Peace with Bigs, 1/4/1904

Tacoma Manager Fisher Signs Famous Berkeley Pitcher Orval Overall, 3/10/1904

Overall in Pro Debut Shows Speed, but Tacoma (2-1) Loses 4-3 in 12 Innings to Portland (1-2), 3/28/1904

Tacoma's Overall (3k,1w) One-Hits Heavy Hitting Seattle, 6/3/1904

Tacoma Clips S.F. 2-1, Balk Costs Overall Shutout, 7/11/1904

Final 1st-Half P.C.L. Standings, Tacoma Wins Flag by 21 Points, 7/25/1904

Overall Strikes Out 16 in 15 Innings, Tacoma Wins 4-3, Portland Fans Chase Substitute Ump, 8/3/1904

Newton at 37-14 Paces Coast League Pitchers (Overall's W-L Was 31-23), 11/15/1904

Final 2nd-Half P.C.L. Standings, S.F. Wins Goodbye Game at 8th St. Lot Against Sorry Oakland, 11/28/1904

Final 1904 P.C.L. Standings & Stats (Overall Finished at 32-25), 1/17/1905

Overall Outduels Cards' Taylor 1-0 at Cincinnati, 6/4/1905

Chicago Americans Clinch World Series Flag from Windy City Nationals (Overall Mopped Up for Brown), 10/15/1906

Cubs & Tigers Tie 3-3 in 12 Innings in World Series Opener, Donavan (12ip) Duels Overall (9ip), 10/9/1907

Cubs Play Superior Ball in Detroit, Chicago Leads Series 3-0, Overall (9ip, 5h) Limits Tigers, 10/12/1907

Cubs Clinch World Series in Detroit, Brown Wins 2-0, Grand Total of $101,728.60 in Receipts, 10/13/1907

Tinker HR Breaks Up 0-0 Duel in 8th, Overall Tops Donovan 6-1, Cubs Lead Tigers, 10/12/1908

Tinker Drive in 8th Sails Aloft & Rides North Wind Over Cobb's Garden into Middle of Crowd, 10/12/1908

Overall (3h, 10k, 4w) Shuts Out Tigers 2-0, Cubs Retain World Championship Flag, 10/15/1908

Detroit in Mourning, Overall Injects Strikeouts Where They Do the Most Good, 10/15/1908

World Series Composite Boxscore, Receipts Totaled $94,976, Cubs Won on Merits, 10/15/1908

6/29/1944, Cubs Rout Dodgers 12-6 & 6-2, Nicholson Grand Slam in Opener, Cavarretta Bases-Full Triple in Nightcap

6/29/1944, Orval Grove (6ip, 10h, 3r) Shaky for Chicago White Sox at Boston; Mike Ryba (1.1ip, 0h) Saves Joe Bowman

6/29/1944, Dewey Faces Barrage of Questions from Newsmen & Answers All Comers, No U.S. Boys in World Police

6/29/1944; Indiana State Police Report Traffic Deaths Through May at 311, Compared to 236 During Same Period of '43

6/29/1944, News Photo, Saluting the Fourth of July

6/29/1944, Mr. & Mrs. John D. Thomas of Reading Are Proud Parents of Three Sons in Navy & One Army Paratrooper

Map, Reading Pennsylvania, Google

6/29/1944, Pittsburgh Pinch Hitters Batting .324, but Pirate Batters at Bottom of N.L.; Cardinals Want More Night Games

6/29/1944, Baseball Commissioner Landis Announces Joint Meeting of Major Leagues in Pittsburgh to Discuss Night Games

6/29/1944, Pittsburgh Draft Board Furnishes List of 15 Selectees for Induction into Armed Services

6/29/1944, Complete New York Stock Market Transactions, Hershey 66; DOW 111; U.S. Steel 57.375; Union Pacific 109.5

6/29/1944, Pittsburgh Department Store Sales for Last Week Up 15.9% from Corresponding 1943 Week

6/29/1944; Market Averages; DOW, Jones Averages; 30 Industrials Opened at 148.22 & Closed at 147.93

6/29/1944; Women Becoming More Familiar with Jobs Requiring Lifting, Carrying, Pushing, & Pulling as War Goes On

6/29/1944, Yankee Warplanes, B-26 Marauder, Twin-Engine Medium Bomber, Crew Six, Best Against Shipping & Airfields

6/29/1944, U.S. Marines & Army Troops Enveloping Mt. Tapotchau Saipan Encounter Fieriest Jap Opposition Yet, Part 1

6/29/1944, U.S. Marines & Army Troops Enveloping Mt. Tapotchau Saipan Encounter Fieriest Jap Opposition Yet, Part 2

Map, Saipan Island, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

Map, Saipan, Google

6/29/1944, Russian Armies Outflank Minsk, Many Fleeing Germans Roaming Forests Dressed in Peasant's Garb, Part 1

6/29/1944, Russian Armies Outflank Minsk, Many Fleeing Germans Roaming Forests Dressed in Peasant's Garb, Part 2

Map, Eastern Front, Summer of '44, Wikipedia

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(V.E. Day) Hostilities Officially End in Europe at 12:01a.m. Battlefront Time, Russia Jubliant, 5/9/1945, Part 1

(V.E. Day) Hostilities Officially End in Europe at 12:01a.m. Battlefront Time, Russia Jubliant, 5/9/1945, Part 2

(V.E. Day) Germany's Armed Forces Surrender to Allies & Red Army at 12:16a.m. in Berlin, 5/9/1945, Part 1

(V.E. Day) Germany's Armed Forces Surrender to Allies & Red Army at 12:16a.m. in Berlin, 5/9/1945, Part 2

(V.E. Day) Stalin Issues Final Order of the Day, Germany Surrenders, Moscow Guns Roar Salvos for Victory, 5/9/1945

(V.E. Day) U.S. Flag Should Remain at Half-Staff (Even on V.E. Day) in Memory of Late President Roosevelt, 5/9/1945

(V.E. Day) U.S. Commanders Itching to Invade Japan; Jap Suicide Planes Sink 26 U.S. Ships, 5/9/1945, Part 1

(V.E. Day) U.S. Commanders Itching to Invade Japan; Jap Suicide Planes Sink 26 U.S. Ships, 5/9/1945, Part 2

(V.E. Day) Polish Delegation Disappears Behind Russian Lines After Meeting with Soviet Secret Police, 5/9/1945

6/29/1944, Point-Blank Tank Battles Rage on Caen Front, Germans Launch Flank Attacks with Tiger Tanks & 88s

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/29/1944, R.A.F. Australian Pilot Warrant Officer Keith Campbell Flies Reconnaissance-Modified Spitfires Over Berlin

6/29/1944, Australian Prisoner of War No. Q47 Writes Letter from German Camp, Misses Dances & Picnics

6/29/1944, Reporter Visits Soviet Collective Farm Near Kazan; Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Beehives, Repair Shops, Electrified

Map, Kazan Russia, Google

Terrible Russian Famine, Available Bread Not Healthy, No Fodder for Cattle, Groups of Wasting Children, 12/9/1891

Russians Suffer Famine in Fertile-Soil Region Due to Climatic Fluctuations, 6,400 Relief Ships Needed, 1/14/1892

