of the present offensive we have taken 32000 prisoners
on all fronts in Italy. In White Russia the Red Army
have captured Bobruisk and further north have
pushed to within a mile or 2 of the 1939 Polish
frontier. On the Finnish front our Allies have
captured the capital of the Karelian Finnish
Republic and thus gained control of the whole of
the railway linking Leningrad with Murmansk.
Stockholm messages say it is now confirmed
that General Dietl, German commander in
Northern Finland has been killed in an air crash.
In German controlled Denmark
there have been more clashes in the streets of
the capital, Copenhagen. In the Pacific Allied
aircraft have attacked Japanese bases and
strong points on a front of some 2000 miles
from Timor to Rabaul and the Northern
Solomons. More than 1500 American
heavy bombers and fighters yesterday attacked
aircraft factories and other targets in
central Germany. More flying bombs came
over Southern England during the night.
31/6/1944. Fred. Allen 6.= pm.
British forces have beaten back the strongest
German counterattack in Normandy so far
after 4 hours battle but they improved their positions.
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