Rich Mines Rewon (Parker) – 2-3
Spain Frees 6 of 7 Italian Ships after Anglo-American Pressure * – 3
War News Summarized – 3
Americans Wedging into Cassino after Week’s Battle in Outskirts (Sulzberger) – 4
Line below Rome under Heavy Fire (de Luce, Bracker) – 4-5
Beach Hospital in Italy Bombed – 5
Vatican Repeats Pledge of Haven – 5
Nimitz Says Issue in Europe Won’t Affect Pacific Now (Trumbull) – 6-7
Our Pacific Theatres Closely Knit for Series of Blows at Japan (Kluckhohn) – 7
‘Forts’ Pace Attack Rocking Frankfort (by Drew Middleton) – 8
Gunner in Tail of ‘Halved’ Fort Fires On as He Plunges to Death (by JamesMacDonald) – 8
Air Power and the War (by Alexander P. de Seversky) – 9
The War Scene Today (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 10-11
*This page 1 article was marked for rejection because I didn’t save the continuation on another page. Then I realized it doesn’t continue on another page. That is why it has a line through it. Carry on – HJS.
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Luftwaffe supplies Korsun pocket
Wednesday, February 9, 1944 www.onwar.com
On the Eastern Front... German air forces make renewed efforts to bring supplies to the troops in the Korsun pocket. Large quantities of fuel and ammunition are delivered, while some of the wounded are flown out.
In Italy... At the Anzio beachhead, German forces capture Aprilia from the British 1st Division which continues to hold “The Factory”.