Rostov Area Freed – 2-3
U.S. Forces Seize Isle Mile Off Vila – 4
Rescue at Once of Europe’s Jews Demanded at Conference Here – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Statement of the Council for Judaism – 6
And Tojo’s Airmen Know It (photo) – 7
‘Your Fame Shall Never Die’ (photo) – 8
The Texts of the Day’s War Communiques – 9-10
Taganrog Victory Vital (Baldwin) – 10
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US Fast Carrier Task Force hits Marcus
Tuesday, August 31, 1943 www.onwar.com
In the Central Pacific... American carrier based aircraft strike Marcus island. The Independence, Essex and Yorktown are involved. These ships are part of the newly formed Fast Carrier Task Force.
On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces take Glukhov and Rylsk in an advance south of Sevsk.
Smuts was a close friend of Churchill’s and a very bright thinker. He is already thinking about the post-war world and Britain’s place in it. He realizes Russia is going to greatly enhance its position by defeating the Nazis in the East. He wants a second front primarily to put Britain and the US in the heart of Europe to counterbalance the Sov’s.