London Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1945, London, Middlesex I reds drive flanks toward Dresden daily German lesson non Tsehai Nineteen new York London edition these daily newspaper of armed forces 5 Paris in the european theater of operations ims daily French lesson Insique Moi be Chemin Anderkay Moa Luh Shman show me the Way crack West Wall soviets aim to trap nazis in Pomerania s Widen Berlin front under cover of a terrific artillery barrage marshal Zhukov continued to Send streams of red army troops across the Oder River in the Frankfurt Kustrin sector yesterday As two powerful soviet flanking movements Deve loped North and South of the front facing there still was no official co affirmation from Moscow of German reports that Zhukov had crossed the Oder in the Central area of the Eastern nazi have admitted that the River had been hurdles in at least nine Ernst von German news Agency last night claimed that the red army has begun its decisive attack on Berlin through he How that he main soviet Force has not been c while Zhukov was building up his forces for the Berlin his right Wing drove northward toward Stettin and was reported within 19 Miles of Baltic other elements of this Northern Force i were said to be approaching a Junction of the Danzi Stettin and Moscow reports indicated that the railway line was within artillery drive wedge in Baltic a soviet wedge driven through to the Baltic in this area would sever Eastern Pomerania and the polish corridor from the and encircle big forces to be commanded by Heinrich the other flanking movement appeared on marshal Konies front where his first ukrainian army burst f Goiri its Oder Bridgehead at Steinau in what the germans called a Campaign to stake Breslau from the rear and then strike Westward into Central Germany toward Dresden below the nazis announced that this drive already had broken into the outskirts of important transportation Hub 25 West of Breslau and about 90 Miles East of according to von Gigantic Battles were raging in the Triangle of the Oder bounded by Lac Glitz and Moscow has not announced that Koniaev has crossed the Oder at menaces German industries i Konies thrust West of the Oder men aced the network of German War Indus tries in sudetenland and Beji Emia and some reports said that russian Spear Heads were Only about 20 Miles Frojm the sudetenland and silesian the focal Point of the Eastern was around where soviet artillery has hammered nazis Oder line without intermission for More than three Moscow reports said that was launching frontal on Frankfurt and and a German spokesman said that lighting had shifted to the outskirts of German resistance the front although in Schneide Mutzl and whose fall was considered just a matter of their v4lue to the germans now being Only in the number of russian troops they kept away the Oder Tokyo admits most of japs out of Manila Tokyo radio announced yesterday that with the exception of a Small Force left behind for the maintenance of the japanese commander on Luzon had withdrawn his troops defending the Southern part of the announcement came on the heels of Macarthur communique Dis closing that 37th division troops were already in the walled part of the after crossing the pasig River with amphibious dispatches indicated the doughboy were aiming toward the prize Dock Sec Tion in the face of heavy demolition charges set off by trapped japanese eleventh airborne troops were reported fighting around Nichols Field on the Southern fringe of Macarthur communique also announced destruction of More than 200 Jap tanks on Central Luzon on the left flank of the towns of Munoz and Rizal were taken by the 6th aah planes continued to Pound tie fortress of Corregidor at the Entrance to Manila the japanese Are expected to put up a Las ditch Chester announced that in the Volcano islands was bombed on tuesday and enemy bases in the Marshall islands were also say Franco sought ant soviet Alliance general Francisco Franco sent to prime minister Churchill last november a proposal for a Western european Alli Ance against the soviet Union and offer ing his services As mediator for a negotiated it was Learned Here last j Church ills Blunt m which he made it Clear that British policy called for cooperation with both Russia and the for future was said Here to have cleared the air for the big three copies of the it was were sent to president Roosevelt and marshal when you hit army signal corps photo by infantrymen of the 94th division bit the ground in a Muddy ditch while advancing on Teeth need pulling the Siegfried lines dragon Teeth stretch 500 Miles from Holland to the Swiss Frontier and form the nazis vaunted West Wall against which the Canadian 1st army launched an Offen Sive thursday Italy colonies not Given up 9 up com menting on a report the italian armistice terms included provisions for italian colonies to be Given acting Secretary of state Joseph grew said last night the surrender instrument does not con Tain any provisions with respect to future in View of Italy co it has not been necessary to apply the terms originally drawn he a Washington source had claimed that under the armistice terms Italy was to cede the Mediterranean Island of Pantel Laria to Britain and lose All her colonies the terms have not been made Public because of military 14th army moves deeper into Burma Allied 9 14th army troops were disclosed today to have advanced 55 Miles from their last reported positions to the Chauk 110 Miles Southwest of in the deepest penetration of Central the move threatens the flank of All Jap lines southward along the