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War Dept bans film distribution to troops for fear it contains pol propaganda; Sens Green and Taft comment; S P Skouras, 20th Century Fox Film Corp pres, scores ban
Lr congratulating Foreign Affairs Min Osubka-Morawski on Polish troops entry into Polish territory cited
On Idlewild airport plans
Eisenhower moves hdqrs to Normandy
1944World War II: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end.[†]
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.
1944World War II: The Battle of Narva on the Eastern Front ends with a defensive German victory.[†]
The Battle of Narva was a World War II military campaign, lasting from 2 February to 10 August 1944, in which the German Army Detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for possession of the strategically important Narva Isthmus.