Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 2, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                And St Ftp Kennan in monday w february 1945 actions Are thai the germans to defend Berlin Street toy i Leev the German press asserted theft the next eight Days of Battle the important gains made on other sectors of the flaming russian Stalin announced on 28 thai red army troops had cleared the enemy from the Indus trial mining area of upper a Region divided Between and Poland after world and Moscow announced a few Days later that this vast Industrial Region would soon resume Normal marshal Konies men then struck southward from this newly captured following the East Bank of the Oder and apparently driving for the czech City of to Salve made in Japan Tokyo radio quoted Hideji president of the japanese of techno As advising the germans that there is no cause for Pes because of the russian which is reported to be Only 24 Miles from russian its capture would throw open the moravian Gap Lead ing to Prague and it is believed that Konies troops have stormed across the Oder both North and South of Breslau but this is still the Battle for East Prussia continued in the capture of 25 Miles Southeast of and Heilsberg further squeezed the tight russian ring around the last fifth of East Prus some estimated nazis Are isolated often Lagberg burning russians main the capital is if not completely and the Swift soviet penetration into the Koenigsberg area by Cher Yakho Vaskys forces intercepted Many civilians in the frenzied process of the entire German vol Sturm has been or dered into Theattle for Koenigs Berg which is purportedly East Prussia is held in a Vise formed by Chernyakov says army and the 2nd White russian army of which Stalin indicated have come close to linking to Kossovsky forces smashed n chunking chinese High command announced that japanese have stormed Iitto provincial capital of from three sides and seized Chenhsien 80 Miles of Fengyang in a determined drive to close the Chi nes held Gap in the Kow the also reported the japanese to be deepening their zone of occupation along the East Ern coastal Region and to have driven to within six Miles of fun 45 Miles Northwest of Swa in anticipation of possible american Albert commander of forces in Chi announced he had transferred his chief of to to Kunming to head a new combat storming Down the to forces of marshal Zhukov 3 have captured Landsberg and Are also pounding toward in East Che Ryakhovskiy 1 has almost encircled the burning capital of Koenigsberg and has captured Cross nine Miles West of the besieged capital forces of Rokos Sovsky 2 help hold the Junker province in an Ever tightening marshal Konicov 4 is strik ing out from the newly captured Silesia Region in the direction of Moravska Ostrava and Petrov 5 now holds on half of British 12 i Lea from Mandalay Calcutta the British 14th army has speared to within 12 Miles of Mandalay with the Cap the Village of a Aukse on the  Road while an american Mars task Force along the Chin Burma Frontier to the North inflicted heavy ties on the japanese inthe area Between wanting and Southeast Asia com Mand announced that the enemy avas strongly resisting 15th corps troops to enlarge a new Bridgehead to Ward Sangaw on the Burma West this made wed was the fourth in the cur rent British offensive on the West through the Southern part of easts Prussia and Cut a Welge straight to the Giffis troops Are now fanning out alone the nougat River in the Vistula Relta and sealing off the escape corridor for enemy hold half of Slovakia the fourth ukrainian under also made pro fighting on the fierce Ter rain of the after the capture of vital rail Junction in Central this front is extended from Southeast of Cracow in More or less a straight line to on the hungarian Hopkins in Europe causes big 3 meet speculation London the big three meet ing seems imminent and May be already under All principal conferees of Britain and the have disappeared from their usual and although the whereabouts of Stalin Are highly it is significant that he has re leased no order of the Day since monday missing for the first time since the russian offensive it was also revealed that of state Stettinius was in Rome with Harry Hopkins and that they departed by air to an Ireve Alesii Roosevelt represented the president at his birthday party on tuesday Washington although the pending meeting of the Bijj three has been shrouded in Serncy and an Odd Lack of it was made known this week that the presidents Harry is on an euro swing to arrange ments for the Roosevel Churchill Stalin this announcement preceded by one Day two other important Occa Sions president Roosevelt Eden 63rd birthday As Herr Hitler celebrated the 12th anniversary of his coming into and it was suggested by most observers that this will be the big threes last meeting before hitlers it was revealed that Harry hop Kins was in London for nearly a while he conferred with prime minister foreign minister ambassador Winant and other i he was also received in audience Fry King he then flew to the entire trip was supposed to be absolutely secret but the Paris according to broke the Hopkins conferred with do