Tolstoi Believes Current Russian Famine Due to Deforestation Affecting Climate by Reducing Rain & Snow, 3/31/1899

American Corn from Congressional $20,000,000 Appropriation Breaking Back of Russian Famine, 4/9/1922

200 Americans Return from Successful War on Russian Famine (Includes Map), 8/8/1923

Collective Farms in Ukraine Now Number 6,000 & Engage 256,000 Farmers & Families, 9/17/1926

Stalin Reports Half of Peasant Holdings Collectivized, but Warns Against Glorification of Success, 3/3/1930

Soviet Workers & Red Army Suffer Food Shortage; Ukrainian Peasants Fail to Sow Seed in Spring, 3/30/1930

Soviet Workers Expropriate Individual Jewish Farms in Crimea & Ukraine, Jewish Towns Famine Striken, 4/22/1930

Conservative, Individualist, Food-Producing Peasants Continually Exercise Bolshevik Brains in Moscow, 1/14/1933

Militant Nationalist Adolph Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 1/30/1933, Part 1

Militant Nationalist Adolph Hitler Appointed Chancellor of Germany, 1/30/1933, Part 2

Franklin D. Roosevelt Takes Presidential Oath, 250,000 Jam Capital for Inaugural Festivities, 3/5/1933, Part 1

Franklin D. Roosevelt Takes Presidential Oath, 250,000 Jam Capital for Inaugural Festivities, 3/5/1933, Part 2

Text of Roosevelt's Inaugural Speech, "Primary Task Is to Put People to Work", 3/5/1933, Part 1

Text of Roosevelt's Inaugural Speech, "Primary Task Is to Put People to Work", 3/5/1933, Part 2

Famine Reigns in Ukraine, State Seizes Grain, Villages Uprooted, No Seed for Sowing, 4/2/1933

Soviet Collective Farms at Beginning of 1935 Totaled 241,451 with 16,474,000 Members, 2/18/1936

Hitler Eyes Riches of Ukraine (Includes Industrial Map of Ukraine), 1/30/1937

Traveler After Getting Boot from Persia Bums Way Across U.S.S.R., Says Russia One Big Poor House; 2/11/1937

German Supervisors Take Over Management of Soviet Union Collective Farms Pending Abolition, 10/29/1941

Collective Farms Reshape Life in Soviet Union, Focus on Village of Yuzkui, Life of Prosperity, 2/27/1942

Germans Find Ukraine Not Rich Prize Expected, 'Community Farm' Is New Nazi Name for Collective Farm, 6/11/1942

Map, Yuzkui (Frunze), Southern Ukraine, Google

1943 Report by Soviet Experts, Collective Farms, Socialist Farming, State Farms of the U.S.S.R., Past & Present

Reporter Visits Collective Farm; Manager Wanted to Kill Geese for Feast with Foreigner, 4/12/1946

6/29/1944, All Quiet in Cherbourg, German Dead Neatly Covered, Sun Shinning Brightly, G.I. Plays Accordion

6/29/1944, Gen. Bradley & 7th Corps Commander Maj.-Gen. Collins Formally Return Cherbourg to French Control

6/29/1944, Fortress Cherbourg Described, 1.5 Miles in Length, .5-Mile Depth, Wall, Moat, MGs, AA, Etc.

6/29/1944, Sgt. John Furiga of Avella Killed During 5th Army Advance on Rome, Furiga Also Served at Anzio & Cassino

Map, Avella Pennsylvania, Google

6/29/1944, Canadians Release Latest Air Force & Army Casualty Lists, 57 Men Missing After Overseas Air Operations

6/29/1944; Advertisement; Certified Coal Miners Wanted for Mingo Mine, Pittsburgh Coal Co., New Eagle Pa.

Map; New Eagle, Pennsylvania; Google

6/29/1944, Two Navy Pilots Killed Instantly When Planes Collide & Crash in Wooded Section of Absecon N.J.

Map; Absecon, New Jersey; Google

6/29/1944, British Newspapers Show Only Mild Interest in Dewey Nomination, "No Victory Mood in Chicago"

6/29/1944, Revenue Surpluses Help Balance Welfare Budget, End of War & Cessation of Employment Worries Officials

6/29/1944, Colorado River Raging at Flood Stage Slows Attempts by Rescue Parties to Reach Stranded Parachutists

Photo, Grand Canyon, Luca Galuzzi, Wikipedia

6/29/1944, Gabby Hartnett's Jersey City Giants' Climb from 5th to 2d Place Highlights Busy Week in International League

6/29/1944, Baseball Standings, Baltimore 37-25; Jersey City 37-28; Montreal 33-28; Buffalo 33-32; Rochester 32-35

Cub Manager Gabby Hartnett's Twilight Home Run Knocks Pirates Out of 1st Place, 9/29/1938

Major League Standings, 9/29/1938

6/29/1944, Rescue Party Reaches Stranded Army Fliers on Plateau in Grand Canyon, 'Chutists Bailed Out of B-24 on 6/21

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6/29/1944, Allies Redefining Nazi Word 'Blitzkrieg'; New Definition: Powerful Lightning Wars Closing in on Germany

Map, Fortress Europe Under Siege, Wikipedia

6/29/1944, Strategic Hengyang Surrounded by Jap Forces; U.S. Abandons Forward Airfield, P-51s Bomb Runway

Map; Hengyang, Hunan, China; Google

6/29/1944, New Zealand Army Casualty Totals in Italy Reported at 1,020 Killed; 2,913 Wounded; 125 Missing; 4,058 Total

6/29/1944, Chinese Troops Engage Japs Near Mangshih on Burma Road, Chinese Near Japanese Main Base at Tengchong

Map, Tengchong, Google

Map, Mangshih, Google

6/29/1944; Updated Royal Australian Air Force Casualty List Released; R.H. Adams Reported Missing, Now Presumed Dead

6/29/1944, Map, Eastern Front, Soviet Pincers Threatening Minsk

6/29/1944, Nazi Machine Gunners Mow Down 1,100 Villagers at Oradour in Reprisal for French Guerilla Activity

Map, Village of Oradour-sur-Glane, Google

6/29/1944, By Ernie Pyle, Liberated French Stage Photos for Press; German Retreating Column Wiped Out by Artillery

6/29/1944, Sfax Tunisia, Once Quiet & Beautiful, Caught in Axis-Allied Crossfire, Looted, Scattered Graves

Map, Sfax Tunisia, Google

Onward Sweep of Russian Armies Enhances Urgency for Opening of Final Offensive in Tunisia, 2/10/1943

Russians Capture Kursk, Germans Cleared After Fierce Street Fighting, 6,000 Axis Troops Killed, 2/10/1943

Map, Kursk, Google

Heroic Stalingrad, City of Desolation, Graphic Description, Dead City Now Slowly Returning to Life, 2/10/1943

Map, Stalingrad, Google

Last Stragglers from Rommel's Army Driven from Tripolitania into Tunisia, 2/10/1943

Detailed Map, Tripolitania, Wikipedia

Tripolitania, Wikipedia (Italian Colony, 1927-1934)

