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over the battle area our medium, light &
heavy bombers smothered German
positions. We had 300 planes out and
not one enemy plane could be seen.
Heavy bombers viz. Liberators with
an escort of Lightnings attacked
Bolzano and also railway targets
South of Florence. 7 enemy planes
were destroyed and 8 of ours are
missing. In Russia the main
clash between Germans and Russians
has gone from Kiev to the So.
of Cherkassy where the Germans have
massed considerable forces with all
kinds of arms. The Russians are now
5 miles short of .......[?]. In White
Russia the Germans are being pressed
hard and 80 places were captured between
the river Sozh and the Dnjepr. From Switzerland is
reported that the whole of the Vichy embassy
the ambassador himself excepted has
resigned. In New Guinea the Australians
are advancing. In the Solomons the USA marines
have made a surprise landing behind
the Japanese lines on Bougainville.
American planes based in China
have bombed Swatow East of Hong Kong.
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