Irrawaddy nonstop air attack opens Way for drive into Northern Reich while a Fleet of escorted 8th air Force bombers struck at strategic targets feeding German armies in the West and the continued its tactical support of ground thrusts in the Boggy Nijm Egen three Allied the Canadian 1st and the deeper into Siegfried line defences As the heavies smashed at Oil plants and marshalling Yards against scattered Luftwaffe 850 protecting fighters destroyed 21 nazi Craft i the including five Jet and 43 on the and strafed enemy airfields and communications in a growing assault upon hitlers Western canadians crack into Siegfried line hitlers Siegfried already cracked on both the 1st and 3rd armies was under assault on still another front last night As troops of the Canadian 1st in the second Day of their Offen Sive across thu bogs Southeast of thrust into its outer defences in the dense Reichwald near the Northern end of the West the new offensive was under Way almost 14 hours before Verard was released shortly before 1 am yesterday that the canadians and under Henry Crerar had gone Over to the attack at 1030 am thursday after one of the most spectacular air and artillery barrages of the More than Allied planes had a pair in the softening up big Guris Ham mered the enemy positions for 11 from 5 am until 4 pm when they were allowed to Cool after laying Down a creeping barrage in Advance of the attacking j Crefars part of Field Montgomery 21st army were already across the German donned by the Western Edge of the Reichwald Woods in this area Southeast of one of the key Points seized in septem Bers Allied airborne invasion of no big opposition met reports said no full scale opposition had yet been though the going was described As rough on the right flank of the simile front Strung across the Marshlands Between the Maas and the several German communities and prisoners were swept up As the troops gained up to five the Ter rain was laced with minefields and anti Contr tue on Page 4 s s work fight plea put into Senate record february 9 Burnet Maybank has inserted in the Senate military affairs committee record a copy of an editorial in the stars and stripes urging passage of the so called worker fight Albert Chandler claimed opposition to Bill was grow ing in the which is ending the first week of sem secret friends of the said they were encouraged by the trend of the Raf helps hits near Stettin picking us the skein of bombing started by the Raf thursday night and yesterday the 8th air Force Rose in great strength yesterday dispatching More than fortresses and libera tors to Hammer Industrial and rail targets in Central while squad Rons of 850 protecting Mustangs and thunderbolts beat off attacking nazi including Jet propelled and riddled airfields and communications centers in the of the 41 planes destroyed on the the 20th Mustang group got 38 when it swooped in Over an Ai drome North of two More went Down before 20th guns in the to give the group a total of 40 for the the stirs Sally put the figure of Allied bombers and fighters in the air since late thursday night up to More than the Raf having sent out More than aircraft in its Al night during continued on Page 4 Bye Berlin 8th of flying fortresses which hit Berlin 3 Are shown beading for borne bases in England after dumping their bomb loads on the heart of Germany Only the Maple leaves rustled Jerry thought it was a peaceful by Charles Lynch Reuter special correspondent with the Canadian 8 pastoral strip of country Over which the new Allied Offen Sive was launched today became a Valley of hell As hundreds of guns poured shells into the germans before the troops moved out from positions held Sines the original airborne landings at when the guns stopped the Valley was a mass of Trees and German vehicles were the smoke blew up the Vallejr toward the on the left flank of the the weather cleared enough for the heavies to operate fully Well mesday the bombers roaring Over hour Rafter conditions for the could hardly have been worse and this Factor added to the the germans evidently believing it would tie impossible for our men to move across the bogs against the Strong Points at she Northern tip of the Siegfried the roads behind the Battle can hardly be our Light vehicle became stuck in the mud and three times had to be towed tracked vehicles were hardly better flail tanks had the biggest difficulty in the Point from which i saw the infantry go off had been under German observation for a sign Over a dugout said dont show you May be we have to live the Field in front was littered with the wreckage of gliders from the september they were almost because the fact that they were in no mans land had discouraged two Hundred Yards beyond shells were chewing up the Forward German Posi first stage of the creeping barrage which was to Lead the infantry into the Reichwald overhead typhoons buzzed in to rocket Siegfried positions inside the then out of the smoke came grinning mommies with thes first lot of five or six was definitely Shell one clutched his head and now there was not even German Shell fire to hamper there could be no question but that the Power of the initial thrust had caught the germans off guard even though they had expected an attack in this Only place on the 21st army group front where we could attack without first having to Cross a major so finely was operation planned that some of the attacking troops did not move into their starting Freas until just one hour before there was tension All along the front at for one Aita Jery officer sitting beside at five minutes before Thorr he was cleaning his
