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been broadened and the bridgehead across the
Vistula extended. Northwest of Siedlce
progress was also made and Soviet troops
are within 20 miles of Kielce. The forward Russian
part is 35 miles broad in the direction of Silesia.
Headway was also made in the Carpathian
foothills. Jacobstadt in Latvia has also
been taken.
On the Eastern end of the Italian front
Polish and Italian troops have taken
Corinaldo. Our planes from Italy in bad
flying weather made 1300 sorties including
the attacks on the Ploesti oil fields. 6 Germans
planes were destroyed and 17 of ours are
missing. Superfortresses raided Nagasaki.
Incendiaries carried did a lot of good to the
flimsy wooden Japanese buildings.
Palembang on Sumatra was also raided
by Sup. Fortresses which meant the longest
bombing route of the war. For 3 nights running
Liberators have attacked an oilfield on
Mindanao in the Philippines. Admiral
Turner has moved his headquarters from
Pearl Harbour to Saipan. Organised resistance
on Guam has ended. In New Guinea the
Japanese are going back to Wewak as fast
as they can. 18000 men were lost there in the
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