Japanese block Dimapur-Kohima road; retain hold on parts of Bishenpur-Silchar trail; Tokyo radio repts heavy fighting in area; Chinese-US forces advance in Mogaung Valley area and south from Ft Hertz area; Mountbatten visits Imphal; lauds 17th Indian Div under Maj Gen A T Cowan; Jap drive from north of Imphal reptd gaining; Jap correspondent repts Jap unit southwest of Bishenpur and Jap artillery shelling Moirang

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1944World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter.^[†]

The Allied bombing of Yugoslavia in World War II involved air attacks on cities and towns in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia by the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) and Royal Air Force (RAF), including the Balkan Air Force (BAF), between 1941 and 1945, during which period the entire country was occupied by the Axis powers. Dozens of Yugoslav cities and towns were bombed, many repeatedly. These attacks included intensive air support for Yugoslav Partisan operations in May–June 1944, and a bombing campaign against transport infrastructure in September 1944 as the German Wehrmacht withdrew from Greece and Yugoslavia. This latter operation was known as Operation Ratweek. Some of the attacks caused significant civilian casualties.

Headlines from April 16, 1944

Record 85,000 See Charlton Upset Chelsea In Soccer Final; Eisenhower Presents Cup; CHARLTON VICTOR AS 85,000 WATCH

VARGAS PROMISES BRAZIL DEMOCRACY; Declares People May Choose Own Government After War in Free Elections VARGAS PROMISES BRAZIL DEMOCRACY

WALLACE TO PLEDGE MORE AID TO CHINA; Retaking Burma, Smashing Japan Is Reported Objective After Invading Europe Wallace Going to China to Give Pledge Of Eventual All-Out Attack in Burma

Vital India Roads Are Cut; Allies Lose Dimapur Route; VITAL INDIA ROADS BLOCKED BY FOE

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