Map; Tripolitania as Subdivision of Libya, 1934-1963; Wikipedia

Map, Libya, Google

British 8th Army Sweeps into Tunisia, Artillery Exchanges Reported, 2/10/1943

Axis Forces in Strong Defensive Position in Tunisia; Sea, Hills, &, in South, Mareth Line & Gabes Gap; 2/10/1943

Roosevelt Issues Executive Order Establishing 48-Hour Work Weeks for War Plants, Feds, & Contractors; 2/10/1943

Japanese Evacuating Guadalcanal, Scene of Bloody Fighting Since U.S. Marines Landed in August; 2/10/1943

Map, Guadalcanal, Google

Kharkov Falls to Soviets, but Germans Report Heavy Fighting in & Near City, 2/17/1943

Map, Kharkov, Google

Radio Algiers Reports Germans Have Taken Kasserine Pass, 2/22/1943

Map, Tunisia, 1942-1943, Kasserine Centered on Map, Wikipedia

Satellite View, Kasserine, Google

British/U.S. Forces in Tunisia Engage German Armor at Kasserine Pass in Violent Tank Battles, 2/22/1943

Soviet Ambassador to London Calls for Anglo/U.S. Forces to Soon Deliver Hard Blows Against Nazi Germany, 2/23/1943

Rommel's Armored Units Retreat to Kasserine Pass Under Fire & Exploding Bombs After Three-Day Battle, 2/24/1943

Axis Hold in Tunisia Threatened; Germans Recapture Kharkov in Grim Battle, 3/19/1943

Germans in Tunisia Surrendering Unconditionally, Russian Offensive Aims at Kuban Bridgehead, 5/14/1943

Map, Taman Peninsula (Location of German Kuban Bridgehead), Google

6/29/1944, Soviets Show No Mercy for German War Criminals; Nazis Held Weekly Massacres of Jews in Vitebsk

6/29/1944, Insect Control Experts Accompany U.S. Invasion Forces in Pacific Islands; Yellow Fever Vaccines Available

6/29/1944; Lieut. Jim McDonald, Illinois Football Captain & Center in 1938, Killed in Action in South Pacific

6/29/1944; Ross L. Moyer Now Stationed at Camp Reynolds, Greenville Pa., After 15 Months in Africa, Sicily, & Italy

Map, Greenville Pa., Google

6/29/1944, Toledo Hopes to Slash Brewers' Lead in A.A. as Casey Stengel's Crew Battles Mudhens Thursday Night

Stengel's HR in Top of 9th Defeats Yanks 5-4; Giants Win World Series Opener, 10/11/1923

Official Boxscore, World Series, Game One, Giants Trim Yanks, 10/11/1923

Stengel HR Breaks Up 0-0 Contest, Giants Defeat Yanks 1-0 in Game 3, Neft Outduels Jones, 10/13/1923

Official Boxscore, World Series, Game Three, Giants Limit Yanks, 10/13/1923

6/29/1944; Commonwealth Controller of Potatoes Addresses Growers, Sets Planting Target at 94,000 Acres This Season

6/29/1944, New Miracle Drug Penicillin in Good Supply, 13 Firms Producing Penicillin Expected Soon to Expand to 22

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6/29/1944, Lawrence Parents Receive First Letter from Normandy, Son Writes: German POWs Praise U.S. Paratroopers

6/29/1944, British Artillery Fires 10,000 Rounds in Four Hours in Attempt to Check Attacking German Tanks at Caen

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/29/1944, Bomber Formation 20-Miles Wide Seen Streaming Toward Germany, 2,000 Heavies Raid Reich Refineries

6/30/1944, Soviet Armies Converge on Minsk; Police & Gestapo Centers in Warsaw Begin Preparing for Street Fighting

Map, Minsk, Google

Sixty German Divisions Close in on Warsaw for 'Swift Kill' Before Anglo/French Forces Can Get into Action, 9/9/1939

Soviets Snatch Chunk of Rumania; Germany Advises Bucharest to Bow to Russian Demands, 6/28/1940

Hitler Declares War on Soviet Russia, German Troops on the March, Cloak of Friendship Cast Aside, 6/23/1941

German Panzers Break Through Russian Defenses in Direction of Minsk, 7/4/1941

Great Battle Raging Near Minsk, Stalin Calls for Scorched Earth, 7/11/1941

6/30/1944, G.O.P. Nominates Dewey; Efficient, Non-Committal on Foreign Policy, Concentrates on Home-Front

6/30/1944; Point-Blank Tank Battles in Progress Between Orne & Odon Rivers; U.S. Launches Attack Near St. Lo

6/30/1944, Map Showing British Forces in France Attacking Across River Odon Near Caen

6/30/1944, Delegates of International Labor Conference at Philadelphia Declare Over 3,000,000 Jews Murdered by Nazis

6/30/1944, Stalin Announces Capture of Bobruisk, Petrozavonsk (West Shore of Lake Onega), & Murmansk-Kirov Railway

Map, Bobruisk, Google

Map, Petrozavonsk, Google

Map, Murmansk, Google

Kirov-Murmansk Railway, Wikipedia

6/30/1944, Japanese Retreat from Mogaung, Chindits & Chinese in Pursuit; Red Chinese Ignore Orders to Fight Japs

Map, Mogaung Burma, Google

Chindits, Special Force Burma, 1942-1944

Background on Chinese Communists, Mao Backed Up His Dialectics with Armed Support, 1/14/1949

Stalin Cedes Manchurian Railways to Red Chinese, Railroads Had Prospered Under Japanese Control, 3/24/1950

Map, Manchukuo (Manchuria), Wikipedia [Mao returned Stalin's favor by bogging down U.S. troops in Korea.]

6/30/1944, German Troops Arrive in Helsinki via Battleship, Soviet Tanks & Artillery Push Out from Viipuri

Map, Viipuri (Vyborg), Google

6/30/1944, U.S. Infantry on Saipan Advances Two Miles North Along East Coast, Tokyo Warns of U.S. Fighting Spirit

Map, Saipan Island, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

Map, Road to Tokyo, 6/29/1944

6/30/1944, Veteran Dutch Pilot Col. Everhardus J.G. Roller Killed in Action While Strafing Jap Shipping N.W. of Australia

6/30/1944, Pope Receives Commander of Polish Forces in Italy & Wishes Early Resurrection of Poland

6/30/1944, British Association of Refrigeration Gets Cold Storage Tips (Continued from Yesterday)

6/30/1944, Pittsburgh Pirate (32-25) Baseball Statistics; 3 Regulars Above .250; Sewell 9-4 W-L, 115.1ip, 100h, 34w, 36k

6/30/1944, Phils' Bill Lee (10ip,ShO,6h) Outpitches Munger (10ip,6h,1r); Two Passes in 10th & Wasdell Single Tops Cards

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6/30/1944, War News, Germans Routed in Russia; Tank Battles in Normandy; 5th Army in Italy; New Guiney

Map, Fortress Europe Under Siege, Google

6/30/1944, Russian Spearheads 35 Miles from Minsk, Red Army Columns Supported by 3,000 Fighter-Bomber Sorties

