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doors and windows. There was some activity near Troarn and our bridgehead across the Orne is now 12 miles wide and 4 miles deep. The 2 German divisions which came shortly before our landing to Normandy came from Southern France and are the 271st and 272nd Infantry Division. The war criminal of Kharkiv Dietrich of the S/S is in Normandy as General. He is one of the oldest Nazi members and close friend of Himmler. In Italy we hold the river Arno from its mouth nearly to Empoli. We are advancing on Florence from South West and SE and north of Poggibonsi it is only 12 miles and from Arezzo 14 miles away from our troops. Tito's forces captured a sizeable town in Western Bosnia and a supply train was destroyed between Zagreb and Belgrade. Randolph Churchill had a narrow escape in Yugoslavia when his transport plane crashed. The Americans are meeting with little opposition on Tinian and US. forces have got well into the heart of Guam. 2 announcements one about foot and mouth disease among pigs at Ilkeston (Derbyshire) and one from Ministry of Food to have a form inserted in ration books.
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24/7/1944
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