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damaging about the same number.
Resistance by the citadel of St. Malo continues
but at Dinard it has stopped.
Yesterday there were more German planes
active and 34 were destroyed and 36 of ours
are missing including 20 heavy bombers
out of the force of some 1900 attacking
key airfields in Germany, Holland, Belgium
and France.
In Southern France our assault troops are
already some distance inland and
conditions are favourable there, Weather is
ideal and the Mediterranean sea is
tide less. We are going forward at astonishing
speed building up beaches. Heavy material
has already been put ashore. The bulk of our
air forces was engaged in support of the
landing operations. 3 enemy planes were
destroyed and 20 of ours are missing in
Monday night's operations. The communique
about yesterday's operations in the
Mediterranean is not yet in but expected
this afternoon. The Russian have beaten
off more and more German counterattacks
which achieved little or
nothing. In the attacks northeast of East
Prussia 50 tanks and self propelled guns
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