Gaulle radio Paris reported monday afternoon that Hopkins had de parted for Rome where he saw the Hopkins Stav in Rome was he spent in minutes in private audience with the Pope after con Ferring with Allied and italian military and political Hopkins would not admit that he knew when or where the big three conference will be held hut he predicted that it would be Brief since marshal Stalin is personally directing the russian about half of Slovakia is now in soviet this was undoubtedly Germany blackest week of War and As the russians pounded Down the Road to Hitler gave his people no vague promises that a turn of the tide might be the russians were radio Moscow declared that the Eastern Wall of fortifications has broken Down and under its rub lie the wehrmacht Best div on to Berlin soviet trucks arid guns were chalked with this legend on to and when a foreign wondering which Road led to asked this of a red army girl who was Busy directing traffic near the she answered All roads Lead to it was Well known that germans were terrified by thoughts of rus Sian now there get Ting their first taste of what happened famous rus Sian newspaper says that the rus sians Are getting along in cold silence with the Humble and almost i fawning civilians Treyve Over taken in the Swift russian soldiers Are refusing favors with cold Reich bombing takes big toll of airmen the eighth Saaf helped Cut German w 119 nip in Tokyo dogfight super fortress gunners destroyed or damaged 119 japanese fighter planes during an hour Long Aerial to fettle Over Tokyo saturday Henry Hap the japanese radio said fires were started in Tokyo by some 70 planes which were Over the Ca heavy opposition was met and up reported that five super forts failed to return to their enemy held Saigon French Indochina was hit for the first time the same Day and the b29 attacks continued Over the with Hachijo 200 Miles South of being bombed for the first and two Jima also Carrier borne planes struck Oil refineries around the Navy disclosed that three japanese destroyers and two cargo ships were damaged Over the week end by night flying planes in Convoy attacks off the Boom and Volcano in the Navy Ventura planes using rocket guns for the first time in the North sunday attacked and Des troyed a japanese radio station and Lighthouse on Shi Mushu is land in the Northern while army Mitchells struck Tori Shihua Retto Island off Paramo All american planes return Short notice Richard Adams of set a new style in succinct messages after he spot Ted a Perambo plating Mound of Hay which turned out to be a camouflaged he messaged his company com spotted Send Sho Fleet including a shelled eight Square Miles of iwo Jima in the volcanoes tuesday for the second time this the attack was made conjunction with attacks by army planes which dropped 180 tons of bombs and started fires visible for 20 21 More Jap ships sunk Washington the Navy has announced that operating in far Eastern have bagged 21 More enemy including a Light submarines have sunk a total of Jap eight takes Subic Bay base sixth 28 Miles from Manila gasoline production to its lowest Point of the the Cost in ame rican lives has been Carl More than tons of expo he have been dropped in the enemy in three and nazi aircraft have been Des hut of our bombers and of our it was pointed out that these figures represent casualties of More than not count ing dead and wounded brought Home aboard shot up fighters have been in a Swift three Day Advance Fol lowing their Surprise Landing on the West coast of the eighth army has captured the former american naval base of on Subic Bay the fall of the naval bastion was preceded by the overwhelming of Grande at the Entrance of the by amphibious the japs were unable to Muster any Strong defense of Olan Gapo after being caught Flat footed by the new made from 150 during which not a single Man was Olan Gapo is 11 Miles from the invasion sixth army armoured rumbling Down the Central Plain of have driven to 28 Miles from on the right flank of the yanks have taken putting them 22 Miles of a Junction with the troops which took Olan a linkup of these two for Ces would completely Seal off the Bataan san Provin Cial fell virtually intact to sixth army forces after the mechanized 37th cavalry knocked out an enemy Roadblock several Miles North of the foe refuses Battle when 1ith army corps troops unfed Clark Field and nearby eng furloughs for combat gis London american combat troups on the continent will be granted seven Days furlough in Britain under a new plan begin Ning next personnel Wilf be selected under a percentage quota and transportation will be pro Only 22 american Miles separate armies now on the two opposition fort Stotensburg so weak that combat officers expressed doubt that the japs would make determined fight Short of americans found few japs but numerous land and Booby Clark Fields 13 air strips Are within striking go trance of the China on the Northern end of the yanks captured 14 Miles Southwest of sum Mer after the hardest Bat the of the Luzon latest dispatches reveal that Jap casualties on Luzon now exceed against losses of including All week planes heavily raked Cavite naval base and the fortress in Manila