ALLIES HOLD OFF FIERCE ATTACKS, TAKE NAZI PRISONERS BELOW ROME (2/5/44)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 2/5/44 | Daniel de Luce, Milton Bracker, Homer Bigart, C.L. Sulzberger, George F. Horne, George E. Jones

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
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Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Eastern Europe, 1941: Russian Leningrad and Ukraine Offensives – Operations, 2 December 1943-30 April 1944
Allied Advance to Volturno River, Reorganization, and Attack on Gustav Line (17 January-11 May 1944)
Anzio-Cassino Area, 1943: Attempts to Cross Rapido and Garigliano Rivers, 17-20 January 1944. Anzio Landing, 22 January 1944. German Counterattack at Anzio, 16-19 February 1944
New Guinea and Alamo Force Operations: Clearing the Huon Peninsula and Securing the Straits, 19 September 1943-26 April 1944
Cartwheel, the Seizure of the Gilberts and Marshalls, and Concurrent Air and Naval Operations, 30 June 1943-26 April 1944
The Far East and the Pacific, 1941: Original Allied Strategic Concept, May 1943; Situation in Pacific, 1 November 1943

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The first of these excerpts is continued from February 3.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

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Billboard Top Ten for the Week of February 5, 1944

#1 - “My Heart Tells Me” - Glen Gray, with Eugenie Baird
#2 - “Besame Mucho” – Jimmy Dorsey, with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen
#3 – “Paper Doll” - Mills Brothers
#4 – “Shoo Shoo Baby” - Andrews Sisters
#5 - “Star Eyes” - Jimmy Dorsey, with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen
#6 – “Shoo Shoo Baby” - Ella Mae Morse, with orchestra
#7 - “My Shining Hour” - Glen Gray, with Eugenie Baird
#8 - “No Love, No Nothin’” – Ella Mae Morse
#9 - “My Ideal” – Jimmy Dorsey, with Bob Eberly
#10 – “Do Nothin’ Till You Hear from Me” – Duke Ellington

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4 Assaults Broken (de Luce, Bracker) – 2-4
The Fifth Army Landing at Nettuno in Allied Flanking Movement (photo) – 3
Nazis Transform Thin Line to Heavy Force at Cisterna (by Homer Bigart, first-time contributor) – 4
Cassino Toe-Hold Won by Americans (Sulzberger) – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Ebeye is Attacked (Horne) – 6-7
Namur Battering Crazes Japanese (Jones) – 7
Nimitz Proclaims Rule in Marshalls – 7-8
Russians Squeeze Trapped Divisions (by W.H. Lawrence) – 8
U.S. Bombers Rock Frankfort Again (by Harold Denny) – 9
2 States Polled on Candidacies (by George Gallup) – 10
Gen. Bissell Heads Army Intelligence – 10
Anti-New Deal Democrats Unite under Woodring to Regain Party – 10
Latest Casualties in the Army and Navy – 11
Fish Steps Aside; Woman Delegate – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 12-13

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/feb44/f05feb44.htm

Chindits in Burma
Saturday, February 5, 1944 www.onwar.com

Members of a “Chindit” brigade in Burma [photo at link]

In Burma... The 16th Long Range Penetration Brigade (a Chindit brigade) leaves Ledo and marches south toward the “Aberdeen” area.

On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front capture Rovno and Lutsk in advances against the German 4th Panzer Army. Inside the Korsun pocket, German General Stemmermann, commanding forces within the pocket, withdraws to smaller perimeter. German efforts to supply the trapped forces by air, from airfields around Uman, are successful. Soviet forces mount attacks on the pocket perimeter, as well as attempting to cut the aerial supply line.

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http://www.etherit.co.uk/month/thismonth/05.htm

February 5th, 1944 (SATURDAY)

UNITED KINGDOM: Frigate HMS Labuan commissioned.

GERMANY: U-322 commissioned.

MEDITERRANEAN SEA: One man washed overboard from U-450 in the Mediterranean. [Matrosengefreiter Thomas Heneka]. Later that day the boat suffered a fire in the engine room and was forced to return to base.

MARSHALL ISLANDS: Glen Borens’ diary reads:

At about noon, Captain Thomas P Jeter came aboard. At 1335 hrs, R ADM John J. Ballentine was relieved as Captain of the Bunker Hill and Capt Jeter took over. RADM Ballentine left the ship.

In the middle of the afternoon, the port skuppers were shut down and after awhile, the deckedge elevator was lowered to the hanger deck and swimming became the game of the day. Three Marines were lined at different intervals along the catwalk, armed with rifles and kept a lookout for sharks.

We stayed there til Feb. 12th when we left for Truk.

U.S.A.: Destroyer escort USS Lake commissioned.

Submarine USS Piranha commissioned.

Submarine USS Segundo launched.

Escort carrier HMS Puncher commissioned Tacoma, Washington.

ATLANTIC OCEAN:
U-763 shot down an RAF 502 Sqn Halifax.

U-963 shot down an RAF 53 Sqn Liberator.

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The Chindits did some amazing things regarding training, living off the land, and long-range/long-term jungle movement, but ultimately didn’t contribute much (if anything) to the war effort. Perhaps what was learned in the process was an investment in future wars.

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Katherine St. George, for whom Hamilton Fish stepped aside to be a delegate to the Republican National Convention, was a cousin of FDR. Fish was a fierce anti-New Dealer and was an isolationist before Pearl Harbor. Fish lost his Congressional seat in 1944, but St. George would regain it in 1946 and hold it for the Republicans until 1965.

She resided in Tuxedo Park, reportedly the first place men wore its namesake, the tuxedo. It was an enclave for the very rich in Orange County, New York. Another prominent resident was Alfred Loomis, who built a lab there researching electricity and radiation. Loomis moved his operation to MIT and was instrumental in founding the "Rad Lab" that produced advanced radars during the War.

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I noticed that item, as well. It reminded me of Hamilton Fish’s famous ancestor and namesake, who died in Cuba fighting with Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders.

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According to Wiki, this Fish changed his name to just “Hamilton Fish,” deleting his middle name, to honor his fallen cousin.

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How interesting. Teddy Roosevelt presents the deceased Sgt. Fish as quite a paragon.

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I know this is a bit late but I only just heard this now on the drive home from work.

February 5th 1944 is the date that the Colossus Mark 1 went operational at Bletchley Park.

Here is a link to the BBC story on the 70th anniversary.

Veterans gather for Colossus 70th anniversary