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January 18, 1945

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Headlines from January 18, 1945

FOE STIFF IN WEST; Fog and Tanks Help the Germans Slow British and U.S. at Front OUR AIR ARM BARRED Montgomery Push Gains Town--Americans Lift Threat to Strasbourg Americans Gain in Alsace FOE STIFF IN WEST WITH HELP OF FOG Fog Curbs Tactical Planes Advances 3,200 Yards 7th Army Gains Ground NAZIS GLOAT OVER WEST Say von Runstedt Escaped Trap and Frustrated Big Attack

By Clifton Daniel By Wireless To the New York Times. By Richard J. H. Johnston By Wireless To the New York Times

Ger radio claims Eisenhower plan to trap large Ger forces foiled by von Rundstedt clever withdrawal

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Notable Births

1945Rocco Forte, English businessman and philanthropist[†]

Sir Rocco Giovanni Forte is an English hotelier and the chairman of Rocco Forte Hotels.

Historical Events

Kraków

1945World War II: Liberation of Kraków, Poland by the Red Army.[†]

Kraków, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 (2023), with approximately 8 million additional people living within a 100 km (62 mi) radius. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, one of the world's first sites granted the status.