Map, Eastern Front, Summer of '44, Wikipedia

6/30/1944, Gen. MacArthur's G.H.Q. in N. Guinea Issues Communique Listing Latest Pacific Actions [See Maps Below]

Newsmap, 6/24/1944

Map, New Guinea Area, Allied Advances with Dates Indicated, Army History

Map; Lautem, Timor; Google [Aerodrome Bombed, Results Unobserved]

Map, Selaroe Island of the Tanimbar Islands Group, Google [Air Patrols Strafe Enemy Installations]

Map; Babo, Dutch New Guinea; Google [Heavy Bombers Deliver Explosives to Aerodrome]

Map, Kia Islands, Google [Coastal Freighter Strafed & Destroyed]

Map, Sorong, Google [Heavy Bombers Leave Jefman Aerodrome Burning, Large Explosions in Dispersal Areas]

Satellite View; Jefman Aerodrome, Dutch New Guinea; Google

Map; Manokwari, Dutch New Guinea, Google [Ground Attack Planes Strike Aerodromes]

Map, Noemfoor Island, Google [Attack Planes Sweep Aerodrome, Striking Bivouacs, Gun Positions, & Dispersal Areas]

Map, Biak, Google [Ground Patrols Kill 272 Japs, Fighter Planes Strafe Villages & Trails]

Map; Sarmi - Maffin, New Guinea; Google [Air Patrols Attack Enemy Positions]

Map, Hollandia, Google [Fighter Planes Attack Coastal Villages East of Hollandia]

Map, Wewak, Google [Ground Attack Planes, Medium Bombers, & Fighters Strike Jap Bivouacs]

British New Guinea, British Empire

Map, Yakamul, Google [Supply Points Targeted]

Map, Bunabun, Google [Start of Allied Advance to Mouth of Sepik River]

Map, Mouth of Sepik River, Google [Infantry Forces Rapidly Advance 80 Miles N.E. to Mouth of Sepik River]

Map, Hansa Bay, Google [Abandoned Supplies & Equip. Captured at Enemy's Former Principal Coastal Base]

Map, Yap Islands, Google [Heavies Bomb Runway, Seven of 30 Interceptors Shot Down]

Map, Sorol Island, Google [One Heavy Recon Unit Bombed Sorol Island]

Map; Ifalik, Woleai, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia Google [Air Patrols Bomb Aerodrome & Installations]

Map, New Ireland Island, Google [Light Naval Units Shelled Central & South Coastal Points]

Map, Kavieng, New Ireland, Google [Air Patrols Harassed Kavieng]

Map; Rabaul, New Britain; Google [Fighters & Dive Bombers Attack A.A. Positions]

Battle for New Britain, U.S. War Department, YouTube [Seven Barges Destroyed in Wide Bay]

Map; Wide Bay, New Britain: Google [Medium Bombers & Air Patrols Hit Enemy Outposts in Wide Bay Area]

Map, Bougainville, Google [Fighter Patrols Bomb & Strafe Tanekau (Near Kieta) & Coastal Localities]

6/30/1944, R.A.F. Fighters Improving Robot Bomb Shoot-Down Rates; A.A. Commander Wants 90% Instead of 12%

6/30/1944, Super Forts Within Range of Tokyo; Forrestal Predicts Jap Homeland Will Soon Be Rocking

6/30/1944, Allied Strategic Plan Conceived at Teheran (Iran) Conference; 400 Divisions Engaged in European Battle Zone

Iranian Execution Squads Set New Record, 5/9/1979

Iran Bans Music; Teheran Discos See Slow Down; Executions Reach 358 Before Revolutionary Firing Squads, 7/24/1979

Eighteen More Kurdish Rebels Executed in Teheran, 8/21/1979

Iran to Crush Outlaw Kurdish Rebels with Mass Executions by Firing Squad; 57 Kurds Executed Tuesday, 8/29/1979

Twenty Iranian Military Men Executed at Dawn in Teheran, 7/25/1980

President-Elect Reagan Says He Will Not Pay Ransom to Iranian "Barbarians", Iranian Parliament Offended, 12/29/1980

Teheran Radio Threatens Executions of 52 U.S. Hostages, 1/1/1981

Iranian Prosecutor Warns Children Can Be Executed for Demonstrating, 1/21/1981

Reagan Inaugurated Under Sunny Skies, Iran Releases Hostages, 1/21/1981, Part 1

Reagan Inaugurated Under Sunny Skies, Iran Releases Hostages, 1/21/1981, Part 2

6/30/1944, Allied Air War Resumes Over Europe; Fortresses & Liberators Hit German Marshaling Yards, 15 Heavies Lost

6/30/1944, Britain to Name Members of Commission of Inquiry into Food Shortages & Epidemics in India

6/30/1944, Woman World Chess Champion Vera Menchik Killed by Enemy Action in Southern England, Left Russia in 1923

Miss Vera Menchik Earns Title of World's First Woman Chess Champion, Father Czecho-Slovakian, 9/17/1927

Miss Menchik Wins Chess Title 11.5 to 4.5 Over Miss Graf; Play-by-Play for 2nd & 14th Games Listed, 9/4/1937

6/30/1944, U.S. Finally Breaks Off Relations with Finland After Failing to Make Peace Between Stalin & Finns, Part 1

6/30/1944, U.S. Finally Breaks Off Relations with Finland After Failing to Make Peace Between Stalin & Finns, Part 2

Map, Finland, Google

Russians Launch Waves of Shock Troops Against Finnish Lines Day & Night for Five Days, 1/26/1940

6/30/1944, Bearded Yanks on Saipan Battle North Step-by-Step After Crushing Jap Resistance on Southern Half of Island

Satellite View, Saipan, Google

6/30/1944, Work Slackers Placed in Same Category as Deserters; Over-Optimism Could Prolong War

6/30/1944, Navy Promotes Chymczuk Brothers; Harry Serving in S. Pacific; Peter Celebrated D-Day on U.S.S. Tuscaloosa

6/30/1944, Detroit's Newhouser 2-Hits Senators; York Breaks Up 0-0 Duel in 8th with HR Off Wynn; Attendance 10,106

6/30/1944, Yankee Rookie Dubiel (2h,4k,6w) Blanks Brownies 1-0; Hemsley's Single to Center Scores Winner in Home 9th

6/30/1944, Baseball Standings, St. Louis Cardinals 41-19; St. Louis Browns 38-29; Pirates 32-25; Yankees 33-29

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6/30/1944, Stalin Congratulates F.D.R. on Liberation of Cherbourg & Hails Valiant U.S./British Troops on "Brilliant Success"

6/30/1944, Pfc. Willie Burns of 815 N. Rath Ludington Wounded in Italy on June 5 & Now in Hospital Recovering

Map, Ludington Michigan, Google

6/30/1944, Mellor Music Store to Close Down After 113 Years Due to War Shortages of Pianos (85,000 Sold) & Organs

6/30/1944, Soviet Correspondent Reports 25,000 Jews of 80,000 in Czernowitz Survived 33 Months Nazi Occupation

