WAR NEWS IN HEADLINES
Important news is expected when the security black-out on Fd. Marshall Montgomery’s army is lifted.
German reports : “ 2nd Army spearheads are 60 miles from Hanover.”
American 3rd Army is 40 miles from Weimar.
Allied advances have released some 300 British and 1,200 US POW’s west of Cassel.
Two powerful Russian forces are closing in on Vienna, One is within 20 miles of the city.
Gen. Malinovsky’s forces are within sight of Bratislavia,
The Central Burma Plain is being cleared in a series of small actions, ’ The Okinawa invasion force has extended its bridgehead. An effort is being made to cut right across the island. Japanese report a further landing west of Okinawa. There now is considerable mine-laying by US planes in the Inland Sea of Japan The latest Philippines landings are progressing well.
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Highlander, Volume 1, Issue 7, 3 April 1945, Page 1
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137WAR NEWS IN HEADLINES Highlander, Volume 1, Issue 7, 3 April 1945, Page 1
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