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January 25, 1945

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Headlines from January 25, 1945

U.S. FORCE TRAPS ENEMY IN BURMA; Americans' Jungle Dash Puts Them in Control of Road-- British Form New Block U.S. FORCE TRAPS ENEMY IN BURMA Fourth Amphibious Attack

By Tillman Durdin By Wireless To the New York Times

US Mars Task Force under Brig Gen Willey blocks Jap Burma Rd retreat route 30 mi south of Mongyu; Chinese reptd forcing Jap troops toward US positions; Brit Commandos land near Kangaw, Arakan coast, in move designed to cut Jap Myohaung-Taungup escape rd; Allied planes hammer Arakan area; map

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RUSSIANS IN OPPELN; Take Oder River Bastion as Clamp Tightens on Silesian Basin PUSH NEARER BERLIN Rawicz, 148 Miles Away, Seized--Baltic Aisle Cut to 22 Miles Now 148 Miles From Berlin Oder Crossings Reported RED ARMY DRIVES CLOSE TO BRESLAU Breslau Is Outflanked

By Unknown Author

horses role in USSR drive noted, illus; Russians narrow Ger escape corridor south of Baltic Sea to 22 mi, reach point within 17 mi of Elbing; take Miswalde and Riesenburg; Lyck capture by merged Rokossovsky and Chernyakhovsky forces breaks enemy defenses on rds through Masurian Lakes; Chernyakhovsky troops take Angerburg; Berlin repts other elements across Kurisches Haff lagoon; also repts new USSR drive, Libau, Latvia, area

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Notable Births

Byron Beck

1945Byron Beck, American basketball player[†]

Byron Beck is an American former professional basketball player.

Leigh Taylor-Young

1945Leigh Taylor-Young, American actress[†]

Leigh Taylor-Young is an American former actress who has appeared on stage, screen, podcast, radio, and television. Her best-known films include I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), The Horsemen (1971), The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), Soylent Green (1973), and Jagged Edge (1985). She won an Emmy for her role on the hit television series Picket Fences.

Historical Events

Battle of the Bulge

1945World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.[†]

The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive or Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during the Second World War, taking place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945. It was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of eastern Belgium and northern Luxembourg. The offensive was intended to stop Allied use of the Belgian port of Antwerp and to split the Allied lines, allowing the Germans to encircle and destroy each of the four Allied armies and force the western Allies to negotiate a peace treaty in the Axis powers' favor.