is reported from Northern Burma and Saipan where
the airfield captured is being used. The work of the
Ministry of Information was critically discussed
in the Commons. It was stated by Mr. Brendan Bracken
that films are ready for the liberated
countries in Europe. Per day 179 programs are
broadcast in 24 European languages.
30/6/1944. 9.= am
In Normandy British troops re-acted vigorously to a
German counterattack on the right flank of our wedge below
Caen. The enemy thrust came late yesterday while our troops
were building up their newly won positions. There was some hard
fighting also around the edge of our salient where the
Germans are defending the town of Évrecy with determination.
Our troops have made bunted progress in hard fighting north
of Caen. American troops are steadily wiping out the
remaining pockets of resistance in the hip of the Cherbourg
peninsula. More than 240 German tanks have been
knocked out in Normandy since D-day and German
fighter bases have been forced back as much as one
hundred miles inland. In Italy 5th Army troops were
last reported less than 30 miles from the big port of
Leghorn on the West coast and others further inland were
within 12 miles of Siena. 8th Army troops have gained
more ground north of Perugia. Since the beginning
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