June 21, 1944

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6/21/1944, Cherbourg Under Seige, Heavy Guns Pound Germans; British Retake Tilly After Four-Days of Fierce Fighting

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/21/1944, Japs Lose 300 Planes to U.S. Invasion Fleet Off Marianas, U.S. Marines Capture Aslito Airfield on Saipan

Map, Pacific Theater, Army History

Map, Saipan Island, Google

6/21/1944, Bitter Fighting with British Precedes German Withdrawal North of Perugia, Heavy Rains in Italy

Map, Perugia Italy, Google

6/21/1944; 1,500 U.S. Bombers Attack Oil Refineries, Tank Depots, & Pilotless Plane Launching Platforms on Continent

6/21/1944, Marshal Stalin Order of Day Announces Key Finnish Port of Viipuri on Karelian Isthmus Captured by Red Army

Map, Viipuri, Google

6/21/1944, Two Jap Airstrips on Biak Fall, Yank Infantrymen Use Tanks & Artillery to Drive Japs Off Nearby Ridges

Map, Biak Island, Google

6/21/1944, 50,000 Jap Troops Supported by Artillery & Warplanes Overwhelm Changsha in Hunan Province China

Map, Changsha, Google

6/21/1944, Burning German Vehicles Line Retreat Route into Cherbourg, Peasants in Groups Watch Battle from Fields

6/21/1944, Jap-U.S. Fleets Poised for Battle in Marianas; Saipan too Close for Comfort, Tokyo Would Be in B-29 Range

6/21/1944, Chronology of Normandy Invasion, 15 Days of Action Have Led Allied Troops to Outskirts of Cherbourg

Invasion! Extra!, 6/6/1944

6/21/1944, British 17-Mile Advance Drives Japs from Mao Songsang on Kohima-Imphal Road of Eastern India

Map, Imphal, Google

Map, Kohima, Google

Map, Mao Songsang, Google

6/21/1944, Red Army Pushes Beyond Viipuri on Finnish Front, Soviet Bulletin Reports Rest of Eastern Front Quiet

6/21/1944, Armadas of U.S. Bombers Escorted by Fighters Stream Toward German Robot-Bomb Launching Ramps

Home Security Announces Germans Now Raiding Britain with Pilotless Planes, 6/17/1944

6/21/1944, Finnish Radio Urges Evacuation of Non-Essential Helsinki Citizens, Moscow Says Finland on Brink of Defeat

Russia Invades Finland, 11/30/1939, Part 1

Russia Invades Finland, 11/30/1939, Part 2

History of Russo-Finnish War, 3/15/1940

Finland Issues Publication Explaining War with Russia, 9/28/1941

6/21/1944, Two U.S. Bombers (Part of Berlin Raid) Have Crashed & 10 Others Forced to Land on Swedish Territory

6/21/1944, U.S. Troops Seize Arc of High Ground Around Cherbourg, Huns Make Last Stand with MGs & Mortars, Part 1

6/21/1944, U.S. Troops Seize Arc of High Ground Around Cherbourg, Huns Make Last Stand with MGs & Mortars, Part 2

6/21/1944, Japanese Concentrate Naval Armada Between P.I. & U.S. Mariana Fleet, Nimitz Hints Sea-Battle Underway

6/21/1944; Personnel Strength of U.S. Navy, Marines, & Coast Guard Men & Women Reaches 3,400,646

6/21/1944, Buy Bonds to Blot Out Bums

6/21/1944; German Army Facing Severe Shortages of Warm Clothing, Reminiscent of Conditions in 1918

6/21/1944; South Carolina Traffic Fatalities Up 50% in April; Deaths Blamed on Drunkenness, Speeding, & Pedestrians

6/21/1944, Milwaukee Brewers Suppress Indianapolis Indians 8-3, Bill Norman Drives in Six Runs with HR & Single

6/21/1944, Canadian Red Cross Increases Food Parcels Sent to Europe for Allied POWs from 100,000 to 190,000 Weekly

6/21/1944, U.S. Sixth Army Troops Nearly Complete Conquest of Biak Island, Japs Cited for Stiff Resistance

6/21/1944, Cards Edge Cubs 2-1, Jurisich Outduels Chipman with Help by Dazzling Catches from Musial & Pepper Martin

6/21/1944, Baseball Standings, N.L., A.L., American Association, International Leage, Pacific Coast League

6/21/1944, Call for Investigation of F.D.R.-Churchill Pre-P.M. Dealings Causes Political Consternation in Washington

6/21/1944, U.S. Carrier Planes Attack Strong Jap Fleet at Sunset Between P.I. & Saipan, Losses Being Assessed, Part 1

6/21/1944, U.S. Carrier Planes Attack Strong Jap Fleet at Sunset Between P.I. & Saipan, Losses Being Assessed, Part 2

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6/21/1944, U.S. Marines Expand Saipan Beachhead, Reinforcements Pouring In, Assaulting Jap Troop Barges Wiped Out

6/21/1944, Correspondent Spends 13 Months in German Concentration Camp & Compares It to U.S.-Located POW Camps

6/21/1944, SHAEF Issues Communique No. 29, Port of Cherbourg Under Artillery Fire, Briquebec Liberated

Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), Ibiblio, Hyperwar

SHAEF Issues Pre-Invasion Order, Asks People of Western Europe to Begin Collecting Intelligence; 5/23/1944

German Radio First to Report Allied Invasion of Europe Has Begun, 6/7/1944

Washington Scrambles for Official Conformation After German Radio Flashes News of Invasion, 6/6/1944

Eisenhower Announces Troops Landing in Northern France, 6/6/1944, Part 1

Eisenhower Announces Troops Landing in Northern France, 6/6/1944, Part 2

SHAEF Communique No. 1, Allies Begin Landings in Northern France, 6/7/1944

Sea of Flame on Allied Landing Beaches, 6/7/1944

Goebbles Predicts Another Dunkirk, 6/7/1944

SHAEF Controls All Operations, 6/8/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 2, Landings Effected Under Cover of Air & Naval Bombardment, 6/8/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 3, Allied Forces Continue Landing, Bombers Attack Railways & Bridges, 6/7/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 4, German Resistance Stiffening, 6/9/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 5, Bayeux Falls to Allies, Steady Buildup of Forces Continues, 6/8/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 6, Allies Progress, Repeated German Attacks, Ceaseless Allied Air Patrols, 6/9/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 7, Landings Continue, German Armor Reinforcements Arrive, Railways Bombed, 6/9/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 8, U.S. Troops Cut Railway to Cherbourg, Fighting Severe Near Caan, 6/10/1944

SHAEF Communiques 9, 10, 11, & 12; Severe Fighting in Progress Against Strong German Armored Forces; 6/12/1944

German Communique, Bitter Fighting Continues with Increasing Intensity on Normandy Beachhead, 6/12/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 13, Rain Curtails Air Operations, U.S. Troops Advance East of Vire River, 6/13/1944

SHAEF Communiques 14 & 15, Strong German Resistance in Tilly Sector, Caen Bombed, Front Depth 18 Miles, 6/14/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 16, Allied Troops Advance Generally in All Sectors, 10,000 POWs Taken, 6/14/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 17, Armored Clashes Continue in Sector Between Tilly-Sur-Seulles & Caen, 6/15/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 18, Germans Launch Furious Counterattacks Near Tilly & in Cherbourg Pennisula, 6/15/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 19; Heavy Fighting Near Carentan, Montebourg, & Caen; Troops & Stores Unloading; 6/16/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 20, Allies Repulse Violent German Armored Attacks in Tilly Sector, 6/17/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 21, No Major Changes in Any Sectors, Allies Fly 3,000 Sorties Despite Bad Weather, 6/16/1944

SHAEF Communiques 22 & 23, Tilly Remains in German Hands, Patrols Active, 6/19/1944

SHAEF Communiques 24 & 25, Weather Clears, Air Operations Resume, Villages Liberated, 6/19/1944

SHAEF Communiques 26 & 27, Allies Cut Off Cherbourg Peninsula, 6/20/1944

SHAEF Communique No. 28, Heavy Fighting Near Tilly, Allies Consolidate on Cherbourg Peninsula, 6/20/1944

6/21/1944, Secret Service Breaks Up Black Market Ring, Four Chicagoans Arrested for Selling Gas & Sugar Coupons

6/21/1944, By Grantland Rice, Owner Tom Yawkey Pouring Cash into Boston Red Sox

6/21/1944, Clashes Reported in Yugoslavia, Partisan Troops Cut Zagreb-Belgrade Railway, 30 Train Engines Destroyed

Map, Zagreb, Google

Germans Launch Third Offensive of Year Against Yugoslav Guerillas, 12/23/1943

Slav Patriots Liberate Half of Yugoslavia, 5/15/1944

6/21/1944, Map, Americans Drive Nearer to Cherbourg

6/21/1944, Japanese Forces Push 35 Miles Beyond Changsha & Are Within 65 Miles of Strategic Hengyang