Map; Czernowitz, Province of Bukovina; Google

Czernowitz, 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia

Bukovina in WWII, Wikipedia

Rumania Cedes Northern Bukovina to Russia, 7/30/1940

Soviets Evacuate Thousands of Jews from Czernowitz; Nazi Radio Confirms Mass Shootings of Jews in Minsk, 7/11/1941

6/30/1944, Jaws of Red Army Open to Seize Minsk; Soviets Supplied with Great Fleets of U.S.-Made Trucks, Part 1

6/30/1944, Jaws of Red Army Open to Seize Minsk; Soviets Supplied with Great Fleets of U.S.-Made Trucks, Part 2

Map, Minsk, Google

6/30/1944; Portsmouth Mourns Loss of Paratrooper Lt. Atkinson, Killed in Normandy on June 8; Was in First Wave; Part 1

6/30/1944; Portsmouth Mourns Loss of Paratrooper Lt. Atkinson, Killed in Normandy on June 8; Was in First Wave; Part 2

Map, Portsmouth Ohio, Google

6/30/1944, Canadian Army Issues Latest Casualty Lists

6/30/1944, Latest Batches of Newberry Selectees to Report for Induction at Ft. Jackson on July 5

Map; Newberry, South Carolina; Google

January Food Requirements for Fort Jackson: 1,200,000 Eggs; 85,000 Pounds of Bacon, Etc; 3/1/1941

6/30/1944, German Living Space Shrinking; 2,024,000 Sq. Miles Once Held by Axis Down to 1,400,000 Sq. Miles

Map, Fortress Europe Under Siege, Wikipedia

6/30/1944, U.S. Navy Seaman Maitre Reported Missing Now Presumed Dead; Canadian Rifleman Smole Missing in Action

6/30/1944, British Spearheads 11 Miles from Closing Around Caen, Germans Attack Flanks; Action Near St. Lo, Part 1

6/30/1944, British Spearheads 11 Miles from Closing Around Caen, Germans Attack Flanks; Action Near St. Lo, Part 2

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/30/1944, SHAEF Communiques Nos. 48 & 49, Bridgehead Over River Odon Expanded, Germans Bring in Fresh Troops

6/30/1944; Mt. Airy Airman Julius Jackson Missing in Action Over Germany; Fortress Gunner Carter Was Missing, Now POW

Map; Mt. Airy, North Carolina; Google

6/30/1944, Ernie Pyle on Cherbourg Peninsula, Winding Roads, Normandy Countryside Less Neat than Rural England

6/30/1944, Prospects for Heavy Yielding Grain Crops Across Canada Good After Rains; Warm Weather Now Necessary

6/30/1944, Walter Winchell Peeks at Famed Maître d' Notebook on Celebs; Cary Grant - Very Nice, Etc.

6/30/1944, Stillwell's Planes Attempt to Stem Jap Tide at Hengyang; Chinese Overwhelm Yiyang, Japs Annihilated

Map, Hengyang, Google

Map, Yiyang, Google

6/30/1944, Moscow Radio Warns Wehrmacht on Eastern Front of Impending Doom, 32,000 Germans KIA on June 27 & 28

6/30/1944, U.S. Naval & Air Power Forcing Japan to Move Some Production to China; U.S. & Japan Need China as Base

6/30/1944, Yanks Push Five Miles Up West Italian Coast & Capture Castagneto; German Resistance Intensifying

Map, Castagneto Italy, Google

6/30/1944, Germans Willing to Surrender to U.S. Troops, but Not to French

6/30/1944, Berlin Reports U.S. Bombers from Italy Striking Vienna Area for Second Time in 12 Hours

Map, Vienna, Google

6/30/1944; Canadian Army Recruits 11,499 During March, April, & May; Defense Minister Wants 4,000 a Month

6/30/1944, Tex Hughson (5ip,11h, 4r,1w,3k) Shaky, but Gets 11th Win; Boston Edges White Sox 5-4; Chisox' Tucker 3 Hits

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6/30/1944, Germans Inflict Heavy Losses on Soviet Formations S.E. of Polotsk, Big Battles Near Upper Reaches of Berezina

Map, Polotsk, Google

Map, Berezina River, Google [Germans Offering Tenacious Resistance Against Superior Soviet Offensives]

6/30/1944, Red Army Engineers Plunge into Berezina Under Heavy Fire, Mass Crossings on Pontoon Bridges Underway

Photo, Berezina River in Barysaw (N.E. of Minsk), Google

6/30/1944, Scottish Infantrymen Secure Two Bridges Across Odon, Germans Deploy "Battle Groups"—MGs, Tanks, Infantry

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/30/1944, Allies Attacking Along 17-Mile Front in Normandy, German Panzer Formation Knocks Out 53 Tanks

6/30/1944, U.S. Marines on Saipan (Under Deadly Hail of MG & Mortar Fire) Liquidate Japs in Caves & Crevices, Part 1

6/30/1944, U.S. Marines on Saipan (Under Deadly Hail of MG & Mortar Fire) Liquidate Japs in Caves & Crevices, Part 2

Map, Pacific Islands, 6/29/1944

Map, Location of Major Pacific Battles, Texas University

Map, Pacific Theater, Army History

6/30/1944, House Subcommittee Hints Japan's Failure to Treat POWs i.a.w. International Law Disrespects Civilization

6/30/1944, (Delayed, 11/1943) Axis Night Bombers Sink 9,135-Ton Troopship off Sicily in Rain, 1,700 Soldiers Rescued

Map, Sicily, Google

6/30/1944, Navy Reveals U.S. Fliers Have Destroyed 12,085 Japanese Planes Since Pearl Harbor vs. 2,726 Losses

Japan Declares War on Britain & U.S.; Pearl Harbor Bombed; U.S. Sustains Heavy Losses in Men & Warships, 12/9/1941

Gov. Poindexter of Hawaii Reports (via Wireless to F.D.R.) Second Wave of Japanese Planes Over Honolulu, 12/9/1941

6/30/1944, Battle of Burma, Country Is Big Booby Trap, Numerous Leeches, Monkey Meat Turns Green When Cooked, Etc.

Map, Burma, Google

6/30/1944, War Dept. Reports Four Utahns KIA; Pvt. Garner Missing in P.I. Since 5/7/1942 Now Listed as Killed

Battle Map, Philippine Islands, 12/10/1941 to 5/6/1942, Emerson Kent

Waves of Jap Assault Troops Overrun U.S. Outposts at Bataan; Japan Apologizes for Bombing Hospital, 4/1/1942

Map; Bataan, Philippines; Google

Jap Forces Smash Wainwright's Army Making Last Stand on Bataan; U.S. Retreats to Corregidor, 4/11/1942, Part 1

Jap Forces Smash Wainwright's Army Making Last Stand on Bataan; U.S. Retreats to Corregidor, 4/11/1942, Part 2

Map, Corregidor Island, Google

Island Fort of Corregidor in Manila Bay Shelled by Jap Artillery & Dive Bombers, 4/20/1942

Corregidor Falls to Japs After 28-Day Siege, 5/6/1942, Part 1

Corregidor Falls to Japs After 28-Day Siege, 5/6/1942, Part 2

6/30/1944, Japan Agrees to Send Ship to Pick Up $2,500,000 Worth of POW Relief Supplies Warehoused at Vladivostok

