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1944Erich Marcks, German general (born 1891)[†]
Erich Marcks was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II. He authored the first draft of the operational plan, Operation Draft East, for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, advocating what was later known as A–A line as the goal for the Wehrmacht to achieve, within nine to seventeen weeks. Marcks studied philosophy in Freiburg in 1909.
1944World War II: Battle of Carentan: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France.[†]
The Battle of Carentan was an engagement in World War II between airborne forces of the United States Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Normandy. The battle took place from 10 to 14 June 1944, on the approaches to and within the town of Carentan, France.
battle Ger tanks, raid communications lines and mil targets from invasion area to northwest of Paris and to Pas-de-Calais
J Finkel killed in alleged gang-warfare flare-up; L Silvers and L Harris held; Silvers believed to have killed Finkel for refusal to pay shakedown in Silver attempt to become Buchalter (Lepke) successor in Brownsville area, and to have shot H and W Davidoff in '43
Urges war bond purchases, war weapons exhibit, NYC
D-day Eur invasion role cited
Chinese troops take Lungling; repel Japanese from Watien, at Kaitou; set up Burma Rd block, south of Lungling; Salween drive effect on Myitkyina campaign noted; map
US Navy task force raids Saipan, Tinian and Guam; map
US paratroopers watching for Ger snipers in Ste Mere-Eglise illus
Russians advance 15 mi on Karelian Isthmus; Baltic Fleet guns bombard Finns; Stalin order of day announces new offensive; campaign directed by Gen Govoroff; Moscow repts heavy Finnish losses; map
patriots reptd taking strategic points, Toulouse, Limoges and Tarbes; Natl Liberation Commissariat officials deny rept; patriots activity Bellegarde, reptd
E Kalytka, Ger prisoner, escapes from Halloran Gen Hosp, SI; intensive manhunt organized