Map; Hengyang, China; Google

6/21/1944, Fall of Viipuri Opens Way to Helsinki, Red Army Streaming Through Viipuri in Pursuit of Finns, Part 1

6/21/1944, Fall of Viipuri Opens Way to Helsinki, Red Army Streaming Through Viipuri in Pursuit of Finns, Part 2

Soviets Closing in on Viipuri, Red Army Only Four Miles to East, 2/19/1940

Russian Pincers Close in on Viipuri, Soviets Attacking from Five Directions, 2/25/1940

Russian Troops Storm Shores of Viipuri Bay Aiming to Outflank Mannerheim Line, 3/9/1940

Finns Storm Viipuri (Vyborg), City in Flames, Finns Raise Flag & Begin Putting Out Fires, 8/30/1941

Reds, Finns Stage Furious Struggle in Viipuri Region; 6/15/1944

Mannerheim Line Cut by Soviets, Reds 17 Miles from Viipuri, Finn P.M. Calls for Peace, 6/19/1944

Once Lively Vyborg (Viipuri) Under Finland Now Drab & Dreary Under U.S.S.R., 8/7/1975

6/21/1944, Cincinnati Reds' Bucky Walters Blanks Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Two Hits, McCormick & Walters Double

6/21/1944, Atlanta Crackers Top New Orleans Pelicans 5-4; Atlanta Black Crackers to Play St. Louis Stars Friday Night

6/21/1944, One Thousand Liberators & Fortresses with 1,000 Fighter Escorts Blast Berlin, Flak Heavy, Part 1

6/21/1944, One Thousand Liberators & Fortresses with 1,000 Fighter Escorts Blast Berlin, Flak Heavy, Part 2

6/21/1944, Twenty-One Heavy U.S. Bombers Forced Down in Neutral Sweden, 16 Land Safely, Several Crew Wounded

6/21/1944, Mackmen Sweep Twin Bill from Red Sox, A.L. Race Tightens, Indians in Cellar but Only 5.5 Games Behind

6/21/1944, Public Debt Increases from $140,101,000,000 to $190,057,000,000 in One Year

Note: The public debt was easier to deal with in WWII because America's revenue-generating factories had not yet been redistributed away from U.S. soil. In general America policing the world during WWII could produce twice as much, with half the population (minus 12 million in the Armed Services), and with ten times more labor strikes.

6/21/1944, V.P. Wallace Praises U.S.S.R. Before Departing for China, Wallace Enraptured by Russia's Brilliant Successes

6/21/1944, Jap Ship Losses Compiled from Allied War Communiques, 1,527 Ships Sunk (6 Carriers), Barges Not Included

British Shipping Losses from U-Boats, 6/7/1918

British Shipping Losses Down for Third Week in a Row, 1/10/1941

British, Allied, & Neutral Shipping Losses Reach 1,508 Ships; 6/18/1941

British Lose 98 Ships Totaling 461,328 Tons (Avg. 4707 Tons Per Ship) in May, 6/21/1941

6/21/1944; Arizona Women Invited to Join Army Air Corps, Jobs Available Include Flight Line, Admin., or 239 Other Jobs

6/21/1944, U.S. Navy Since 1940 Has Added 100 Carriers, 30,000 Planes, 28,500 Landing Craft, 600 Destoryers, Etc.

6/21/1944, Current Baseball Results, Pirates-Reds Scoreless in 4th, Cards Lead Cubs 5-1 in 5th

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6/21/1944, Half of Saipan Under U.S. Control as Marines Inch Forward Under Heavy Artillery Fire

6/21/1944, MacArthur H.Q. Reports Liberators Pressing Assaults on Vital Enemy Staging Base at Truk

6/21/1944, Allied G.H.Q. New Guinea: Advance in Biak, Forward Airfield Built on Owi I., Jap Fuel Dump Raided on Truk

Map, Biak Island, Google

Map, Owi Island (East Biak), Google

Map, Pacific Theater, Army History

Map, Truk Atoll, Google

Truk Is Cluster of 245 Islands with Facilities to Base the Entire Japanese Pacific Fleet, 9/28/1942

Operation Hailstone, U.S. Navy Neutralizes Japanese Naval Base at Truk, Wikipedia

U.S. Pacific Fleet Launces Attack on Jap Naval Base at Truk with Hundreds of Carrier Planes, 2/18/1944, Part 1

U.S. Pacific Fleet Launces Attack on Jap Naval Base at Truk with Hundreds of Carrier Planes, 2/18/1944, Part 2

Truk, Japan's Greatest Naval Base in South Pacific, 2/18/1944

U.S. Bombers Converge on Jap Naval Fortress at Truk from Two Directions, 4/1/1944, Part 1

U.S. Bombers Converge on Jap Naval Fortress at Truk from Two Directions, 4/1/1944, Part 2

80 Jap Planes at Truk Destroyed by Liberator Bombers from Solomons, 4/3/1944

Photo, B-24 Liberator, Wikipedia

Nimitz H.Q. Discloses 7th A.A.F.'s "Operations to Soften-Up Truk Continue", 4/10/1944

6/21/1944, Allied Fighter Pilots Intercept German Pilotless Bombs Targeting England, "Short Burst Seems Sufficient"

6/21/1944, Sensational Debut of U.S. Super-Fortress Bombers (B-29s) Marks Beginning of Destruction of Jap Industry

Mammoth U.S. B-29s Blast Steel Plants on Japan's Kyushu Island, 6/17/1944

Map, Kyushu Island, Google

Japs Execute U.S. Fliers Captured from B-29 Raids on Kyushu, 7/15/1944

Photo, B-29 Assembly Line, Wikipedia

6/21/1944, Osservator Romano Reports Germans Executed 320 Italians in Reprisal for 32 Gestapo Police Killed in Rome

Ardeatine Massacre, Wikipedia

300 Italians Massacred in Coliseum in Reprisal for Bomb Attack on German Marching Column, 3/28/1944

Rome Liberated, Allies Stage Victory March into Mother-City of Civilized World, 6/5/1944, Part 1

Rome Liberated, Allies Stage Victory March into Mother-City of Civilized World, 6/5/1944, Part 2

6/21/1944, Czechs in London Get Reports of 7,000 Jews in Terezin Dragged to Gas Chambers & Murdered en Masse

Map, Terezin, Google

Convoy of Jews Leaves for Terezin Prison Fortress & on from There to Eastern Poland, 1/30/1943

6/21/1944, Churchill at Mexican Embassy Luncheon Says Effort Under Way to Strengthen Bonds Between All Nations

6/21/1944, Seals Drop Game to Sacramento, Rainiers Halt Oakland Streak, Rex Cecil Wins 15th as Padres Hammer Stars

6/21/1944, Canning School, 1944 Methods & Equipment for Food Preservation, Thursday Evening at 7:30, 134 Main St.

6/21/1944; Pirates Clinging to Second Place, but Last in Hitting (.236), to Open 21-Game Home Stand

6/21/1944, Frank Mancuso, Browns' Backstop, Broke His Leg in Paratroops & Discharged, Heavy Hitter Like Brother Gus

6/21/1944, National League Boxscores, Giants-Dodgers Use Seven Pitchers, Nicholson Homers in Loss to Cardinals

6/21/1944, American League Boxscores, Hollingsworth & Newsome Notch Shutouts, Metheny Homers for Yanks

6/21/1944, Columbus Still Trails Brewers by Five Games in American Association, Red Birds Top St. Paul 9-7

6/21/1944, American Association Standings, Milwaukee 41-18; Columbus 34-21; Toledo 31-24; Louisville 32-25

6/21/1944; Baseball's Jack-of-All-Trades; Bobby Bragan Has Appeared at Shortstop, Catcher, & Thirdbase

6/21/1944, With the Majors, Cardinals (37-16) & Brownies (33-26) Are League Leaders

6/21/1944; Cards Top Cubs 2-1; Jurisich Scatters Five Hits, but Wildness Clogs Bases; Cards Rap Eight Singles

6/21/1944, Baseball's Big Six, Ott 18 HRs; Weintraub .348, 11 HRs, 48 RBIs; Walker .385; Musial .375; Tucker .371

6/21/1944; Giants KO Melton in 1st, but Dodgers Win 7-6; Webber Goes 8.1 Innings for Win, Olmo Homers

6/21/1944, Bucky Walters Limits Pittsburgh to Two Hits as Reds Shut Out Pirates 3-0, TOG 1:49, Attendance 7,369

6/21/1944, Borowy Wins 9th with Four-Hitter as Yanks Defeat Senators 3-1, Metheny's 5th-Inning HR Was Deciding Blow

6/21/1944, Athletics Sweep Twilight-Night Twin Bill from Red Sox, Bobo Newsom Tosses Two-Hit Shutout in Nightcap

