WAR BULLETINS!
Adm. King: Invasion ‘doing all right’
Washington (UP) –
Adm. Ernest J. King, commander of the U.S. Fleet, said after a conference with President Roosevelt today that the invasion of Europe is “doing all right so far.”
Channel battle reported by Germans
London, England (UP) –
The German Transocean News Agency said today that a battle was in progress in the English Channel north of Le Havre between German naval units and Allied forces attempting to make a landing.
See Red drive before weekend
London, England (UP) –
Military observers said today a general Russian offensive coordinated with the Anglo-American attack from the west may be launched within the next 48 hours and almost certainly will begin before the weekend.
Russians celebrate Allied landing
Moscow, USSR (UP) –
News of the Allied landing in France spread swiftly throughout Russia today and touched off enthusiastic demonstrations such as rarely have been seen since the war began. Soviet war marches, “Yankee Doodle” and the triumphal music reserved for Stalin’s victory orders followed the announcement.
Berlin: Allies hold firm bridgeheads
Radio Berlin, monitored by NBC, has admitted bridgeheads between Le Havre and Boulogne are now firmly in Allied hands. The Berlin radio added the Allies have landed heavy armament on the beachheads.
Naval guns bombard French beaches
London, England (UP) –
More than 640 naval guns, ranging from four-inch to 16-inch, are bombarding the French beaches and enemy strongpoints in support of the Allied armies, Allied Supreme Headquarters announced today.
Allies suffer heavy reverses, Nazis claim
London, England (UP) –
The German High Command in its first invasion communiqué today said Allied forces suffered “particularly heavy reverses” in the Caen area of northern France and claimed that an entire regiment of paratroopers was destroyed in that sector.
Nazis report 80 Allied warships in the Orne
London, England (UP) –
The German Transocean News Agency said today that about 80 medium-sized Allied warships were approaching the town of Ouistreham in the estuary of the Orne River.
OWI warns against German broadcasts
Washington (UP) –
Americans were warned today by Director Elmer Davis of the OWI that despite the Germans’ accuracy in announcing the invasion prior to the official Allied communiqué, German broadcasts should not be relied on in the future.
Pershing confident of victory
Washington (UP) –
Gen. John J. Pershing, who led U.S. troops to victory in World War I, called on his countrymen today to share his “every confidence” that American manhood again “will win through to victory” in their second great contest on Western European soil.
Nazis: Allied warship afire in Seine
London, England (UP) –
The German Transocean News Agency said today that a large Allied warship had been set ablaze in the Seine estuary by artillery fire.
More Allied troops landed, Germans report
London, England (UP) –
The German news agency DNB said today the allies had landed “further reinforcements” by sea and air in the Seine estuary.
Nazis admit Allied grip on French isles
London, England (UP) –
The German Transocean News Agency acknowledged today that the Allies had gained footholds on several islands off the coast of France.
German artillery opens up with salvoes
London, England (UP) –
German coastal artillery in France opened up with salvoes across the Channel soon after noon today, shaking towns in Southeast England.
Not one Nazi coastal gun firing
An NBC reporter, who flew over 20 miles of the invasion coast this morning, reports that “not a single German coastal gun was firing in the entire invasion zone,” indicating that we have completely knocked out the initial line of defenses of the much-vaunted Atlantic Wall.
Allied airborne toll light, leaders say
London, England (UP) –
Casualties among Allied airborne troops in France have been light, Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces announced today.