RED ARMY NOW IS FOUR MILES FROM BRESLAU; GERMANS JAM ROADS EAST FROM RHINELAND (1/25/45)

Microfilm-New York Times archives, Monterey Public Library | 1/25/45 | Clifton Daniel, George E. Jones, Hanson W. Baldwin

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents World War II Plus 70 Years: Seminar and Discussion Forum
First session: September 1, 2009. Last date to add: September 2, 2015.
Reading assignment: New York Times articles and the occasional radio broadcast delivered daily to students on the 70th anniversary of original publication date. (Previously posted articles can be found by searching on keyword “realtime” Or view Homer’s posting history .)
To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by freepmail. Those on the Realtime +/- 70 Years ping list are automatically enrolled. Course description, prerequisites and tuition information is available at the bottom of Homer’s profile. Also visit our general discussion thread.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Selections from West Point Atlas for the Second World War
Luzon, P.I., 1941: Invasion of Luzon and the Advance to Manila, 9 January-4 February 1945
The Ardennes Area, 1944: Operations, 17 January-7 February 1945
Eastern France and the Low Countries, 1944: Territorial Changes along the Front, 16 December 1944-7 February 1945 and Allied Plan for Rhineland Campaign
Southeastern France 1944: German Offensive, 1-30 January 1945 and Allied Reduction of Colmar Pocket, 20 January-9 February 1945
Poland, 1945: Russian Offensive to the Oder – Operations 12 January-30 March 1945
China, 1941: Operation Ichigo, 1945 and Final Operations in the War
China-Burma, 1941: Third Burma Campaign – Slim’s Offensive, June 1944-March 1945

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Prime Minister to General Ismay 25 Jan 45

Pray give me summaries of what our Intelligence predicted [about German strategy and will to resist] on the two previous dates, and what they predict now. Each summary should be limited to fifteen lines. Nothing must be circulated until I have had an opportunity of reading these summaries. Do not let the officers concerned know that what they said a few months ago is being compared with what they say now. It would only dishearten them.

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

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Russians in Opeln – 2-3
Old-Time Methods Add to the Power of the Russian Drive (page 1 photo) – 4
RAF Hits Nazis Going East; British Push Nearer Ruhr (Daniel) – 5-6
‘North Atlantic Alive with Nazi U-Boats’; Ships Sunk ‘Day by Day,’ McNaughton Says – 6
Tito Flag Hoisted on Yugoslav Ship – 7
War News Summarized – 7
Swift Luzon Push Near Clark Field (Jones)- 7-8
Our Men and Machines on the Road to Manila (photo) – 9
U.S. Guerrillas Show Up on Luzon; Filipino Woman Weds into Band – 9-10
B-29’s Batter Iwo as Foe Quits Sky – 10
Opportunity in West (Baldwin) – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-14
Soviet Writers Score ‘Soft’ Ideas on Reich; Ehrenburg Hit at U.S. Retraining of Nazis – 14
Fake Navy Hero Hired Aide to Play Surgeon to Help Him Retain the Friendship of a Girl – 14

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http://www.etherit.co.uk/month/0/25.htm

January 25th, 1945 (THURSDAY)

GERMANY: German forces in East Prussia almost cut off by the two-pronged Soviet advance. Evacuation operations begin. They will continue until April.

U-4707 launched.

U-3022, U-3027 commissioned.

HUNGARY: Soviet forces begin a new offensive on the central segment of the German defences north of Budapest.

INDIAN OCEAN: British carriers set sail for Australia, on their way to join the US Navy in the Pacific.

PACIFIC OCEAN: Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise arrived Ulithi Atoll.

BONIN ISLANDS: Iwo Jima is bombarded by USS Indiana with accompanying cruisers and destroyers. (See also yesterday)

U.S.A.: Escort carrier USS Bairoko launched.

[Hatteras]

I want to hear more about Corazon Mangrovang, the Filipino guerilla babe...

[fso301]

I want to hear more about Corazon Mangrovang, the Filipino guerilla babe...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=53289785

[fso301]

Concerning the p10 article about U.S. mother fighting as Luzon guerrilla. Note the final sentence. "On Luzon, the Filipinos are almost unanimously loyal to America, she added".

That's a big choking point the Left has with the Philippines during WWII when it comes time to writing books, making movies and raising up heroes.

[Jacquerie]

Page 6. U-Boats are still a menace.

“Today the North Atlantic is as it hasn't been for months, alive with German submarines.”

“We are having ships sunk day by day.”

The only thing worse than January in the Battle of the Bulge is January in the Battle of the Atlantic.

[fso301]

The only thing worse than January in the Battle of the Bulge is January in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Doenitz never fully bought into the invincibility of Enigma. I don't recall if this was one of the instances when he changed the naval Enigma codes but when he did, advantage swung back in favor of the U-boats until the allies could crack whatever had been done with the ciphers.

[colorado tanker]

Hmmm. 37th Inf. Div. is driving close to Cabanatuan . . .

[fso301]

Hmmm. 37th Inf. Div. is driving close to Cabanatuan . . .

Lot of guerrillas in that area, if we work closely together, we should be able to pull off some dramatic stuff.