6/21/1944, White Sox Shade Brownies 4-3 in Ten Innings in Opener, Hollingsworth Blanks Brownies in Nightcap for Split

6/21/1944, Ray Mack Flies in from War Job & Drives in Winning Run in 9th Inning, Indians Top Tigers & Dizzy Trout

Ray Mack to Remain at War Industry Job, Wants to Keep 2-B Classification; 1/26/1944

Boudreau Classified 1-A; Mack-Boudreau Best DP Combo in A.L.; 13 Tribesmen in War Work, Six Are 4-F; 2/23/1944

6/21/1944; Finn Govt. Totters; Gen. Dietmar Tells German Troops on Eastern Front, We May Soon Face Heavy Battles

6/21/1944; German Communique Reports All Quiet on Eastern Front, Except for Defensive Fighting S.E. of Vitebsk

Map, Vitebsk Region, Google

6/21/1944, London Prepared to Temporarily Accept Up to 5,000 French Refugees Homeless Due to Invasion

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6/21/1944, SHAEF Communique No. 30: Allies Attacking Cherbourg Outer Defenses, Weather Limits Air Ops Until Noon

Map, Battle of Normandy, June 1944, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/21/1944, Jap Rearguards Retreat from Highest Village on Kohima-Imphal Road, Allies Cut Supply Line at Kharasom

Map, Kharasom, Google

Map, Kohima, Google

6/21/1944, U.S. Ground Troops Consolidating Gains on Southern Saipan, Seabees Building Airstrips

Map, Southern Saipan, June 1944, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

Map, Pacific Theater, Army History

Swarms of U.S. Seabees Operate Bulldozers in New Guinea to Convert Jungle to Airstrips, 11/7/1943

Seabees (U.S. Military Construction Units) Deliver the Goods, 1/6/1944

U.S. Navy Seabees, Bulldozer Commandos, Building the Road to Tokyo, 1/15/1944

6/21/1944, Memorial Services for Pvt. Chester O. Raymond Draws Large Crowd, Raymond Killed in Action in Italy

6/21/1944, Tokyo Announces Occupation of Shagsha & Annihilation of 15 Chinese Divisions, Mopping Up Continues

Map, Shangsha, Google

6/21/1944, Germans Raise White Flags on Elba Island (Where Napoleon Was Briefly Exiled) After Three Days Resistance

Map, Elba Island (West of Italy), Google

Photo, Napoleon's Villa, Elba Island

Napolean's 1815 Return from Elba, 1/6/1866

6/21/1944, Allies Continue Pushing Back Japanese Forces on Indo-Burma Frontier

6/21/1944, Serving the U.S. Flag: Virgil Fowler Gets Overseas Calls from Son, Whereabouts Unknown, Censor on Line

6/21/1944, German Need for Reinforcements Within Fortress Europe May Require Evacuation of Norway & Greece

Germans Invade Denmark & Norway by Land, Sea, & Air; 4/9/1940, Part 1

Germans Invade Denmark & Norway by Land, Sea, & Air; 4/9/1940, Part 2

Italy Invades Greece, 10/28/1940

Germans Stage Mechanized Parade in Athens, Swastika Hoisted After Three-Week Blitz, 4/26/1941

Capture of Athens Gives Nazis 14 Conquered Capitals, 4/28/1941

6/21/1944, Dr. (Capt.) Singly Killed in Action on June 6 in France, Survived by Wife & 3 Kids, Father-in-Law is Judge

6/21/1944, Ohio Troops of 5th Army (Who Chased Germans from Rome) Win Track Meet in Unfinished Mussolini Stadium

6/21/1944, Sylvester Goedde (7-1) of Toledo Mud Hens Blanks Minneapolis Millers, 10,500 See Red Birds Top Saints 9-7

6/21/1944, Soviet Magazine War & Working Class Praises Chinese & Allied Offensives Against Japanese Imperialists

6/21/1944, Latest War Department Casualty Report Lists 12 District Men Killed in Action (Nine in Med. Theater)

6/21/1944, Britain to Export Limited Number of Cars & Trucks to Commonwealth, Availablility Will Be Some Months

6/21/1944, War Department Issues "Pocket Guide to France" Pamphlet with Valuable Information to Invasion Soldiers

6/21/1944, Tokyo Says U.S. Raid on Kyushu Island Was Propaganda Stunt, Jap Pilots Report Super-Forts Easy Targets

6/21/1944, Resignation of Anti-Russian Turkish Foreign Minister May Indicate Turkey Has Turned Against Germany

Monarchs of Europe, VIII—The Sultan of Turkey, 4/7/1900

Turkey Joins Germany & Austria-Hungary in War Upon Russia, 10/30/1914

Balkans Lineup Remains in Doubt, Turks Could Get British Aid, 10/15/1940

Turkey to Remain Neutral in Russo-German War, 6/23/1941

Turkey's Armed Neutrality, 5/2/1942

6/21/1944, Young People of First Unitarian Church at Ellsworth & Morewood Avenues to Work Sundays During Harvest

6/21/1944, Group of 30 Jewish Refugees High in Spanish Pyrenees at Village of Lieza Tell Stories of Escape from Nazis

Map, Lizaso Spain, Google

6/21/1944, Groups of Small Polish Children Orphaned & Without Means of Subsistence Wander Steppes of Asiatic Russia

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6/22/1944, U.S. Troops Reach Prepared German Positions Along 20-Mile Front as Final Battle for Cherbourg Begins

6/22/1944, SHAEF Communique No. 31, Allied Fighter-Bombers Strike Rail Traffic, German Assaults at Tilly Turned Back

Map, Battle of Normandy, June 1944, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/22/1944, Over 1,000 U.S. Bombers Escorted by 1,000 Fighters Raid Berlin, Fierce Air Battles Fought at Great Heights

6/22/1944, Russian Offensive in Finland Described as War of Extermination, Soviets Well Supplied with U.S.-Made Equip.

British to Stand Aside as Reds Get First Call on U.S. War Supplies, German Spring Offensive Looms, 3/10/1942

U.S. Has Sent 2,500 Planes, 81,000 Vehicles, & 3,200 Tanks to Russians (Some Equip. Lost to U-Boats); 1/21/1943

Soviet Union Receives Biggest Share of U.S. Lend-Lease Aid, 5/26/1943

U.S. Supplies to Russia Thru Oct. Include 195,000 Motor Vehicles, 3,500 Tanks, & 7,000 Planes; 1/29/1944

6/22/1944, Only 200,000 of 3,000,000 Polish Jews Still Alive, Only Escape Route Was Hungary; No Jews Left in Germany

6/22/1944, New Delhi Reports 923 Work Deaths in 1942, 2,187 Permanent Disablements, & 39,493 Temp. Disablements

340 Killed in Ammunition Explosions Caused by Freak Accident Along Bombay Waterfront, 4/19/1944

Bombay Explosion Inquiry, Cotton Cargo on Ammo Ship Caught Fire, Over 700 Killed, 9/13/1944

6/22/1944, SHAEF Communique No. 32, Cherbourg Siege Continues, Back-&-Forth Fighting at Tilly, Front Unchanged

6/22/1944; U.S. Carrier Planes Intercept Jap Fleet off P.I., Sinking 4 Ships; Many U.S. Planes Low on Fuel Ditch, Part 1

6/22/1944; U.S. Carrier Planes Intercept Jap Fleet off P.I., Sinking 4 Ships; Many U.S. Planes Low on Fuel Ditch, Part 2

6/22/1944, Polish Underground Radio Charges Nazis with Exhuming & Burning Bodies of Executed Soviet Commissars

6/22/1944, Stockholm Reports Finns May Ask for Armistice, but Russians May Demand Unconditional Surrender

6/22/1944, Ludington Teachers Aid War Effort & Relieve Labor Shortage by Working Jobs During Summer Vacation

6/22/1944; Pacific Fleet Communique No. 59; Damage Totals Collated; Several Jap Carriers Hit, Sunk, or Burning

6/22/1944, Soviet Information Bureau Reviews Casualty & Equipment-Loss Stats on 3rd Anniversary of German Blitz

Hitler Declares War on Soviet Russia, Unbeaten German Army on the March Since Dawn, 6/22/1941, Part 1

Hitler Declares War on Soviet Russia, Unbeaten German Army on the March Since Dawn, 6/22/1941, Part 2

6/22/1944, New Garment Plant to Open in Dubuque, Employment of 300 Expected, $400,000 Annual Payroll Anticipated

6/22/1944, Japs Hold Solemn Burial Services for Crew of B-29 Downed Over Kyushu, Bushido Spirit Observed

Map, Kyushu Island, Google

Japs Disclose Execution of U.S. Fliers Captured from B-29 Raids on Kyushu, 7/15/1944

6/22/1944, Saipan Airfield in Operation After Seabees Extend Runway, U.S. Marines & Army Wiping Out Remaining Japs

