European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Everything for the front these vol 192 tripes pfc Fly newspaper of of up emotions pass it on help get this s s to the Joe in the foxhole 1945 heavies Rock Berlin 2 divisions Mash into West Wall two first army regi mental combat teams slugged Way two thirds through Siegfried line East and Southeast of Monschau yesterday As that segment of the Iwest Wall guarding the nazi communications centers of Schleiden and Gemund began to in franc american for now on the offensive from the Northern Plain to the Swiss fron extended their grip on the Rhines West North and South of Allied troops still battled German Strong Points in the Center of col Inar up to last enemy for totalling 600 men held out dog Gedly in the cites Pasteur and veil out flanking Colmar on the East and the allies were posing threat of sewing up powerful forces in the shrinking Tolmar this trans Rhine salient has defied Allied Conquest of Western for delaying action regimental combat teams of the ninth and second hacked through the outer Belt of the Dou ble looped defences South the Aachen they storm Ted through the first Belt of Pill boxes and were crossing an Munfor tidied zone of from three to five Miles to approach the Western slopes of the second Pillbox Ger Maifa were withdrawing from the free fighting a delaying action As they fell Back to the second line of Concrete the ninth 60th plunged eastward three Miles to reach High ground West of Drei a town four Miles Southwest of the German City of Gemund and Miles East of the second ninth advanced its took the towns of Schone and the latter three Miles from the City of Schlei which the second 1 Siegfried Belt f the first and 82nd were meeting determined opposition As they blasted deep into the main West Wall zone of first drove through double tows of dragons Teeth to take the continued on Page 8 stardust gets in gris eyes u somewhere in situations not covered by the manual Roysford of an Tackack with it members of his shacked up in a barn one night during the Ger we knew other gis were asleep 3to there Smith so we crawled into the Hay and went a couple of hours later called for guard and on the out stepped right in this Guys sat up and apologized for in the apology iwas so unexpected t Smith turned on his a brigadier those stars did Shine reserves Battle to halt reds nazis claim thaw slows up soviet drive at the Oder German rushed to the Oder River defense fortifications 35 Miles West of Ber fought Back yesterday against marshal Gregory Zhukov armoured spearheads pounding at Frankfurt and German radio re ports flatly said that a Spring thaw had bogged Down the red last dispatches from while admitting that the weather had somewhat slowed Zhukov first White russian army said that the Oder line was being probed by tank columns for weak spots under a curtain of artillery fire while the red army com Mander regrouped and Consolida Ted his building up for a final Effort to hurl the germans from their last big defense line before the Reich official russian reports last night made no mention of the fighting along the Oder in the Berlin bulge but German radio claimed that Zhukov storm troops had been battling the Buestrin Garrison for three Days while other red troops probed at the River line at four other heavy fighting on flanks heavy fighting along the flanks of Zhukov bulge was reported in last nights russian which said that the red army had captured 30 towns East of Frank Furt including Steinberg and Zei on the Berli Warsaw High the reported heavy fighting on both sides of Frankfurt and Northwest of on right Zhu continued on Page 8 Western front drive forecast 3 acting Secretary of War Robert Patterson today predicted a new fallout offensive on the Western it is he told newspaper that the germans have yet to feel the weight of an other fallout offensive in the although they occupied us with their own offensive in they must know that they cannot count on a res Pite in the the acting Semi Paurson Creary admit that terrain and Forti in addition to the pose difficulties for he added also that shortened lines of communications might give the germans an Opportunity to make a stand on the although even that is in he pointed out that the fall of Berlin might not end the de no hitlers gang sters would like to fight to the last Himmler and Guderian in month ago Heinrich Himmler and Field marshal Heinz nazi chief in the shown in As a vol Sturm unit paraded five weeks today Posen is surrounded by the red bomber crewmen get taste of doughs life at the front by Bud Button stars end stripes staff writer our River airmen Are spending six and ten Day Tours of duty in the line with combat infantrymen in a move designed to further cooperation and understanding Between the air and ground arms on the Western the Exchange of fighter