America at war! (1941–) – Part 5

The Syonan Shimbun (June 23, 1945)

Nippon’s confidence in victory high, fighting spirit at peak

Experience gained in Okinawa valuable

Five enemy warships blasted

Nippon forces on Pililiou hold firm


Twenty-six B-29s downed, damaged

Stilwell succeeds Buckner

Editorial: Victory certain

People of Borneo will fight until enemy crushed


Nippon war production to be streamlined

Bose bares Britain’s game in Levant dispute

Kärntner Nachrichten (June 23, 1945)

Falsche Rechnung des OKW

Generaloberst Jodl über Geheimnisse der deutschen Kriegführung

Die Besatzungszonen in der Provinz Venezia Giulia

Einzelheiten des Abkommens mit Jugoslawien

Das Sprungbrett gegen Japan

Admiral Nimitz über die strategische Bedeutung Okinawas

L’Aube (June 23, 1945)

L’occupation du Reich devra durer de six à dix ans, estime Montgomery

Ouen-Tchéou tombe aux mains des Chinois

Les troupes chinoises avançant vers le nord, le long de la côte, ont atteint et liberté le grand port d’Ouen-Tchéou. Dans le Kouang-Si, les forces nationales approchent de Liou-Tchéou. L’ennemi fortifie les approches de Canton et de Hong-Kong.

À Bornéo un nouveau débarquement est annoncé a Lutong, sur la côte nord-ouest.

Dans les Philippines, Tugue-Garao (nord de l’ile de Luçon) a été occupé.

The Pittsburgh Press (June 23, 1945)

U.S. fighters rake Japan; Hirohito rallies people

Suicide planes destroy 2 U.S. ships, damage 3 in Okinawa waters

Escape port of Japs seized in North Luzon

Phantom U.S.-Filipino army takes Aparri


Aussies capture Borneo airfield

Bulk of wounded Japs slain by comrades in Philippines

Many forced to commit suicide; few allowed to recover and rejoin their outfits

Polish unity government organized

U.S. and British recognition forecast

95th Infantry Division en route home

Eight other outfits to leave soon

Strike wave widens; 44,000 out in Detroit

Anthracite mines returned to owners

Administration bloc musters Democrats to save OPA powers

Tentative GOP victory on ‘Hoover Plan’ jolts House leaders; reversal expected


Governors urge U.S. food czar

Unified control held urgent need

Mines reported in Alaska waters