Map, Pacific Theater, 1941-1945

Map, Saipan, Google

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6/22/1944, Red Army Launches Powerful Offensives North of Lake Onega & West of Viipuri Against Reeling Finns, Part 1

6/22/1944, Red Army Launches Powerful Offensives North of Lake Onega & West of Viipuri Against Reeling Finns, Part 2

Map, Lake Onega, Google

Map, Viipuri, Google

6/22/1944, Refugees Trudging Through U.S. Lines Describe Clogged Roads of German Retreat Toward Cherbourg

Map, Battle of Normandy, June 1944, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

6/22/1944, Forty-Five 1st Airborne Wounded Soldiers from Mediterranean Theater Arrive in Columbus Ohio

6/22/1944, Vichy & German Occupiers in Town of Dax (Near Spain) Set Up Guillotine to Execute French Patriots

Map, Dax, Google

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

France Under Germany, Armistice Terms, Vanishing Liberties, 7/4/1940, Part 1

France Under Germany, Armistice Terms, Vanishing Liberties, 7/4/1940, Part 2

Vichy Government Facing Food Shortages, German Tourists Invade Paris, 8/20/1940

How the Guillotine Works, 11/18/1893

Ledgens of the Guillotine, 8/15/1908

France's Official 'Head Hunter' Louis Deibler Longs for Retirement, 11/26/1927

France's Guillotine Operator Anatole Deibler Passes Away on Subway en Route to 402nd Execution, 2/3/1939

French Executioner Passes, Condemned Prisoners Reprieved i.a.w. French Tradition, 3/11/1939

France Mourns Death of Executioner, 10/2/1951

6/22/1944, Local Chapter of American War Mothers Adds Four New Members, Maps of D-Day Invasion Now Available

6/22/1944, Dorothy Kilgallen, Voice of Broadway, Miss Midnight's Notebook, Lorre Laughs at Gleeson's Impersonation

6/22/1944, North Carolina Delegates to Leave for Republican Convention in Chicago, 29 Pullman Cars Reserved, Part 1

6/22/1944, North Carolina Delegates to Leave for Republican Convention in Chicago, 29 Pullman Cars Reserved, Part 2

6/22/1944, Corn Supplies Low, Distillers May Be Banned from Using Corn During August Whiskey-Making Holiday

6/22/1944, Jap Offensive of 100,000 Troops (Besides Resupply) May Be Aiming for Capture of Canton-Hankow Railway

Map, Hankow, Google

Map, Canton, Google

Sino-Japanese War, Fierce Fighting, 2/18/1932

Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Put Up Dogged Defense at Shanghai Despite Heavy Slaughter, 2/24/1932

Sino-Japanese War, Determined Fighting, 2/25/1932

Canton-Hankow Railway, 6/9/1936

Sino-Japanese War, Siege of Nanking, 12/16/1937, Part 1

Sino-Japanese War, Siege of Nanking, 12/16/1937, Part 2

Sino-Japanese War, Siege of Nanking, 12/16/1937, Part 3

Chinese Mass Million Man Army to Defend Hankow, Japs Advance Slowly, 8/16/1938

The Japanese in China, 10/13/1938

Jap Campaign in Yangtze Valley Slowed by Blizzards & Chinese Harassing Attacks, 12/3/1938

The War in the East, 12/28/1939

Japan's Iron Grip on China, 2/15/1943

6/22/1944; U.S. C-47 Military Transport Hits Thunderstorm Over China, Barely Pulls Out; Bolts on Wings Loosened

6/22/1944, A.L. Boxscores, Browns Trounce White Sox, Yanks-Senators Split, A's Top Boston, Indians Outslug Tigers

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6/22/1944, German (Rocket) Robot Bombing of S. England Mounts in Fury, Captured Launch Sites in Normandy Examined

6/22/1944, Eve of Republican Convention in Chicago Reminds History Buffs of Past G.O.P. Pow Wows (1860-1932), Part 1

6/22/1944, Eve of Republican Convention in Chicago Reminds History Buffs of Past G.O.P. Pow Wows (1860-1932), Part 2

Upcoming 1860 Presidential Elections & Conventions, Fate of Republic Hangs in Balance, 8/9/1860

Abraham Lincoln of Illinois Nominated in Chicago as Republican Candidate for President of U.S., 8/8/1860

McClellan Will Run Against Lincoln, Atlanta Evacuated by Confederates, 11/11/1864

Interest in News from America Divided Between War & Election, 11/11/1864

President Makers; First Convention Held in Baltimore, September 1831; 4/2/1892

Republican Convention Convening in Chicago Recalls Memories of Lincoln Nomination 60 Years Ago, 5/15/1920

6/22/1944, Likely G.O.P. Presidential Nominee Gov. Dewey Hopes to Appeal to Country Without Alienating Party Bosses

6/22/1944, Allies in Italy Make Limited Gains North of Newly-Taken Perugia Despite Strong German Resistance

Map, Perugia, Google

6/22/1944, U.S. Navy Delivers Third Great Blow Against Jap Navy Since Pearl Harbor, Foe Escapes into Night

Pacific Strategy, Views of Japanese, 2/27/1941

Japanese Navy Itching for Action, 10/17/1941

U.S. Navy Bases Attacked at Dawn, Loss of Life Heavy, Attacks May Still Be Ongoing, 12/8/1941

Jap Carrier Planes Attack U.S. Bases in P.I. & Pearl Harbor, 12/8/1941

Japan Has World's Third Largest Navy, 12/11/1941, Part 1

Japan Has World's Third Largest Navy, 12/11/1941, Part 2

Japanese Imperial Navy Page, Combined Fleet

U.S. Navy Releases Official Results of Pearl Harbor Investigation, 12/6/1942

6/22/1944, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Behavior of the Lower Class, No Industry, No Agriculture, Crude Shacks

Map, St. Thomas, Google

6/22/1944, F.D.R. Cancels Press Conference, 4th Term Under Fire, Republicans Charge Conspiracy with Churchill, Part 1

6/22/1944, F.D.R. Cancels Press Conference, 4th Term Under Fire, Republicans Charge Conspiracy with Churchill, Part 2

6/22/1944, Crew of Seaplane Tender U.S.S. Coos Bay Sends Sarcastic Note to Strikers at Wright Aircraft Corp., Part 1

6/22/1944, Crew of Seaplane Tender U.S.S. Coos Bay Sends Sarcastic Note to Strikers at Wright Aircraft Corp., Part 2

New 8,900-Ton U.S. Navy Seaplane Tender U.S.S. Albemarie Christened, Described as Floating Garage, 7/13/1940

Grim Tale of Seaplane Tender U.S.S. Langley, 4/7/1942

Seaplane Tender U.S.S. Langley, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1941-1945, Seaplane Tenders, Ibiblio, Hyperwar

Aboard a Seaplane Tender in the Pacific, A Base Afloat, 7/5/1945

6/22/1944; Liberty Ships Praised for Seaworthiness, Use Only 170 Barrels of Fuel Oil Per 24 Hours

America's Miracle Construction Man Henry J. Kaiser Organizes Mass Production of Liberty Ships, 1/9/1943

Shipbuilding Safety Program Approved, 4/26/1943

U.S. Mass Production Reaches Saturation, 4/8/1944

6/22/1944; Youth Movement Hits Dodgers; Rickey Cuts Cooney, Lloyd Waner, Vaughan; Adds McLish, Branca, King

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6/22/1944, Yanks Clear Biak Yard-by-Yard in Four Days, Dead Japs Litter Jungle, Nip Snipers & Suicide Bands Active

Map, Biak, Google

6/22/1944, V.P. Wallace (in Chungking Speech) Says There Is Good Reason to Hope Japan Doomed by Next Summer

Map, Chungking, Google

6/22/1944, German POWs Working Beet Fields in Worland Wyoming Go on Strike (Barracks Leak, Etc.)

Map, Worland Wyoming, Google

German POWs After 1947

6/22/1944, Three Local Casualties Reported; Submariner Missing in Pacific, KIA in New Guinea, Training Flight Crash

6/22/1944, Junior High Youngsters Sign Up to Work on New Hampshire Farm Front During Summer Spare Time

6/22/1944, War Dept. Confirms Sgt. William Baumgartner Downed on Sixth B-17 Mission & Is POW of Germany

6/22/1944, Pope Reviews & Blesses 4,000 British Troops at Vatican

6/22/1944, Pvt. Raspotnick Arrives Home for 29-Day Furlough After Injury at Anzio Beachhead in Feb. & Hospitalization

6/22/1944, PFC Dock Ferguson (Well-Known Ware County Farmer) Seriously Wounded on June 6, Mother Notified

Map; Ware County, Georgia; Google

6/22/1944; F.D.R. Signs Veterans Bill of Rights, Wants Social Security Benefits for Time Served in Armed Forces; Part 1

6/22/1944; F.D.R. Signs Veterans Bill of Rights, Wants Social Security Benefits for Time Served in Armed Forces; Part 2

6/22/1944; War Production Board Releases List of Civilian Products by Degree of Shortages, Refrigerators, Cribs, Etc.

