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

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New Indies Attack – 2
Foe Moves on City (MacDonald) – 3-4
The War Summarized – 4
Nazi Death Order Widened in France – 5
Guns and Men of the United States Navy Swinging into Action in Raid on Japanese Bases in the Pacific (photos) – 6-11 *
Text of British Admiralty’s Statement on Naval Battle in English Channel – 12-13
Dry Trend Shows Upswing in Nation (Gallup) – 14
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 15-17

The News of the Week in Review
The Aerial Pattern of Japan’s Conquest (map) – 18
Twenty News Questions – 19
Japan’s Far-Flung Offensives Cut Deep into the Lands of the United Nations (map) – 20
10 Weeks of Pacific War Show Japan Unchecked (Baldwin) – 21
U-Boat Strategy is Hard to Meet (Hurd) – 22-23
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 23

* If Wouk’s account yesterday was accurate then the ship sending “a broadside toward Wotje Atoll” in the first photo is either Northampton or Salt Lake City. The picture is not clear enough to make out any people so we don’t know if Capt. Henry is on the bridge.