Map, Vladivostok, Google

6/30/1944, Saipan One Long Nightmare of Jap Sniper Fire & Mortars; Marines Bring Out 3 Jap Women & Kids, Part 1

6/30/1944, Saipan One Long Nightmare of Jap Sniper Fire & Mortars; Marines Bring Out 3 Jap Women & Kids, Part 2

Map, Saipan Island, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/30/1944, Details of Sinking of Destroyer U.S.S. Ingraham Released; Collision in Fog Off Canada, Most of Crew Perished

6/30/1944, Dewey Tells G.O.P. Committee to Expect Gov't Propaganda Agencies to Direct Attention at Party Divisions

6/30/1944, Allie Reynolds (3h,5w,4k) of Cleveland Indians Shuts Out Philadelphia Athletics 6-0; Reynolds Hits 2 Doubles

Allie Reynolds Fans 10 Brownies; Yanks Win 5-0; Woodling Triples & Doubles, 7/15/1949

World Series Game One, Yankee Stadium, Boxscore, Allie Reynolds 2-Hits Brooklyn Dodgers, 10/6/1949

Henrich HR Ends Newcombe-Reynolds 0-0 Duel Before 66,224, Newcombe Walks Off Heartbroken, 10/6/1949, Part 1

Henrich HR Ends Newcombe-Reynolds 0-0 Duel Before 66,224, Newcombe Walks Off Heartbroken, 10/6/1949, Part 2

Play-by-Play, Game One, 1949 World Series, Ultimate Pitchers' Duel, Reynolds-Newcombe, 10/6/1949, Part 1

Play-by-Play, Game One, 1949 World Series, Ultimate Pitchers' Duel, Reynolds-Newcombe, 10/6/1949, Part 2

Reynolds Earns 150th MLB Win by Limiting Red Sox 7-0; Mantle Contributes 2 HRs & Double, 8/12/1952

Reynolds (ShO,4h,10k,3w) Cuts Through Heart of Brooklyn Batting Order, Yanks Even Series, 10/5/1952

Yankees' Allie Reynolds Blanks Red Sox 7-0; Mantle Rips HR, Double, & 2 Singles; 5/23/1954

6/30/1944, Baseball Standings, Tight Squeeze in A.L., 2nd-Place Yanks Have Only 3 More Wins than Last-Place Indians

6/30/1944, League Leaders, Walker .378, 46 RBIs; Ott 18 HRs; Musial .374; Tucker .373; Weintraub .337, 11 HRs, 49 RBIs

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6/30/1944, Germans Counterattacking British Odon-Orne Salient, Berlin Reports U.S. Breakthrough N.E. of St. Lo, Part 1

6/30/1944, Germans Counterattacking British Odon-Orne Salient, Berlin Reports U.S. Breakthrough N.E. of St. Lo, Part 2

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/30/1944, Three Allied Drives in Close Race for Berlin; Russian Front 640 Miles from Berlin, Normandy 650, Italy 635

Map, Fortress Europe Under Siege, Wikipedia

6/30/1944, Photo, German Officer Captured During Battle on Cherbourg Peninsula, "Der Fuehrer Will Not Like This!"

6/30/1944, Caen, Germans Cut Loose on Columns of British & Canadian Tanks, Birds Startled; Corpses, Pools of Oil & Blood

6/30/1944, POW Camp; Captured Allied Airmen Who Once Kept Fires Blazing in Berlin Now Keeping Prison Stoves Ablaze

6/30/1944, Several Crates of Goering's Furniture Reportedly Arrive in Switzerland; Laval Stashing Gold in Argentina

6/30/1944, Sports Stars Serving Uncle Sam, Bobby Jones, Joe Louis, Shields, Allison, French, Weaver, Bauers, Kleinhans

Bobby Jones Wins British Amateur Open Golf Championship in Scotland, 6/1/1930

St. Andrews Scotland Honors Golfer Bobby Jones, 10/10/1958

Map; St. Andrews, United Kingdom; Google

Joe Louis KOs Max Schmeling in 1st Round Before 75,000 at Yankee Stadium, 6/23/1938

Frank X. Shields Outclasses Henry Culley 6-3, 6-0 to Advance in Eastern Grass Court Tennis Championship, 8/5/1935

Wilmur Allison Recovers to Defeat Gil Hunt 2-6, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 to Win Longwood Tennis Tourney; 7/25/1937

Pittsburgh's Larry French (4h,1w,1k) Blanks Braves 1-0; Cantwell (8ip,7h,1w,0k) Loses Duel, 9/14/1933

Lefty Larry French (8h,1w,6k) of Cubs Bounces Back from Slump to Blank Phils, 6/9/1936

Cubs Cash in on Larry French (4h,1w,0k) Shutout of Reds, 8/24/1936

French (ShO,2w,0k) Scatters 5 Pirate Safeties, Brooklyn (62-27) Extends N.L. Lead to 6.5 Games, 7/21/1942

French (ShO,4h,1w,6k; W-L 12-1) & Dodgers (76-33) Get 1-0 Gift; Phils' Melton (8.1ip) Walks in Winner in 9th, 8/13/1942

French (ShO,0w,6k) 1-Hits Phils, Faces 27 batters; Dodgers Near Elimination, 9/24/1942, Part 1

French (ShO,0w,6k) 1-Hits Phils, Faces 27 batters; Dodgers Near Elimination, 9/24/1942, Part 2

Dodger President MacPhail Quits to Join Army, Once Tried to Kidnap Kaiser (but No Plans for Hitler), 9/24/1942

Baseball Standings, St. Louis Cardinals (103-48) Lead Brooklyn Dodgers (100-50); Cards Need 2 Wins to Clinch, 9/24/1942

Boxscores, Dodgers Trounce Phils 6-0; Cards Trip Reds 4-2; French Misses Perfect Game; Musial 3 Hits, 9/24/1942

Cards (104-48) Postponed; Dodgers (103-50) Avoid Elimination with 8-3 Win, 9/27/1942 [Last MLB Game for French.]

Larry French, Baseball Reference [French Joined the Navy in Jan. 1943 & Remained in the Naval Reserve After WWII.]

Larry French, SABR [French Was Recalled to Active Duty During the Korean War & Retired from the Navy in 1969.]