6/22/1944, Oklahoma Prepares for Possible Record Wheat Harvest, Labor Tight, Need for Workers Boosts Wages

6/22/1944, U.S. Casualty Figures Updated, Army Dead 31,289; Navy Killed 20,044; Army Killed in Italy 11,610

6/22/1944, Well-Dressed Man Robs Continental Bank at Fort Worth, Claimed to Have Nitroglycerin, Gets $6,000

6/22/1944, Deputies & Park Officials Search for Three B-24 Crewmen Who Bailed Out Near Grand Canyon

6/22/1944, Army Searching for Plane & Pilot Missing During Night Training from Estrella Airfield Near Sacramento

6/22/1944 (Delayed), U.S. Rangers Scale 100-Foot Cliffs on D-Day at Pointe du Hoc France, German Resistance Fierce

Satellite View, Pointe du Hoc, Google

Photo, Soldiers Resting, Pointe du Hoc, Wikipedia

Pointe du Hoc, Rudder's Rangers Storm German Gun Positions Able to Cover Omaha & Utah Beaches, DDay-Overloard

Map, Naval Dispositions & Bombardment Targets at 5:30am to 8:am on D-Day, Wikipedia

Aerial Photo, Pointe du Hoc

Reagan Makes Pilgrimage to Normandy, Gives Stirring Speech at Pointe du Hoc, Says Rangers Were Vanguard; 6/6/1984

Pointe du Hoc, Wikipedia

6/22/1944; Flt. Officer & Fighter Pilot Harris F. Crawford of Greensburg Killed in Italy, Believed on Combat Mission

6/22/1944; Allied Correspondent Captured in Yugoslavia, Gets Interview with Der Fuehrer SS Battalion

6/22/1944, Sgt. James Drylie Jr. from Irwin Returns Home from England on Furlough After Completing 25 B-24 Missions

6/22/1944; Local Draft Board No. 4 (Serving Canonsburg-Cokeburg-Finleyville District) Calls Up 14 for Army & 8 for Navy

6/22/1944, Ray Starr Turns in Brilliant Pitching Job at Forbes Field, Scoreless Until 9th, Reds Score One, Bucs Rally

6/22/1944, Photo, B-29 Crew Ready for Takeoff to Japan

6/22/1944, Soviet Newspapers Say Warm Collaboration with G.B. & U.S.A. Is Destine to Continue After War

6/22/1944, Australian Army Releases 4,060 Men to Dairy Industry

6/22/1944, Liberators & Fortresses Attack Oil Refineries at Pölitz, Allies Lose 47 Bombers, Enemy Loses 67 Fighters

Map, Pölitz, Google

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6/22/1944, Tokyo Reports Sizable Losses Inflicted on Jap Fleet by U.S. Task Force Aiming to Gain Airfield on Saipan

6/22/1944, Asst. Sec. of State Adolf A. Berle Declares Free Exchange of Info Needed for World Security Organization

6/22/1944, Captured Japanese Hospital at Hollandia Primitive & Unhygienic, but Well Supplied with Drugs & Equipment

Map, Hollandia, Google

Map, New Guinea, Ibiblio, Hyprewar

MacArthur Electrifies Troops on Hollandia Beachhead When His Barge Lands with First Invasion Waves, 4/22/1944

Yanks Storming Jap Airfield at Hollandia, Opposition Light, 4/26/1944

Japanese Forces at Hollandia Appear to Have Retreated into Jungle, 4/27/1944

Sikh Prisoners on Hollandia Tell of Treatment by Japs, 62 More Japs Killed in Hollandia Perimeter, 5/11/1944

Jap-Held Prisoners from Singapore Liberated at Hollandia, 5/12/1944

Colossal U.S. Industrial Might Aids Hollandia Assault; Ships, Planes, Troop Equip., Firepower, Etc.; 5/20/1944

6/22/1944, Baseball Standings, Milwaukee Brewers 42-18; Atlanta Crackers 33-19; Baltimore Orioles 32-23

6/22/1944, Ex-New York Yankee Star Outfielder Sgt. Joe DiMaggio Hits Home Runs in Central Pacific Exhibition Games

DiMaggio Extends Hitting Streak to 55, Yanks Top White Sox, 7/15/1941

Joe DiMaggio Hits in 56th Straight Game, Yanks Steamroll Indians, 7/16/1941

Joe DiMaggio, Baseball Reference

Joe DiMaggio, by Lawrence Baldassaro, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

6/22/1944, Marshal Tito's Partisans Wipe Out 500 Chetniks & Inflict Heavy Losses on Germans in Eastern Bosnia

Map, Bosnia, Google

Chetniks, Shoah Resource Center

Yugoslav Partisan Leader Tito Accuses Mihailovich's Chetniks of Joining Germans, 10/25/1943

British General Warns Yugoslav Chetniks Against Collaborating with Germans, 11/9/1943

Chetniks Gain Control of Montenegro, Chetniks & Tito's Partisans Fight Germans & Each Other, 11/24/1943

Map, Montenegro, Google

6/22/1944, Pittsburgh Pirate Notes: Series with Reds Will End Today with Doubleheader Starting at 1:45 O'clock

6/22/1944; High-Flying St. Louis Cardinals Sweep Chicago Cubs, 6-4, 7-2, Before 16,823 at Wrigley; Brecheen 6-Hitter

6/22/1944, Manager Mel Ott & Johnny Rucker Pace 15-Hit Attack, Bill Voiselle Wins 9th, Giants Dump Dodgers 11-2

6/22/1944, Mel Ott Breaks N.L. Record Wednesday for Runs Scored with 1,741, Honus Wagner Set Record in 1917

6/22/1944; Philadelphia Athletics Stop Boston Red Sox 5-2; Flores Wins; Siebert Doubles, Singles, & Bats in 3; TOG 1:48

6/22/1944, Eastern Shippers Oppose Proposed Railroad Freight Rates Designed to Develop Southern Industry

6/22/1944, Seven Brownie Runs in 7th & 8th Sink White Sox, St. Louis Leads A.L. by 2.5, Stephens & Moore Homer

6/22/1944; Penicillin, Remarkable New Drug Saves Life in First Use in New Guinea Forward Operating Location

6/22/1944, Chicago Cardinal Stars Joe Bukand & Bob Morrow at G.L. Naval Training Center Transferred to Outgoing Unit

6/22/1944; Draftee List: Pittsburgh Draft Boards No. 6 & No. 25, County Board No. 20, & McKeesport Board No. 2

6/22/1944, New Rule for Job-Placement Approval by U.S. Employment Service Designed to Relieve War Labor Shortages

6/22/1944, Pittsburgh Weekly Garbage Pickup Will Soon Adhere to Scientifically Mapped Routes & Timetables

6/22/1944, Pittsburgh Airmen Receive Medals for "Extraordinary Achievement in Aerial Flight Over Continental Europe"

6/22/1944, All-American Girls' Professional Ball League, Milwaukee Schnits Clip Kenosha Comets 6-3, Maguire HR

6/22/1944; Brewers Suppress Indians 7-5; Gassaway Goes Distance, but Eases Up in 9th; Secory & Nelson Provide Hits

6/22/1944, Weather Report, Straits of Dover, Sunny with N.E. Gale-Strength Winds, Sea Rough & Choppy

6/22/1944, Detroit Tigers Acquire Jack Sullivan from Dallas of Texas League, Sullivan Was Working in a Dallas War Plant

6/22/1944, Milwaukee Brewers Fan Complains that Seven-Inning Games in Doubleheaders Are too Short

6/22/1944, German Tanks in Normandy Heavier than Allied Tanks & Equipped with Superior Firepower

6/22/1944, Art Herring Tossing Zeros for Weak-Hitting St. Paul, Herring (37) Left Chicken Farm to Re-Sign with Saints

6/22/1944, American Association Disallows Columbus Manager Protest, Umpire Knocked Down Ball During Double Play

6/22/1944, Extreme Heavy Rain in Italy, Seven German Divisions Attempting to Check U.S. Advance on 5th Army Front

6/22/1944, Latest Commodity Market Quotations, Fruit, Vegetables, Dairy, Cheese, Poultry, Potatoes, Grain, Livestock

6/22/1944, German Communique Says Great Defensive Battle in Central Italy Continues Along 100-Mile Front

6/22/1944, Angels Edge Beavers 4-3 in 10th of Final in Short Pacific Coast League Series, Ad Liska Fans 11 Angels

6/23/1944, Red Army Troops, Massive Tanks, & Artillery Moving Through Viipuri; Finns Defending Arc to North of City

Moscow Sets Up Finnish Puppet Gov't & Signs Treaty, Ratification Papers to Be Exchanged in Helsinki, 12/4/1939

