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Continued from October 15.

John Toland, The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945

5 posted on 10/17/2014 4:50:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

Japanese Hard Hit (Horne, Shalett) – 2-3
Ships off Formosa Fight Foe 10 Hours (Jones) – 3
‘Hammer Blows’ at the Japanese Still Going On, Nimitz Declares – 4-5
War New Summarized – 5
Allied Armies Build up Pressure All Along the Western Front (map) – 6
Nazi Thrusts Fail (Daniel) – 7
Foe Pays Heavily in Aachen Attacks (Middleton) – 7-8
Third Army Drops Fort Driant Siege (Graham) – 8
Sergeant Solved Hedgerow Blocks – 8
American Gun Crew in Action in the Streets of Aachen (page 1 photo) – 9
Russian Assault on Warsaw Hinted – 9
Teaming Up against the Japanese (photo) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 12-14
Jesuit Priest Marks His Diamond Jubilee (photo) – 14

6 posted on 10/17/2014 4:52:05 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

It’s become obvious in the past few months that the armed forces of Imperial Japan cannot hope to survive a stand-up fight against the United States. And given the resources available to both powers even at the beginning of the war, this is no surprise. Japan had no business trying to take us on.