World Series: Washington Senators Send Out Weaver to Face Giants' Hubbell; N.Y. Up 1-0 in 4th on Terry HR, 10/6/1933

Game Four Goes into Extra Innings in 1-1 Pitchers' Battle; Carl Hubbell (9ip,5h) vs. Monte Weaver (9ip,8h), 10/6/1933

Giants Win 2-1 in 11 Innings; Hubbell's Stout Left Arm Induces Bases-Loaded DP to End Game Four, 10/6/1933

Boxscore, Hubbell (11ip,8h,4w,5k) Pitches on 2 Days Rest; Weaver (10.2ip,11h,3w,3k) Pitches Valiantly, 10/7/1933

Bucs Sweep Cards 8-4, 4-0; Pirates Gain 2 Games on Cubs; Bauers (6h,3k,5w) Tosses Shut Out, 8/16/1937

Bauers Twists Knee During Horseplay on Pirate Pullman; Pitcher Rushed to St. Louis by Airplane for Treatment, 4/7/1938

Bauers (9ip,5h,1r,2w,2k) Rescues Pittsburgh from Philly Sweep, 7/21/1938

Bucs Win 1-0; Russ Bauers (2w,5k) Limits Cards to 2 Hits, 8/10/1938

Bauers Outduels Phils' Hollingsworth 1-0; Nightcap Called at 1-1; Bucs Boost N.L. Lead, 9/19/1938

Baseball Standings, 9/19/1938

Specialist Advises Arm Operation for Russ Bauers; Pirate Pitcher then Gets Draft Notice in Mail, 6/11/1943

Reds' Pitcher Ted Kleinhans Snaps Cub Winning Streak, 6/3/1938

Ted Kleinhans, SABR; Wounded in France in WWI, Served in England in WWII

Sports Stars Serving in U.K., 6/10/1944

6/30/1944, Yanks Continue Drive with Clean Sweep of Brownies & Sixth Straight Win; Shutouts Are Order of the Day

6/30/1944; Dewey Did Dirty Work in Dad's Print Shop, Worked on Farm, Clerked Drugstore, Toured Europe in Jalopy

6/30/1944, U.S. Navy's Top Fighter Ace Lieut. Alexander Vraciu Downs Six Jap Dive Bombers in Battle of Marianas

Map, Pacific Theater, Army History

6/30/1944, Pvt. George McClure Wounded in Italy, Sends Money Order to Mom; Brother John Not Heard from Since D-Day

Map, Jeannette Pennsylvania, Google [Hometown of Pvt. George McClure & Pfc. John McClure (Somewhere in France).]

6/30/1944, Germans Evacuate in W. Italy Behind Screen of Minefields & Demolitions; U.S./French Units Near Siena, Part 1

6/30/1944, Germans Evacuate in W. Italy Behind Screen of Minefields & Demolitions; U.S./French Units Near Siena, Part 2

Map, Siena Italy, Google

6/30/1944, Marine Sgt. Paul Houlihan of Tewksbury Killed in Action in S. Pacific; Mother Receives Last Battlefield Letter

Map, Tewksbury Massachusetts, Google

6/30/1944, Wounded U.S. Marines from Saipan Arrive at Oahu; Yanks Withheld Fire from Dwellings in Early Phases

Map, Oahu Hawaii, Google

Satellite View, Saipan Island, Google

6/30/1944, Merchant Marine Radio Operator Training Program Shortened & Entrance Requirements Reduced

6/30/1944, Finnish Problem Hot Potato for Mr. Hull; Finns Reject Peace, Russians Want Finns to Pay for Leningrad Siege

Map, Leningrad, Google

Finland Showing Sturdy Determination to Maintain Its Independence, 10/17/1939

Russians Pressure Baltics for Pacts, Finland Next, Soviets Aim to Block German Invasion Routes, 10/18/1939

Finland Calmly Preparing to Meet Any Threat to Frontiers by Soviet Expansion of Spheres of Influence, 11/11/1939

War Week, Soviet Invasion of Finland Overshadows Other Phases of War Between Allied Powers & Germany, 12/6/1939

Fires Raging in Leningrad Visible from Finland; Refugees Flee German Blitz into City; Food Scarce, 9/6/1941, Part 1

Fires Raging in Leningrad Visible from Finland; Refugees Flee German Blitz into City; Food Scarce, 9/6/1941, Part 2

Finns Report Big Fires in Leningrad Set by German Artillery; Deadly Havoc Among Refugees Jammed into City; 9/16/1941

6/30/1944, Red Army Pouring Across Berezina River on Widening Front, Russians Begin Outflanking Fortress City of Minsk

Map, Berezina River, Google

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6/30/1944, New York Stock Market Transactions, DOW Chemical 129; U.S. Steel 59; Greyhound 22.375

6/30/1944, Heavier War Needs Seen, Ordnance Contracts Expected to Increase During Next Critical Six Months

6/30/1944, Nazi Authorities in Florence Announce Those Caught Hiding Jews Will Face Firing Squad

Map, Florence Italy, Google

6/30/1944, Yanks 40 Miles from Florence; U.S. Troops on Italy's Highway 1 Hear Reverberations of German Demolitions

6/30/1944, Milwaukee Draft Boards List Men Inducted into Armed Forces

6/30/1944, India Worried About Liquidation of Its Sterling Balance by External Decisions Not in Interest of Indian Welfare

Map, India in the 19th Century, British Expansion 1805-1910

Scaricity of Ports in India, Freight Costs High, British Send Engineer for Improvement Report, 2/16/1871

Infant Mortality in India; 48% of Children Die Within First 12 Months, 3/3/1877

Railway Systems of India, 6,278 Miles, Ironworks Imported from Britain, 10/13/1877

Coolies Returning from British Guiana to Calcutta Look Healthy; Outbound Coolies Look Half-Starved, 7/1/1882, Part 1

Coolies Returning from British Guiana to Calcutta Look Healthy; Outbound Coolies Look Half-Starved, 7/1/1882, Part 2

Map; Demerara, British Guiana; Google

Map, Calcutta India, Google

Unrest in India, Mysteries of Native Mind Baffle British Administration, 8/18/1897

Sudra Caste in India Considered Outcasts to Man & God Because They Labor, 7/21/1906

Future of India, 2,400 Tribes & Castes, 150 Languages, Farmhands Banned from School, 11/28/1918

India's Untouchables Hope for Help from No One But the Missionary, 5/16/1929

Upper-Class India Not Interested in Uplifting the Masses; Untouchables Only Hope Is the Christianizing of India, 9/11/1930

Untouchables Rank at Bottom of Hindu Pyramid, Shadow of Untouchable Renders Water Polluted, 3/1/1933

Untouchables of India Not Allowed in Hindu Temples, 12/20/1934

Home Rule for India, Caste System, Hindus Seek No Converts, Muslims Fiery Crusaders, Pakistan Solution, 12/4/1943

6/30/1944, Glasgow Society Raises £10,000 for Cost of General Sikorski Memorial Hospital to Be Built in Poland After War

Germans Closing in on Warsaw, Russians to Occupy Eastern Poland, Gen. Sikorski Takes Over Polish Army, 9/16/1939

Sikorski Charges Nazis with Reprisal Shooting of Ten Poles at Chejnice for Death of German Policeman, 12/1/1939

Map, Chejnice Poland, Google

Gen. Sikorski Urges Poland to Fight for Freedom After Polish Troops Evacuated from France to England, 6/25/1940

Gen. Sikorski Broadcasts to Poles on Russian Front; Germans Overextended, Winter Is Coming, 9/20/1941

Sikorski & Stalin Sign Pact, Pledge Mutual Assistance at Kremlin Banquet, 12/5/1941

Gen. Sikorski Broadcasts to Poland, Reports Germans Shooting Hostages & Tens of Thousands of Jews; 6/10/1942

Polish Authorities Gravely Concerned About 8,300 Missing Officers After Germans Report Finding Mass Graves, 4/17/1943

Russians Break Relations with Polish Gov't in London for Accord with German Charges of Soviet Mass Murders, 4/28/1943

