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Killed in Burma plane crash; war role cited; career; por
Brit evacuate Tiddim; Gen Auchinleck explains evacuation; says Imphal will be held; Jap forces break through to Imphal-Kohima road; damage bridge before being repelled; unit reptd north of Kohima striking toward main Allied supply system; Jap pressure continues near Palel; Jap patrol reptd within 12 mi of Imphal; Singapore radio claims Jap capture of Mashan road junction; Tokyo radio repts Japanese combating Brit air efforts to supply cut-off forces; Jap troops make minor gains east of Kohima; infiltrate Naga Hills; US-Chinese forces tighten hold on trapped foe, Shaduzup-Laban areas; Allied fliers lose 1 plane in 850 sorties over area; Brit troops reptd astride Jap supply lines south of Myitkyina; Commandos raid Anisakan airfield; map; illus
Soldier vote bill
Indicted for falsifying civil service application for WLB post
USSR DRIVE: USSR troops cut main Ger escape line into Rumania proper by cutting Kishinev-Jassy ry; strike to within 2 mi of Kishinev; reptd poised on Prut River east bank for smash into eastern Rumania; Sipotyany rr station capture cited; Ger Maj Gen von Mann reptd in charge of Bucharest defenses; Czech bn reptd fighting with USSR forces in push toward Czech Carpathian frontier; USSR Army exploits gains; Marshal Zhukoff armies gains cited; Bukovina area advances noted; map
1944World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.