Oran Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1943, Oran, Oran                               Vol. I no. 71 a monday 9,1943 u. S. Army newspaper one franc soviets 15 Miles from Kharkov i army drives Iff. Fyna defences British veterans take four towns on Western slopes by pvt. Paul s Gatleen stars and stripes staff writer Allied a Force Headquarters aug. 8�?the Days of German resistance in Sicily seemed numbered today As the triumphant 8th army knifed through the enemy a last stable defense line Messina bears Brunt of attack former Normandie partly righted new York aug. 8�?the us Lafayette formerly the luxury liner Normandie was partly lighted yesterday As the worlds largest Marine Salvage operation approached its Climax after a fire at her pier feb. 10, 1942 the Lafayette Lay on her Side in the Hudson River while engineers and divers worked on her. Pre motorized columns strike  in move to encircle town Allied aircraft give no Quarter valued Force head Quad sustained around it. Etna and swept into ters aug. 8 a the mtr nhri�tinifa.1 pc owns might of the Northwest african to in indication that the air forces was directed Over the there was no indication that the weekend at the rapidly dwindling groggy nazis would be Abler to it Axis Triangle in northeastern sic lne a i ily while ground forces moved in with thei rapid Advance lightning like thrust toward the practically All the it. Etna Region nor hem Apex of Messina virtually under Allied control except the every Type of Allied aircraft was Northern portion. Although Ameri thrown into the Battle in an. Of can forces farther North met stif Jort to deliver the Knock out blow Ftping Panzer opposition As they to the last remnants of Axis re pushed Onward North and East of gitane of the Island. Messina Bare she Brunt or the the of victories it a in a Posi weekend bombing attacks. On Fri Tonto harpy the nazi forces from Day a Large f0rce of a Saaf b-17�?Ts e. I a dumped tons of High explosives on hard or the heels of the beaten it Roa junctions in the terminus remnants of the Hermann Goering area in an Effort to further Ham div Latea fleeing from Catania along the enemy in its disorganized the it. Etna Road 8th army vet Retreat to the sea. They met no Erans captured the towns of enemy aircraft and anti aircraft Bronte drano Biancavilla and resistance was considerably less Belpasso Liml nary work was completed july 22 and Pomps started to Drain the Hull slowly v since too rapid draining would have made the ship Rise suddenly and break her Back. Yesterday the Lafayette was floating almost at an even keel As the pumping continued. In addition to reclaiming the ship which will replace 28 Ordi nary transports when it is placed in service the huge task had another significance it was a training school for Navy divers under conditions As difficult As could be found anywhere. Men who Learned their lessons on the Lafayette have already been sent to All parts of the world together with equipment developed on the Job four Jap ships spouted u. S. Navy Craft escape unscathed Allied Southwest Pacific than they had Ever encountered Headquarters aug. 8 a one or. Paul Joseph Goebbels Goebbels warns of Beilin raid capital City May be evacuated on the Western slopes of Over the target. Enemy shipping in Asp nose Cruiser amp of ppm destroy it. Etna is an important Road the Straits of Messina also re were sunk and another dust Rob Junction eight Miles North of and Cei Ved heavy punishment from Al or probably sunk when Allied new Rano Bian Coville and Belpasso lied bombers and fighters a units intercepted the four Veo six Miles apart Are below drano. Increasingly the Axis has been Sels in veils Gulf attempting to the length of the front has now using the beaches near Messina to run supplied to japs on Kolom been sliced to about 50 Miles As Januj Maii Craft and the fighters Changary Island. The action lasted the germans Are being pushed and fighter bombers hit a gun one hour. Gen. Douglas Macar a amp cd into the narrow northeastern boat a Barge and a launch All thurs communique reported and part of the Island where their destroyed by aircraft of the tac our Force left the Sceto a without backs will be against the Messina tical air Force which flew More loss. London aug 8�?from inside Ukraine and the Dnieper River wad. Than 50 missions on saturday. While Allied ground forces push the int Lnu it a running would be left open. Russian forces the front line now is shaped Saaf p 38 lightnings scored de North from Munda american a f world fief skin rumours at one Point were seven Miles from roughly like a backward 3,�?� with three direct hits on a Landing Barge naval leaders reminded the nation a the weekend and while none the Railroad to Sumi and Kiev one Catania at the base Bronte pro and struck eight other barges  of the first anniversary of the Solo authenticated of the Only two lines to the latter trading in the Center rounded nut the waterline. In the Gulf of Euf Mon Island invasion which began a City. The entire Pacific Island Tampa so. Self sol 2. Rail Center Kharkov gains its importance in War time Russia from the fact new nazi defense lines threaten to fall apart London. Aug. 8�?russian to the Ukraine steel Center of Kharkov today As soviet motorized columns struck swiftly Southwest Ward from Belgorod to threaten Kharkov with Enci Lement Moscow reported. At the same time red army units that took Orel thursday night moved to a Point Only 25 Miles from Bryansk. Furious German resistance was met in both sectors but the russian troops were continuing to develop their steady offensive and were advancing steadily toward the two key towns of the new German defense line. Although the russian thrust at Kharkov is Only a jew Days old the Speed with which the reds were moving pointed to a beginning of a decisive Battle within a Short time. Already the Advance had passed Well to the West of the steel City out flanking Kharkov on the North and indicating a surge downward that would completely encircle the defenders. A formerly one of Russia s greatest Industrial cities and second Only to Kiev among the cities of the Ukraine Kharkov already has been in red army hands once this year. Soviet troops captured the City in february but lost it again a month later to one of the heaviest German counterattacks of the entire War. Kharkov is the main Center of rail and Road communications for the whole of Southern Russia and with its capture the Way to the by the ran Fratello Region in the Emia in Southern Italy near the soon Hue on Pape 41  on Page 4 Light tank hut fits my to 9etn to rockets Quot Well destroy the a win. Well and push Forward until the Battle of 1 event to come the South Pacific becomes the German radio last night said Battle of Japan a Admiral f. A Halsey jr., commander s. Naval forces in the South a bounced that Berlin would be part civic told correspondents. By evacuated. A rain a a a in the past we be often fought a we expect the German capital a against forces that greatly out the propaganda chief said a to be Industrial d Iram Mes the Derma ii rvs aug own Duym Emu a nor rom ntnf., a William that or. Paul Joseph Goebbels or of u. Minister of propaganda Nad Anit of he nth a bounced that Berlin would be Dart _ -1.,?. A a became the administrative Center of the r. 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