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Serajevo was also bombed. In daylight yesterday
our heavies were grounded last night however
Halifaxes and Lancasters went out attacking an airfield
near Vienna. 1400 fights were made.
3 planes are missing and 3 were destroyed.
It is reported from the USA that American is breaking off
relations with Finland in view of the agreement with
Germany this week. The Finns admitted they had
to withdraw from the ....[?] Isthmus. The Germans
do not say today they lost Mogilev the day before
yesterday nor do they mention the loss of Bobruisk.
Yesterday the Russians cut the railway leading
from Polatsk to the West. Only one route of escape,
the least useful, is now left to the Germans.
Only 5 miles from 1939 frontier a railway has been
crossed. Borisow is being bypassed and the Berezina
has been reached and crossed. At Bobruisk 16000
Germans were killed and 18000 captured. On Wednesday
on all fronts 287 German tanks were knocked out.
From Copenhagen a big strike is reported. Tramcars are
being overturned and the Germans took over the
Central Station and the main food yard. More progress
is being made on Saipan. The Admiral King and Generals
Marshall and Arnold returned in the USA and have
asked the American people not to slacken their war effort
on the home front. In the Commons the finance bill
got a 3rd reading without a division and now goes to the Lords.
2 announcements, one by Ministry of Labour
and one by Ministry of Agriculture.
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