German Commission Verifies 10,000 Polish Officers Shot & Buried by Soviets Near Smolensk, 5/3/1943

Murdered Officers, Texts of Polish Press Releases; Stalin in '41 Told Sikorski All Poles Had Been Released, 6/11/1943

P.M. of Polish Gov't in London & Chief of Polish Forces Gen. Sikorski Killed in Air Crash After Leaving Gibraltar, 7/6/1943

Map, Gibraltar, Google

Churchill Pays Tribute to Dead Polish P.M., 7/6/1943

Sikorski Death Severe Blow to Allied Solidarity, 7/6/1943

German Radio Suggests Gen. Sikorsky Assassinated Due to Polish Demands in Quarrel with Moscow, 7/6/1943

Moscow Communique Announces Capture of Katyn, Site of Polish Officer Mass Graves; 8/29/1943

Map; Katyn, Smolensk Oblast, Russia; Google

Sabatoge Ruled Out in Crash of U.S. Bomber Carrying Gen. Sikorski, Elevator Controls Jammed, 9/21/1943

Katyn Commission; Russian Housegirl Says Germans Trucked Poles to Forest, Shot Them, & Later Drank Liquor; 1/27/1944

6/30/1944, Philadelphia Navy Yard Discloses New Super Battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin Has Set Commissioning Record

Photo, U.S.S. Wisconsin, Wikipedia

6/30/1944, Camouflage Beer Cans on Way to Fighting Fronts; Duquesne Brewing Co. Plant No. 2 to Export to Army & Navy

6/30/1944, Casey Stengel's Jittery Milwaukee Brewers Blow 5-Run Lead Against Mud Hens; Toledo Extends Win Streak

6/30/1944, Baseball Standings, Milwaukee 46-23; Toledo 40-25; Columbus 39-25; Louisville 38-28; St. Paul 30-27

6/30/1944, Milwaukee Schnitts (aka Chicks) Suppress South Bend Blue Sox with Timely Hitting Before 4,000 at Borchert

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6/30/1944, Memphis Stays Half-Game in Front of Crackers; War Plant Worker Lefty Veverka & One-Armed Gray Limit N.O.

6/30/1944, Standings, Southern Association, Memphis 38-24; Atlanta 37-24; Little Rock 37-27; Birmingham 32-30

6/30/1944, Pfc. Andrew Williams & Cpl. Otis Payne of Waycross Were with First Port Battalion to Land in North Africa

Map, Waycross Georgia, Google

Second Front Opened; U.S. Troops Land Along Coast of French Morocco, 11/9/1942

U.S. Troops Land in French North Africa; Germans Bog Down in Stalingrad, 11/13/1942

Map, French North Africa, Army History

Map, Stalingrad, Google

Morocco, Past & Present; Cosmopolitan Casablanca, 11/14/1942

Allies Squeezing Rommel in North Africa; Germans Launch Offensives in All Sectors at Stalingrad, 11/20/1942

Allied Forces Invade Tunisia from Algeria; Russian Offensive Threatens to Cut Off Germans at Stalingrad, 11/27/1942

Allied Troops & Tanks Enter Tunis; Red Army Pincers Trap Germans at Stalingrad; Japs Bomb Darwin, 12/4/1942

Map, Tunis, Google

Map, Darwin Australia, Google

With Army Supply Troops in N. Africa, Food Is Good; Snipers, Dust, Hot Sun, Rain, Men Cheerful, 12/5/1942, Part 1

With Army Supply Troops in N. Africa, Food Is Good; Snipers, Dust, Hot Sun, Rain, Men Cheerful, 12/5/1942, Part 2

German Counterattack in Mateur-Teborba Area Checks Allies; Russians Tighten Grip on Germans at Stalingrad, 12/11/1942

Map, Mateur Tunisia, Google

Map, Teborba Tunisia, Google

Germans Counterattack Allies in Tunisia; Fierce Battles Raging as Germans Attempt to Relieve Stalingrad, 12/18/1942

Axis Forces Retreating into Tunisia; Germans Attempt Breakout from Stalingrad, Fierce Fighting Raging; 12/24/1942

Bad Weather & Boggy Ground Hinders Ops in Tunisia; Russians Break Up German Attempt to Relieve Stalingrad, 1/1/1943

Food Plentiful in N. Africa; Sugar, Soap Scarce; French Arab Markets Stocked with Beans, Corn, Chickens, Goats; 1/9/1943

Red Cross Distributes Milk to Algerian Children; Port Facilities & Shipping Space Limit Food Aid, 1/16/1943

Churchill & F.D.R. Complete Secret Casablanca Conference; War Terms to Be Unconditional Surrender, 1/27/1943, Part 1

Churchill & F.D.R. Complete Secret Casablanca Conference; War Terms to Be Unconditional Surrender, 1/27/1943, Part 2

Map, Casablanca, Google

German Armored Columns in Tunisia Penetrate Allied Lines; 300,000 Axis Troops Wiped Out at Stalingrad, 2/2/1943

Hitler Orders Three Days of Mourning for Loss of Sixth Army at Stalingrad, 2/5/1943

F.D.R. Reviews War Plans in Radio Address from White House After Returning from Casablanca, 2/13/1943

Tunisian Front, German Planes Bomb & Strafe Foxholes; Artillery Fire Brightens Night Sky, 4/13/1943, Part 1

Tunisian Front, German Planes Bomb & Strafe Foxholes; Artillery Fire Brightens Night Sky, 4/13/1943, Part 2

6/30/1944, Stalin Tells U. of Chicago Professor Lange that Poland Should Be Independent, Strong, & Friendly to U.S.S.R.

6/30/1944, Red Army Advances Up to 80 Miles in One Week; Stalin Cites 26 Generals in Capture of Vitebsk

Map, Eastern Front, Summer of '44, Wikipedia

Map, Vitebsk, Google

Eight Soviet Generals Shot for Treason; All Pled Guilty—Were Fascists & Wanted to Cede Ukraine to Germany; 6/14/1937

New Purges Hit Old Bolsheviks; It's Like Hitler Himself Picked Out Key Soviet Officials for Execution, 3/6/1938

6/30/1944, Thirty-Nine Wisconsin Men Listed in Latest Army Casualty Announcement

6/30/1944, U.S. Marines on Saipan Storm Hill No. 700 Under Hail of Fire; Jap Snipers Crawl Through Caves & Underbrush

Satellite View, Saipan, Google

6/30/1944, Public Debt Reaches $200,230,958,523.06

6/30/1944, Harry C. Sachse Stationed in New Guiney with Navy Seabees, Wife Staying with Mother for Duration

Seabees, U.S. Navy Construction Battalions Turn Jungles into Aerodromes During Torrential Downpours, 8/28/1943

6/30/1944, German Ballad "Lilli Marlene" No. 1 Song Among All Lovesick Men on All Fronts

Lilli Marlene, YouTube

"Lilli Marlene" Song Tells Story of German Soldier on Distance Front Longing for His Girl in Berlin, 11/24/1943

6/30/1944; War Time Traffic Toll Reaches 9,400 Lives in First Five Months of 1944, Up About 1,000 from '43 (11%)

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