Map, Viipuri, Google

6/23/1944, Mustang Fighters Escort U.S. Heavy Bombers from U.K. to Russia on Raids to Germany & Eastern Europe

North American P-51 Mustang Fighter Plane

6/23/1944, SHAEF Communique No. 33, Allies Advance 3 Miles Nearer Cherbourg, Enemy Artillery Heavy in Tilly Sector

6/23/1944, Deputy P.M. Attlee Asked in Parliament if British Were Consulted with by U.S. on Plans for World Peace

6/23/1944, Final Assault on Cherbourg Fortress Underway, Battle Moves into Suburbs, House-to-House Fighting Reported

6/23/1944; Germans Report Soviets Have Launched Broad Offensive on Eastern Front, Bitter Fighting in-Progress, Part 1

6/23/1944; Germans Report Soviets Have Launched Broad Offensive on Eastern Front, Bitter Fighting in-Progress, Part 2

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6/23/1944, Jap Imperial Hq. Fears U.S. Intentions on Saipan, Fleet of 20 Carriers with Support Ships Closing In on Japan

6/23/1944, Germans Launch New Robot (Rocket) Offensive, Allies Lose 119 Planes (88 Bombers) in Raids on Germany

6/23/1944, Tornado Strikes Border Counties in Wisconsin & Illinois, Homes & Farm Buildings Destroyed, At Least 8 Killed

6/23/1944, Allied Planes Drop Leaflets Over Hungary Urging Population to Liberate Jews from Ghettos

6/23/1944, At Least 6,000 Allied Sorties (Compared with 10,000 on D-Day) Provide Air-to-Ground Support in France

6/23/1944; Canadians Storm Normandy Beaches on D-Day & Fight Their Way Through Villages, Fields, & Woods; Part 1

6/23/1944; Canadians Storm Normandy Beaches on D-Day & Fight Their Way Through Villages, Fields, & Woods; Part 2

6/23/1944, U.S. Subs Sink 16 More Jap Ships, Total Enemy Ships Sunk by U.S. Subs for Month at 50 & 623 for War

6/23/1944, Steeplejacks Painting Newberry Hotel Roof & Steeple Also Painted 605-Foot Steel Tower for WMC Radio

Historic Memphis Broadcasting, Early Radio & TV, WMC's First Radio Broadcast Was 1/23/1923

6/23/1944, Conquering Red Army Drives 5-30 Miles Beyond Viipuri into Finland's Flourishing Manufacturing & Farm Belt

Map, Viipuri, Google

Large British Fleet Under Admiral Napier Deploys to Gulf of Finland, 7/22/1854

Admiral Sir Charles John Napier, Baltic Campaign, Wikipedia

6/23/1944, German Troops May Refuse to Leave Finnish Territory in Event of Russian-Finnish Peace

6/23/1944, Three Men Convicted of Swindling Philadelphia Couple Out of $31,000, Fraudsters Also Evaded Taxes, Part 1

6/23/1944, Three Men Convicted of Swindling Philadelphia Couple Out of $31,000, Fraudsters Also Evaded Taxes, Part 2

6/23/1944, Rep. Jasper Bell Introduces Bill Appropriating $10,028,420 for Virgin Island Infrastructure Projects, Part 1

6/23/1944, Rep. Jasper Bell Introduces Bill Appropriating $10,028,420 for Virgin Island Infrastructure Projects, Part 2

6/23/1944, Three Chardon Ohio Men Wounded in Action on Various Battle Fronts (One in Navy & Two in Italy)

Map, Chardon Ohio, Google

6/23/1944, Germans Fall Back into Cherbourg After Positions in Montebourg & Valognes Obliterated by U.S. Firepower

Map, Normandy Beachhead, Ibiblio, Hyprwar

Map, Valognes, Google

6/23/1944, Congressional Committee Releases to Press Examples of Excessive Pay Hikes for Gov't Agency War Workers

6/23/1944, Japs Advancing Southward from Changsha on Wide Front, Threat to Hengyang Rail Junction Grave

Map, Hengyang China, Google

6/23/1944, U.S. Navy Reveals Existence of Task Force 58 (Carriers & Support), 1,000 Planes Able to Roam Pacific

6/23/1944, Yankees Blank Senators 4-0, Bill Zuber Tosses Four-Hitter, Bud Metheny Hits Seventh Home Run

6/23/1944, Oakland Acorns Gain Tie for 6th in P.C.L. by Defeating Seattle 7-3, Oaks Finish 12-4 on Northern Trip

6/23/1944, Pacific Coast League Standings, Seals in 1st, Sacramento in Cellar, Six Teams Bunched Within 2.5 Games

6/23/1944, Moscow Announces New Offensive N.W & S.E. of Vitebsk, Red Army Using Tanks & Artillery on Grand Scale

Map, Vitebsk, Google

Map; Eastern Front; June 22 to August 19, 1944; Wikipedia

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6/23/1944, Savage German Counterattacks Stall British 8th Army Spearheads on 25-Mile Front North of Perugia Italy

Map, Perugia Italy, Google

6/23/1944, Allies Drop Leaflets to Germans in Cherbourg Promising Fair & Humane Treatment if They Surrender

6/23/1944; F.D.R. Says Finns Allied with U.S. Enemy & Fighting U.S. Ally, Not Impressed by WWI Debt Payment

Roosevelt Declares "Moral Embargo" Against Russia for Bombing Finnish Civilians, 12/3/1939, Part 1

Roosevelt Declares "Moral Embargo" Against Russia for Bombing Finnish Civilians, 12/3/1939, Part 2

Stalin Forms New Soviet-Backed "Democratic Republic of Finland" & Negotiates Mutual Assistance Pact, 12/3/1939

Mannerheim Declares Russian Invasion Is War of Continuance for Finnish Liberty, 12/3/1939, Part 1

Mannerheim Declares Russian Invasion Is War of Continuance for Finnish Liberty, 12/3/1939, Part 2

F.D.R. Worried About Finland's Fate & Soviet Intentions, "Moral Embargo" to Remain in Effect, 3/15/1940

U.S. Lifts Roosevelt's "Moral Embargo" Against Soviet Russia, 1/22/1941

6/23/1944, U.S. House Calls on Hungary to Halt Mistreatment of Jews, A Million Lives May Hang in the Balance

Germans Begin Resettling Jews to Poland, Means of Subsistence Not Yet Determined, 12/3/1939

6/23/1944, Orphaned Jewish Child-Refugees Observed Migrating to Palestine

6/23/1944, Key Rail Junction Changsha Falls to Japs, Railroads Subject to Scorched Earth by Chinese Guerrilla Bands

Map, Changsha, Google

6/23/1944, Germans May Establish Quisling Government for Northern Finland if Finns Capitulate to Russia

Stalin Recognizes Otto Kuusinen as Leader of Finland, 12/3/1939

Nazis Set Up Puppet Gov't in Oslo Headed by Vidkun Quisling, 4/10/1940

Quisling of Norway & Kuusinen of Finland Pass Through Traitor's Gate, 4/19/1940

Norway's Arch Traitor Vidkun Quisling Awakened in Cell at Dawn & Rushed Before Firing Squad, 10/24/1945

6/23/1944, U.S. Medical Committee Publishes Investigation Results from Feb. 1942 of French Refugees' Diet & Health

6/23/1944, Warsaw Industrial Chemist & Escaped Refugee from Nazis Registers as Alien in Australia & Now Pays Taxes

6/23/1944, Oregon Egg Production Totals 57,000,000 on May 4, Total Eggs Down in April, Grand Total Up 4% from '43

6/23/1944, F.D.R. Courts Southern Democrats, Georgia Gov. Arnall Endorses Fourth Term After Meeting with Roosevelt

6/23/1944, All-American Girls' Professional Ball League: Milwaukee Schnits Trim Racine Belles Twice at Borchert Field

6/23/1944, Proposed G.O.P. Plank in Chicago Calls for World "Peace Forces"; Draft too Ambiguous Says Critic, Part 1

6/23/1944, Proposed G.O.P. Plank in Chicago Calls for World "Peace Forces"; Draft too Ambiguous Says Critic, Part 2

6/23/1944, Seven German Army Officers Executed for Breach of Oath & Insulting Hitler, Officer Loyalty Under Scrutiny

6/23/1944, Mrs. J.C. Carson Saves 556 Letters from Son Killed in England in Plane Crash, Lt. Carson Entered Army in '42

6/23/1944, Alabama POWs Listed by War Department Among 1,605 American Soldiers Held by Germany & Rumania

Germans Report Over 400,000 Soviet POWs Taken in Three Weeks of War So Far, 7/12/1941

91,000 German POWs Counted at Stalingrad, 2/4/1943

6/23/1944, U.S. Conquest of Marianas Islands Appears Assured, 1,000-Plane Raids Coming Soon to Japan, Part 1

6/23/1944, U.S. Conquest of Marianas Islands Appears Assured, 1,000-Plane Raids Coming Soon to Japan, Part 2

Map, Pacific Theatrer, Army History

6/23/1944, Baseball Standings, St. Louis Cardinals 39-16; Milwaukee Brewers 42-18; Hartford Laurels 34-15

6/23/1944; Moscow Likes to Present Allies with Accomplished Facts, i.e., Finland, Poland, Yugoslavia, Rumania, Etc.

