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February 8, 1945

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RUSSIANS SMASH ON; Zhukoff, 31 Miles From Berlin, Is Reported Across the Oder FRANKFORT MENACED Near-by Kunersdorf Won --Tanks Stab Kuestrin --Koneff Gains Oder Citadels Shelled RUSSIANS SMASH ON AT BERLIN'S GATES Zhukoff Closer to Berlin Kunersdorf Battle Won East Prussian Lines Sway

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Russians within 1 1/2 mi of Kuestrin with Alt Drewitz capture; Frankfort menaced by Kunersdorf capture; Ger repts Oder west bank bridgeheads being widened by Zhukoff forces; troops take Zaeckerick, 31 mi from Berlin; take Guestebiese; Zhukoff battle to eliminate last Ger pockets described by Gers; USSR Information Bur repts on Ger gens killed or captured, Jan 12-Feb 4; Koneff army widens bridgehead to 66 mi with Preisdorf capture; takes over 50 more places, including Maerzdorf and Grossburg, narrowing Ger westward escape gap; map

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PATTON OVER RIVER; Four Divisions Cross Our and Sauer at Night to Hack Westwall WIDE FRONT ABLAZE 1st Army Is Nearer Dam Control--2 Complete Siegfried Line Cuts PATTON OVER RIVER AT TEN NEW POINTS Fifth Gets Off First The Dam System

By Clifton Daniel By Wireless To the New York Times

3d Army troops strike at Ger bulge along Luxembourg border; pierce main Siegfried defenses above Pruem; drive over Schnee Eifel into Wascheid; take Hontheim, Sellerich and Herscheid; clear Brandscheid of Gers who had broken back into town; cross Our River at several points around Dasburg and Sauer River near Bollendorf; enter Bettel; other units enter Sinz; US troops held up in move to cross Kall River; other forces gain in Schmidt drive; enter Kommerscheid and Gemuend suburb of Malsbenden; clear Hellenthal; Roer River dam system described; maps

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NAVAL CHIEFS URGE JOB DRAFT TO BEAT JAPANESE QUICKLY; Forrestal, Bard Say May Bill Will Insure Rapid Repair of Damaged Vessels SHIPBUILDING LAG BARED McNutt Supports Measure, but Urges That WMC Have Control of Program

By C.p. Trussell Special To the New York Times

Forrestal and Under-Sec Bard seek Cong action to insure adequate labor forces for battle damage repair as Pacific pressure mounts; other naval sources reveal data on navy yd labor turnover and naval construction 'slippages,' Sen com hearing on May-Bailey bill

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MacArthur Enters Manila; Hailed by Freed Prisoners; 'I'm a Little Late, but We Finally Came,' General Says--Women Embrace Him at Santo Tomas Camp M'ARTHUR RETURNS TO RUINED MANILA Little Late," Says General Wounded After Visit

By Ford Wilkins By Broadcast To the New York Times

MacArthur enters Manila; Japanese shell Santo Tomas camp compound during his visit there

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U.S. FORCES CLEAR NORTHERN MANILA; Drive Delayed by Destruction of All Bridges but Troops to South Tighten Trap U.S. FORCES CLEAR NORTHERN MANILA Americans South of Pasig Ships Shell Corregidor Tokyo Accuses Guerrillas

By Lindesay Parrott By Wireless To the New York Times

US planes attack Corregidor, Caballo Is, Nichols Field area and Echague

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1945Italo Santelli, Italian fencer and coach (born 1866)^[†]

Italo Santelli was an Italian fencer who is considered to be the "father of modern sabre fencing".

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1945World War II: British and Canadian forces commence Operation Veritable to occupy land between the Maas and Rhine rivers.^[†]

The British Armed Forces are the unified military forces responsible for the defence of the United Kingdom, its Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies. They also promote the UK's wider interests, support international peacekeeping efforts and provide humanitarian aid. The force is also known as His Majesty's Armed Forces.

1945World War II: Mikhail Devyataev escapes with nine other Soviet POWs from a Nazi concentration camp in Peenemünde, Usedom.^[†]

Mikhail Petrovich Devyataev ; 8 July 1917 – 24 November 2002) was a Soviet fighter pilot known for his incredible escape from a Nazi concentration camp on the island of Usedom, in the Baltic Sea.

Headlines from February 8, 1945

RUSSIANS SMASH ON; Zhukoff, 31 Miles From Berlin, Is Reported Across the Oder FRANKFORT MENACED Near-by Kunersdorf Won --Tanks Stab Kuestrin --Koneff Gains Oder Citadels Shelled RUSSIANS SMASH ON AT BERLIN'S GATES Zhukoff Closer to Berlin Kunersdorf Battle Won East Prussian Lines Sway

PATTON OVER RIVER; Four Divisions Cross Our and Sauer at Night to Hack Westwall WIDE FRONT ABLAZE 1st Army Is Nearer Dam Control--2 Complete Siegfried Line Cuts PATTON OVER RIVER AT TEN NEW POINTS Fifth Gets Off First The Dam System

NAVAL CHIEFS URGE JOB DRAFT TO BEAT JAPANESE QUICKLY; Forrestal, Bard Say May Bill Will Insure Rapid Repair of Damaged Vessels SHIPBUILDING LAG BARED McNutt Supports Measure, but Urges That WMC Have Control of Program

MacArthur Enters Manila; Hailed by Freed Prisoners; 'I'm a Little Late, but We Finally Came,' General Says--Women Embrace Him at Santo Tomas Camp M'ARTHUR RETURNS TO RUINED MANILA Little Late," Says General Wounded After Visit

U.S. FORCES CLEAR NORTHERN MANILA; Drive Delayed by Destruction of All Bridges but Troops to South Tighten Trap U.S. FORCES CLEAR NORTHERN MANILA Americans South of Pasig Ships Shell Corregidor Tokyo Accuses Guerrillas

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