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ON KHARKOV BATTLE FRONT CRIPPLED TANKS STAGGER OUT. PANZER DIVISIONS CLOSELY LOCKED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, Noon.) LONDON, May 21. The Russians last night continued their offensive operations in the vicinity of Kharkov. The Russian forces at some points have penetrated the Kharkov defences to a depth of forty miles. A “Pravda” correspondent reports that fields round the city are a blazing inferno, with crippled Nazi tanks staggering blindly out: of the battle and panzer divisions locked so inextricably with Russian tanks that planes of either side can no longer bomb, or distinguish friend from foe. A Moscow communique states that fighting is' at its height on the eastern part of the Kerch Peninsula. The Mayor of Moscow warns the people to be prepared for further German raids. He said the city’s air defences were stronger than ever. There has been no alert in Moscow for two months. The Berlin radio does not refer to the Kharkov front. It claims that German tank divisions have advanced considerably in the central sector and that Russian counter-attacks failed.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 May 1942, Page 4
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