Counterattacks begun, Nazis claim
London, England (UP) –
The German High Command said today that Allied forces were attacking toward the southeast from their Bayeux-Caen beachhead in France, and that the German reserves had opened counterattacks on the Normandy coast.
The daily communiqué from Berlin reported:
In Normandy, the enemy tried to reinforce bridgeheads which he has built up, but no new landing attempts took place.
U.S. troops, who won a foothold north of Carentan at the southeastern base of the Cherbourg Peninsula, “suffered very heavy losses,” the Nazis said, and “concentrated German counterattacks are pressing the enemy closer and closer together.”
The Germans said an attempted landing in the Bay of St. Martin at the northwest tip of the peninsula was smashed by coastal guns.
German fighters were credited with shooting down 89 Allied planes, including 30 four-motored bombers, in night air battles over the landing area.
Invasion films flown to various U.S. cities
Transcontinental & Western Airlines announced today that several thousand pounds of invasion film were being shipped via their planes to various cities and towns throughout the country so that the public may witness on the screen the invasion as it took place. The films have a B priority.