European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse Alloi Manila is liberated by forces everything for the front 194 opely newspaper of of v of y the european theater of operations new 1 paper is scarce pass this s s on to another Soldier up front West Wall cracked again Oder River nazis say red open new drive red army tank grinding Northwest around the Battles raging for Frank Furt and yesterday drove into the Northern Elbow of the Oder River to reach a Point slightly More than 30 Miles Northeast of along the Oder in to the the so Viets had opened the phase of the violent armoured clashes at on the West Bank of the 23 Miles Northwest of Kues were raging for a Bridgehead from where the reds were attempt ing to break through to the open before German re ports l with Long Range guns an barrage of steel on to Ger Man fortifications on the West marshal Gregory Zhukov troops probed for weak Points on the Oder s River assault according 4 to enemy held a Hal dozen Bridgehead across the River on a 100mile front from South of Frank Furt North to a Point near Kues German radio said that Zhukov massing thousands of troops Between Buestrin and building up for a frontal assault artillery speeds Jap flight on Luzon first pictures of the red army offensive Totz be found on pages and key City of the was liberated after Savage infantry attacks that swept jays from the High ridges in front of the roads like the Lamorti Rosarito Highway above were scenes of action As american artillery shells exploded left in lines of withdrawing yanks free half of liberating prisoners first reunited under general Bradley elements of the third and first armies pierced the main Siegfried line defences at Points 25 Miles apart be tween the German cities of Gemund and Prum yesterday As the first army was reunited with the third under Omar Bradley 12th army third army troops battled their Way through the main fortified zone in the Schnee Eifel five Miles North West of stars and stripes correspondent Patrick Mitchell reported from that the zone there is less than two Kilometres stars and stripes correspondent Russell Jones with first army said ninth doughs slugged through the second line of Siegfried defences on the Southern shores of theuret Northwest of gear but had yet to encounter More fortifications running East Ward for French expect de Gaulle to go Tubi stalks m the German capital while Arm ored forces were being moved into the Oder where an Effort trill be made to outflank Berlin the marshal Ivan Konies in glibly throwing a left Hook at the defense arc around Berlin As a prelude to Zhukov frontal gained 14 Miles in push West from an Oder bridge4 head at German official reports said last describing the attack As the beginning of the phase of marshal stains Ujj Printer dub said Koniaev had concentrate powerful tank and infantry f or nations in the Brieg area Between and heavy Battles were reported to Progress for the town of set Miles Northwest of Oppeln of West Bank of the in East Prussia fighting reached decisive stage As red army the noose on the Prus captured Landsberg two of the last soar big cities stir in German Koenigsberg was in flames As continued on Page 8 Eruan collapse soon regarded As possibility 5 War department spokesman night expressed the opinion it the end of organized rests ice by the German army might expected in a few the German command Falls strike effective counter blows the russians infiltrate into the military position win be the spokesman main first leads troops into City 5 american Flag flew Over half of Manila today and forces pressed Forward against Little More than sniper fire toward Complete liberation of the troops of the first cavalry and 37th infantry won control of the Northern part of Manila a few hours after they had entered the City late saturday on sunday they penetrated As far South As the wide and deep pasig which divides the first cavalry in an encircling move at drove to the Santo Tomas internment Camp from the East and liberated civilian most of them american women and children who had been held there since May the first in memory of its former Jonathan who was captured by the japanese in first into there was no major opposition from the japanese As the first covered More than 140 Miles in a Little More than 60 racing Down to Manila on the Highway that skirts the Central Luzon Plain on the a dynamited Bridge prevented continued on Page allies gain North of Pisa 5 army troops in the Serchio Valley captured a Mountain Vil Lage 25 Miles North of on the eighth army front patrols were Active along the Senio Allied medium and fighter bomb ers pounded enemy in North flying More than ten planes failed to rescued internees go wild with Joy american tank saturday crashed the Gate of Santo Tomas or adversity and liberated civilian mostly who for More than two years suffered there in dread japanese unbounded verging almost on greeted the even As they fought from room to room to wrest the last building held by the japanese the american Flag was hoisted Over the building for the first time since women and even the Tough doughboy who had fought their Way to the wept and hugged each other in the hollow eyed from unashamedly asked for hysterically they reported that for the past five months had been starving to a daily diet of calories in 1942 the meals had dropped to one prisoner Barbara a British told How the accomplished on Page 8 sir Keith Park is named chief of seac air Arm 5 marshal sir Keith Park has been appointed air commander chief for the Southeast Asia command to replace air chief marshal sir Trafford Leigh missing in route from England to take up the air vice marshal Medhurst has been named air com mandarin chief for the Middle East to succeed by the associated French official circles predicted today that Charles de Gaulle would be invited to sit in on the second half of the political portion of the big three conference which would most probably be followed by a visit by president Roosevelt to the French although de Gaulle is known of feel that such a last minute invitation is not befitting Frances right to a voice in High Allied persons close to the general said that they thought he would make the trip if and when the Call participation held vital several officials asserted that the allies could not decide the Fate of in which France is so vitally or pick France As one of the Reichs Post War guards without obtaining French they conceded that the French would not need to be included on the military phase of the conference dealing with strategy for the defeat of the de Gaulle and other ministers have repeatedly asserted Frances interest in the settlement of Ger Man questions and right to participate in postwar occupation in his last press conf de Gaulle said that France would not finish the War until her troops were stationed on the Banks continued on Page 8 first army return to 12th army group erased the last effects of Field marshal von Rundstedt win Ter offensive which had split toe 12th army court Ney Hodges first army was transferred a the time to the com Mand of Field marshal sir Bernard Montgomery 21st army frontline reports of Siegfried line penetrations were not con firmed last night by score classic Victory franc american troops in Alsace scored a classic military Victory by shearing through the Colmar bulge to pin remnants of three nazi Divi Sions against the Eastern slopes of the the Cut was made Early when the 12th of the xxi driving South from met units of the first French army fourth moroccan Mountain driving North from the Junction was made at Midway Between Colmar and after each Force had advanced about four five Miles South of the third army other infantry advanced a Quarter of a mile to take the town of North West of Mitchell reported the which was taken after Street is in the fortified first army troops entered the forested waterway system formed by the urfa and Roer Rivers East of Monschau and into the Eastern Belt continued on Page 5 stars and stripes map by Bbird first army forces push into Siegfried line Gemund and Hollerith As Allied lines move deeper into the