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6/23/1944, Gen. Bradley's Troops Storming Cherbourg, 1,000 Allied Planes Quarantine Defending Germans, Part 1

6/23/1944, Gen. Bradley's Troops Storming Cherbourg, 1,000 Allied Planes Quarantine Defending Germans, Part 2

Map, Capture of Cherbourg, June 1944, Emerson Kent

6/23/1944, Joe Donegan Jr. of Irwin Assigned to Shore Duty at Pearl Harbor Sub Base Working in 11-Man Electrical Shop

6/23/1944; News Photo; Marshal Kesselring, German Commander in Italy, Observes Front Line Through Field Periscope

U.S. Troops Find Kesselring Aboard His Special Train; German Field Marshal Praises Patton, Monty, & Others; 5/10/1945

Kesselring Death Sentence Commuted, Luftwaffe & Infantry Gen. Bombed Coventry & Defended Italy, 7/7/1947

6/23/1944, Phils-Braves Split, Phils Win Opener 1-0 in 15, Schanz (9ip) Wins, Tobin (5ip) No-Hits Phils in Nightcap

6/23/1944, Tobin (83-82 W-L Lifetime) Ties Vander Meer's No-Hit Record, Phils' Northy Homers in 15th to End 0-0 Duel

Cincinnati Pitcher Johnny Vander Meer No-Hits Boston Bees, 6/12/1938

Boston Braves Renamed Boston Bees, 1/31/1936

Boston Bees Renamed Boston Braves, 4/30/1941

Vander Meer No-Hits Brooklyn for Unprecedented Back-to-Back No-Hitters, 6/16/1938

Johnny Vander Meer Tosses No-Hitter for Tulsa Against Beaumont in Texas League, 7/16/1952

6/23/1944, Local Selective Service Says 12 Kittitas County Draft Registrants Accepted into Navy & Two into Marines

6/23/1944, Canadian-Soviet Friendship Council Honors Anniversary of U.K.-Soviet Alliance, Can Stalin Trust Us? Part 1

6/23/1944, Canadian-Soviet Friendship Council Honors Anniversary of U.K.-Soviet Alliance, Can Stalin Trust Us? Part 2

6/23/1944, Remains of Lt. Don Ennis of Nevada (Missouri) Recovered After Air Crash Over Salton Sea

Map, Salton Sea, Google

6/23/1944, Gen. De Gaulle Reverses Previous Stand & Will Now Agree to Allied Control of French Civil Administrators

6/23/1944, F.D.R. Says Military Ops Come First, France Should Be Liberated Prior to Setting Up Civil Administration

6/23/1944, Mechanics at Aloe Field Retire Allison 12-Cylinder Air-Cooled Engine After It Reaches Its Max of 750 Hours

Aloe Army Airfield, Wikipedia

Map, Victoria Texas, Location of WWII Aloe Army Airfield, Google

6/23/1944, Twenty Thousand Jap Defenders on Saipan Isolated as Japanese Fleet Retreats from U.S. Task Force 58

6/23/1944, SHAEF Communique No. 34, Cherbourg Nearly Encircled, Allied Planes Harass Germans en Route from Paris

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6/23/1944, Helsinki Evacuating Women & Children in Trains & Buses, Finnish Sharpshooters Halt Russians N.W. of Viipuri

6/23/1944, Marshal Kesselring Takes Advantage of Rainy Weather in Northern Italy to Improve German Defenses

6/23/1944, U.S. Strategic Bombers Land in Russia After Bombing Synthetic Oil Refineries in Germany

Gen. Kenney Relieved of Position & Replaced by Gen. LeMay as Chief of Strategic Air Command, 9/22/1948

Russians Want to Ban A-Bomb; Red Army Witnessed U.S. Strategic Bombing When Fighting in Germany, 10/9/1948

Leiut. Gen. Curtis Emerson LeMay Takes Over as Chief of Strategic Air Command (SAC), 10/10/1948

SAC on Alert 24/7, SAC Motto: "Peace Is Our Profession", 70 Worldwide SAC Bases, 12/24/1959

SAC Global Mission: Destroy Aggressor's War Capacity in Event of Sudden Aggression, 3/29/1960

SAC Flying Command Post—Operation "Looking Glass"—Remains Airborne for 20 Years, 2/3/1981

Global Shield 81, Strategic Air Command Concludes Annual Exercise, 2/20/1981

Note: The U.S. could afford to police the world in 1981 because it had not yet begun to redistribute its revenue-generating factories away from American soil.

Strategic Air Command Retired in Small but Formal Ceremony at Offutt AFB Nebraska; 6/2/1992

6/23/1944, Pacific G.H.Q. Lists Bombing Targets, Manokwari, Noemfoor, Wewak, Truk, Bougainville, New Britain

Map, Manokwari, Google

Map, Noemfoor, Google

Map, Wewak, Google

Map, Truk, Google

Map, Bougainville, Google

Map, New Britain, Google

Map, Pacific Theater, Army History

6/23/1944, Russian Tanks & Rocket-Firing Katushas Rolling Up Finnish Front, Red Army Concentrating 800 Guns per Mile

6/23/1944, French Patriots Derail Ammo & Troop Trains & Attack Many Isolated German Garrisons

6/23/1944, Russians North of Lake Onega Penetrate Finnish Defenses East of Medvezhegorsk, Fighting in Progress

Map, Medvezhegorsk, Google

6/23/1944, Liberator Surprises 15-Ship Japanese Convoy at Night Near Kayangel in Palau Group & Sinks Cargo Ship

Map; Kayangel Island, Palau; Google

6/23/1944, Pacific Fleet Communique Reports Navy Venturas Bombing Sjumusku (in Kuriles), Fires Started Near Airfield

Lockhead Ventura, Bomber & Patrol Aircraft, Wikipedia

Japan's Island Screen, The Kurile Group, 1/6/1945

Allies Agree to Extend Russian Sovereignty to the Kuriles, 8/24/1945

Russian Troops Occupy Three Islands in Kurile Group, 9/28/1945

Map, Kurile Islands, U.S. Office of War Information, 10/26/1945

Map, Kurile Islands, Google

Map, Japan-U.S.S.R. Northern Territories, Global Security

6/23/1944, Toronto Maple Leafs Split Pair with Jersey City Giants, Mustaikis One-Hits Giants in Nine-Inning Nightcap

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6/23/1944, British Fighters Shoot Down German Robot Planes Over Channel & Open Country in Southern England

6/23/1944, Church of Scotland Missionaries Escape Japanese in Asia, Small Freighter to Calcutta Sunk by Jap Planes

6/23/1944, Foreign Secretary Eden Tells House of Commons of 50 Allied POWs Shot by Gestapo for Attempting to Escape

6/23/1944, Corporal Harman Killed in Action at Kohima on Burma Front After Neutralizing Japanese Machinegun Nests

Map, Kohima, Google

6/23/1944, Shipping Losses from U-Boats Continue to Decrease, No Significant Losses to Invasion Fleet from U-Boats

List of 1,199 Ships Sunk in 1916 Due to War, 3/20/1917, Part 1

List of 1,199 Ships Sunk in 1916 Due to War, 3/20/1917, Part 2

German U-Boat Strategy Aims to Half Allied Shipping Inventory in Six Months, 5/5/1917

U-Boats Average 20 British Ships Sunk per Week, 10/13/1917

1,053 British & Neutral Ships Lost in First 16 Months of War, 2/1/1941

Reporter Describes Voyge Across Cold Atlantic, U-Boats Attack in Dark, Ships Hit, Surviving Ships Proceed, 3/16/1941

U-Boats Sink 25 Ships Last Week, Britain's Survival Depends on Battle of Atlantic, 3/19/1941

U-Boats & Surface Raiders Stalk British Convoy from South to North Atlanta, 22 Merchantmen Sunk, 3/24/1941

German U-Boats Sink 25 Merchantmen from England-to-Gibraltar Convoy Over Several Days, 8/25/1941

Lisbon Message Reports U-Boats Sinking Seven Ships from England-to-Gibraltar Convoy, 8/26/1941

British Shipping Losses Improve Over Summer Months, 9/11/1941

U-Boats & Nazi Bombers Sink Eight Ships from Large Atlantic Convoy, 9/15/1941

Hitler's Chances of Starving Britain with U-Boats Has Decreased, 10/4/1941

U-Boats Stalking Convoy off Canada Sink Two Freighters, Five Survivors Blown to Surface in Air Bubble, 11/20/1941

Heros of the Sea, U.S. Merchant Marine Rushes Men & Material to Far-Flung Fighting Fronts, 12/22/1942

6/23/1944, Cleveland Pitchers Best in A.L. in Average Allowed (.240), but Worst in Runs Allowed (235)

6/23/1944, Baltimore Orioles Defeat Buffalo Bisons 6-1 to Extend International League Lead to Two Games

6/23/1944, Philadelphia Athletics Pitcher Don Black Rejected for Military Service, Jo-Jo White Awaiting X-Ray Results

6/23/1944, German Bombers Raid Russian Airfield at Poltava, German Crews Report U.S. Bombers Parked Near Hangers

Excerpt from next link: For almost two hours an estimated 75 Luftwaffe bombers attacked the base, exhibiting a very high degree of accuracy. A very large majority of the bombs were dropped in the dispersal area of the landing ground where only B-17s were parked, indicating without question that the B-17s constituted the specific objective of the raiders. Of the 73 B-17s which had landed at Poltava, 47 were destroyed and most of the remainder severely damaged. One American combat crew member was killed and one other was severely wounded; several others suffered minor injuries. In addition to the aircraft suffering heavy damage, the stores of fuel and ammunition were also attacked and a large amount destroyed.

