RAF RIPS AUGSBURG FACTORIES; 642 NAZI PLANES IS WEEK’S TOLL; RUSSIANS PUSH ON (2/27/44)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 2/27/44 | James MacDonald, Ralph Parker, Milton Bracker, George Gallup, Hanson W. Baldwin, Drew Middleton

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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.
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[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The first of these excerpts is continued from February 23.

Winston S. Churchill, Closing the Ring

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The Nimitz Graybook

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Double Night Blow (MacDonald) – 2
310 Villages Fall in Drive on Pskov – 3
Wreckage Litters Area of Nazi Trap (Parker) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Japanese Ships Trapped at Truk by Our Bombers (photo) – 5
U.S. Warships Hit Kavieng, Fliers Again Blast Rabaul – 5
Lull Continues on Italian Fronts (Bracker) – 6
Allies Now Easing News from Italy – 6-7
Nurse’s Clothes Ripped in Hospital Bombing (photo) – 7
Red Cross Woman is Killed at Anzio – 7
Japanese Routed from Burma Town – 8
Latest War Casualties – 10
Dewey Leads as Republican Choice in Every Section, Gallup Poll Finds (Gallup) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 11-12

The News of the Week in Review
Two Weeks of the Allied Air Offensive (map) – 13
Target Europe – 14-15
Fifteen News Questions – 15
Russia’s Winter Gains Point to Final Victory (Baldwin) – 16-17
As Russia’s Winter Campaign Nears Its End (map) – 16
Answers to Fifteen News Questions – 17
War on the Luftwaffe is Prelude to Invasion (Middleton) – 18
“The Monster Comes Home” (cartoon) – 19
Possible Paths of Allied Attack (map) – 20
Pacific Campaign is Speeded Up (by Frank L. Kluckhohn) – 21

The New York Times Magazine
Master of the Pacific Chessboard (by Foster Hailey) – 22-24

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/feb44/f27feb44.htm

Air strikes on Admiralty Islands
Sunday, February 27, 1944 www.onwar.com

In the Admiralty Islands... There are American air strikes on Momote and Lorengau in preparation for a reconnaissance in force. The troops to be employed in the operation are embarking in Oro Bay.

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http://www.etherit.co.uk/month/thismonth/27.htm

February 27th, 1944 (SUNDAY)

FINLAND: 600 Soviet bombers raid Helsinki for 12 hours last night.

EAST CHINA SEA: Submarine USS Grayback sunk by a Japanese carrier-based aircraft. There are no survivors.

U.S.A.: Destroyer USS English launched.

Submarine USS Besugo launched.

ATLANTIC OCEAN: Sailing ship Rod el Farag sunk by U-407 at 33.48N, 34.51E.

Sloop HMS Woodpecker foundered while under tow to port after torpedo damage.

[Tax-chick]

"Flies Again Blast Rabaul"
Mother Nature blasted Rabaul, too:

This photo of Rabaul is courtesy of TripAdvisor

[Seizethecarp]

The bomber and fighter and airman losses of the week (3,500) are staggering to the home front, I am sure.

[colorado tanker]

Yes, the Big Week losses were staggering, although not as bad if you consider how many more sorties this week saw than a regular week. But the German losses were worse and they have real trouble replacing them. They are also pulling fighters back into Germany to defend the Fatherland from the air attacks. It all contributed to air supremacy over Northern France by the time of D-Day.