pilots with ground Force elements with armoured units Mcauliffe in command of infantry division Anthony Clement my who conducted the defense of Bastogne As acting come under of the 101st airborne has been promoted to the command of a infantry division now action on the Western front been going on for several and now members of medium bomber Crews from the ninth bomber command Are learn ing about foxhole life at first officers and soldiers of air and ground alike have voted to continue the plans also Are under Way for infantry and tank men to spend Short Tours with airmen at bomber bases and Fly combat mis Sions if they it was different View of target the bomber Crews Are spending up to two Days with individual living with the doughs and getting firsthand glimpses of the infantry needs in the Way of air attack on enemy Diers especially studying the requirements of particular situations on the several Bombardier among the crewmen who have been to the front have been Able to see Forti fied Strong Bridges arid other targets bombed by them in the Advance of the ground forces continued on Page nazis Herd prisoners West in face of drive 3 German authorities Are herding Allied prisoners of War Westward on foot from prison Camps in the path of the red the Amer ican red Cross disclosed chairman Basil Oconnor said the red Cross had received information through Geneva of the evacuation of stalag 344 at lans Dorf in Silesia and stalag 8b at Peschen on the polish czech fron Oconnor said the 58 americans known to be in these Camps last november May be moving West allies superiority pointed out by Ike 3 we have a general superiority in Quality and Quantity in weapons and equipment Over the enemy in but what we need is More of As Well As to finish the Eisenhower declared in a letter dated 18 to Levin Campbell army chief of in pieces of the enemy has lost eight to our said the supreme commanders released we have knocked out twice As Many tanks As we have bombs hit on Center of capital the eighth air striking in direct coordination with the red army assault on the heart of the gave Berlin its most concentrated bombing of the War yesterday to Climax what probably was the worst 24 hours inthe German capitals As refugees from the East jammed the City and battalions of workers rushed de lenses against the Only 35 Miles flying fortresses cascaded tons of fire and High explosive bombs on the Center of the greater tonnages have been drop Ped in single attacks by both the us staf and the but never has such a concentrated blow been struck at one Section of the the objective was the area contain ing the nerve Center of the communications system linking the Eastern and Western for 45 minutes bombs screamed Down on the a Halter and potsdamer Railroad the Tempelhof marshalling Yards and the office buildings from which military move ments through the City Are con 300 Miles of planes smoke Clouds rising from the City were so heavy that the last bomber formations used special electronic Eye instruments to help them locate the us staf officials announced in the column of escorted by 900 Mustangs and was 300 Miles As the Lead piloted by Lewis of Pine was laying its bombs into the unprotected Cen Ter of the the last fortress in the train was just crossing the Zuyder unopposed by the they hurled their loads through broken but reported the re sults they saw were Lyle said the erupting scene looked As if someone with a giant Rake was tearing out the heart of the he saw a bomb pattern which seemed buildup Over about four Square the heat of Flam ing he drove Clouds upward As if they were As berlins sirens wailed the warn ing that the forts were work Crews still were Clearing the debris from thursday nights rap in which a record number of mosquitoes struck twin blows in the suddenly stepped up Aerial assault on the chaotic reports reaching Neutral added to the picture of confusion and misery inside a Berlin dispatch to the Feuille Davis de in Swit said that millions of rest continued on Page 8 equipment aids red armies huge offensive 3 economic administrator Leo Crowley in a statement tonight said that in red armies battering nazis on the Eastern front Are using millions of tons of american made ammunition and equipment supplied under lend from the beginning of lend lease up to the has supplied More than motor which carry More than half of the russian army supplies on some he up to lend lease furnished 764 Flat dump cars and 100 tank he said that the has sent tons of steel to the rus sians and had aided them in re building War industries in nazi devastated the has sent 60 Power trains to help replace sources of Power such As ruined and have others ready for Crowley these Power trains consist of Complete steam generating units mounted on rail Road Flat finished munitions sent to the up include 294000 tons of explosives and