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extended their bridgehead across the Vistula and they
are now only 40 miles from Krakow.
German losses are big. Tarnów is being
outflanked and Red Army troops are approaching
it from East and North East. Soviet troops
are within 30 miles of it. Not far from German
soil Russia troops are massing on a front
of 100 miles and they are 5 miles from Suwałki.
Russian advances are also reported between
Kaunas and Schaulen. The Southern part of
Florence is now in our hands and the
New Zealanders have advanced considerably.
In the Adriatic sector Polish and Italian
troops advanced 2 miles. There were no
heavy bomber operations from Italy.
Yesterday one enemy plane was destroyed and
3 of ours are missing. British troops raided
two Dalmatian islands this week. After completing
their tasks they withdrew without losses. An
important air appointment is announced
to Command Balkan air forces. Last evening
Lancasters and Halifaxes bombed 2 storage
depots for oil near Bordeaux. In yesterday's
attacks on Baltic targets 3 refineries were also
included. Today it is summery weather
over the Straits of Dover and many planes
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