Operation Frantic, Secret U.S. Air Bases Inside Soviet Territory Used as Forward Support & Operational Bases

6/23/1944, Respecting the Flag, Don't Fly at Night (Unless for Patriotic Effect), Stars to Left When Displayed, Etc.

6/23/1944, Liberators Raid Japanese Staging Base at Truk, No Fighter or A.A. Opposition

Map, Truk, Google

Map, Pacific Theater, Army History

Photo, B-24 Liberator Manufacturing Plant, Wikipedia

6/23/1944, House Approves Bill Extending Selective Service Law to Aliens (About 2,000) Residing in Virgin Islands

6/23/1944, Dutch & Australian Mitchell Bombers Raid Jap Airstrip on Portuguese Timor, Fuel & Bomb Dumps Ignited

Portuguese Timor, Wikipedia

Map, East Timor, Google

Opening of Jap Commercial Airline Route to Portuguese Timor May Facilitate Eventual Occupation, 11/29/1941

Dutch & Australian Troops Occupy Portuguese Timor as Precaution Against Japanese Aggression, 12/19/1941

Dutch & Australian Guerillas Pick Off Numerous Occupying Japs on Portuguese Timor, 1/31/1942

Australian Commandos Harass Japanese Occupation Forces on Portuguese Timor, 1/6/1943

6/23/1944, Canadian 3rd Division Troops in France Loot Abandoned German Barracks for Cutlery

6/23/1944, Berlin Radio Announces Lieut.-General Hellmich Killed in Action on Cherbourg Peninsula

6/23/1944, Dozens of German Troop Trains on the Move in Northern France, Possible Move Against Normandy Front

6/23/1944, Germans in France Not Up to Same Standard as in Italy, Many New Recruits, Vets Excellent but Lack Vigor

6/23/1944, War Manpower Commission to Temporarily Bring in 700 Natives from Barbados to Work Canneries

6/23/1944, Navy Department Announces Five Bodies of Crewmen Recovered from Plane Crash Near Vancouver Island

6/23/1944, By Walter Lippmann, How to Settle with Finland, Helsinki & Moscow Must Adopt Good-Neighbor Principle

6/23/1944, Stalin Used to Be Evildoer, but Now He's Liberal & Smokes a Pipe

6/23/1944, Pirates Sweep Twin Bill from Reds, Bucs Take Batting Practice, 16 Runs, 26 Hits, 10 Doubles, 2 HRs

6/23/1944, Japs Abandon Supplies When Surprised by Rapid Advance of Allies Beyond Maram on Kohima-Imphal Road

Map, Maram (Burma Theater), Google

6/23/1944, Johnny Wyrostek Doubles in 10th & Scores Winner as Columbus Red Birds Edge St. Paul Saints 3-2

6/23/1944, Ford Motor Co. Advertisement, Germans Prefer Captured British Vehicles for Reconnaissance

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6/23/1944, "Fortress Europe"; German Defenses from Norway to Yugoslavia; Coastal Defense Backed by Mobile Reserves

6/23/1944, American League Boxscores, Zuber Blanks Senators, Tigers Turn 3 DPs, Red Sox-A's Split, A's Strand 23

6/23/1944, Louisville Colonels Trade Pitcher Ollie Byers to Indianapolis Indians for Pitcher George Diehl

6/23/1944, Minneapolis Millers Owner & Last Surviving A.A. Founder Says He May Not Field Team in '45 Due to War

6/23/1944, American Association, Brewers Batting .313, Wyrostek of Columbus at .404 Surpasses Brewers' Peck at .393

6/23/1944, Phils Win Opener 1-0 on Northey HR in Top of 15th, Braves' Tobin Tosses 5-Inning No-Hitter in Nightcap

6/23/1944; National League Boxscores; Javery Gets 1-0 Loss, but Goes 15 Innings, Allows 11 Hits, Walks 4, Fans 6

6/23/1944, Edmonton Tops Fairbanks in Midnight Sun Baseball Classic, Game Starts Before Sundown & Ends After Sunrise

6/23/1944; Great Lakes Blue Jackets' Jim Trexler (19-7 for Indianapolis in '43) Shuts Out Lawrence College 9-0, Fans 19

Lt. Cmdr. Mickey Cochrane Fields All Star Baseball Team for Great Lakes Naval Training Center, 5/29/1944

Mickey Cochrane, Baseball Reference, 1,652 Hits, .320 Batting, .419 On-Base Percentage, 1,451 Games at Catcher

Mickey Cochrane, by Charlie Bevis, Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)

Baseball in Wartime, Gary Bedingfield

6/23/1944, Skimpy Crowd of 2,556 Witnesses Tobin No-Hitter, Tobin Satisfied with 5-Inning No-Hitter in Record Book

6/23/1944, Cardinal Pitcher George Munger (N.L. W-L Leader at 9-1) Ordered by Draft Board to Report for Induction

6/23/1944, Principal Daily Events in War, Normandy, Saipan, Italy, Pilotless Planes, Finland, China, Etc.

6/23/1944, How Long Can Japan Last After Hitler? MacArthur Warns of Difficulty of Invading Japan, No Half Measures

6/23/1944, "Television" Was Theme of Interesting Talk at Prescott Rotary Club's Noonday Luncheon

6/23/1944, American Association Roundup & Boxscores, Louisville 8-Run 7th Ruins 0-0 Duel with Kansas City

6/23/1944, Advertising Boom to Follow War

6/23/1944, Severe Frosts & Manpower Shortage Impair Milling & Harvesting at Moreton Central Sugar Mill Co., Part 1

6/23/1944, Severe Frosts & Manpower Shortage Impair Milling & Harvesting at Moreton Central Sugar Mill Co., Part 2

6/24/1944, Red Army Launches Offensive in Vitebsk Sector, Strongly Fortified German Positions Penetrated

Map, Eastern Front, June to August 1944, Wikipedia

Map, Vitebsk, Google

6/24/1944, Newsmap, World News Captions with Map Locations Pointed Out

6/24/1944, SHAEF Communiques No. 36 & No. 35, Special French Underground Communique, Railroads Targeted, Part 1

6/24/1944, SHAEF Communiques No. 36 & No. 35, Special French Underground Communique, Railroads Targeted, Part 2

6/24/1944, Eastern Front, Stupendous Losses Suffered on Both Sides, Stalin Warns Russians of Increasing Nazi Ferocity

6/24/1944, Britain Promises to Wage War Against Japan Despite Logistics & National Debt; "Lady Bountiful" Is Broke

6/24/1944, Germans Recapture Chiusi Near Perugia Italy in Ongoing 48-Hour Battle, Mortar Fire Pins Down Allies

Map, Chiusi, Google

6/24/1944, Allied Eastern Fleet Carrier-Borne Planes Raid Jap Military Installations on Andaman Islands, Heavy A.A.

Map, Andaman Islands, Google

Penal Colony for India's Worst, Andaman Islands, Convicts Released After One Year, 1/7/1939, Part 1

Penal Colony for India's Worst, Andaman Islands, Convicts Released After One Year, 1/7/1939, Part 2

Penal Colony for India's Worst, Andaman Islands, Convicts Released After One Year, 1/7/1939, Part 3

Andaman Islands Occupied by Japanese, 3/27/1942

6/24/1944, Germany 30 Years Ago, British Averaged 250,000 a Year Killed Against Germans

6/24/1944, Staggering Refugee & Homeless Problem Has Yet to Peak, 20,000,000 in Europe, 20,000,000 in Asia

6/24/1944, Grim Fighting in Progress on Both Sides of Vitebsk, Soviets Launch Summer Offensive on Wide Front

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