In Burma we are now using the road from Imphal to Ukhrul.
At Halmahera a transport ship with troops was sunk
in two minutes. The Americans are pressing in to Lessay,
Périers and St. Lô where the Germans have been reinforced.
1.13.
17/7/1944. 9.= am.
The Russians have captured the German stronghold of
Grodno 45 miles from East Prussia. To the North other Soviet
troops are within 15 miles of the road and rail junction of
Kawno [?]. In the centre of the Italian battle front the 8th Army
have captured Arezzo. On the West Coast American 5th Army
troops are steadily closing in on Leghorn. In Normandy
British troops have thrust toward Évrecy southwest
of Caen and have captured important high ground.
American troops in the West have advanced
to within a mile of St. Lô. More than a 1000 American
bombers from Britain yesterday attacked the Munich
and Saarbrücken areas of Germany. A smaller
force of heavies from Italy bombed targets in the
Vienna area. In the Pacific American troops
have cut off some of the Japanese 18th Army trying
to escape from encirclement in New Guinea. On the
Indo-Burmese front the Japanese are abandoning heavy
material in their retreat from Ukhrul. A British Government
Housing Committee has just produced
detailed plans for postwar houses largely based
on what the housewife wants.
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