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Describing the naval battle of the Philippines as "one of the pivotal actions of the war," Secretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal reported in a radio address over the Columbia Broadcasting System last night that "we estimate that two-thirds of the Japanese battleships have been sunk or damaged."
Berlin repts Allied amphibious forces swarming ashore on Zuid Beveland and Walcharen; observers at Ft Hendrik note unusual activity around Flushing; Ger withdrawal seen disorganized between s' Hertogenbosch and Tilburg; Brit take Vught and Udenhout and push beyond as Scottish columns take Oistewijk and reach Wilhelmina Canal northeast of Tilburg from east; other Brit forces drive into southern suburbs; Gers blowing up canal bridges inside Tilburg and leading into city's center; delay 's Hertogenbosch total liberation; Canadians take Oostburg; smash to Bergen op Zoom outskirts and near Roosendaal; take Nispen and Dorp; other forces reach Groede on Schelde south side; Allies repel strong counter-attacks around Bruyeres and Moselotte in Vosges sector; Gers claim to have retaken Menil Pass; map
Jap radio comment on Leyte Gulf battle declares US has lost war
Fairchild cameras work for US battle intelligence and mil air route mapping described
1944J. A. Jance, American author and poet[†]
Judith Ann Jance is an American author of mystery novels. She writes three series of novels, centering on retired Seattle Police Department Detective J. P. Beaumont, Arizona County Sheriff Joanna Brady, and former Los Angeles news anchor turned mystery solver Ali Reynolds. The Beaumont and Brady series intersect in the novel Partner in Crime, which is both the 16th Beaumount mystery and the 10th Brady mystery. They intersect again in Fire and Ice.
1944Judith Auer, German World War II resistance fighter (born 1905)[†]
Judith Auer was a Swiss resistance fighter against the Nazi régime in Germany.
1944World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an 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.