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William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

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Rabaul Attacked – 2-3
War News Summarized – 3
Red Army Fans Out – 4-5
Venafro and Vasto Captured by Allies (Bracker) – 6-7
The Firepower of a Flying Fortress (photo) – 8
Navy’s Rosendahl Real Hero of Sea (Hailey) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 10-11

The News of the Week in Review
Ten Focal Points in an Eventful Week for the United Nations (map) – 12
Allied Unity – 13-14
The Fronts – 14-16
Abroad – 16
Quotations – 17
Twenty News Questions – 18
Moscow Set the Stage for War’s Final Phase (Baldwin) – 19
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 20
Where New American Drives Get Under Way (map) – 20
Offensive to Smash Japan Gets Under Way in Pacific (Kluckhohn) – 21
Allied Bombers Blast Germany’s Industrial Vitals (map) – 22
Work of Reducing Germany by Air Bombing Goes Ahead (Graham) – 23
The Best Selling Books, Here and Elsewhere (from Book Review) – 24