Cities to Be ‘Ashes’ (Lawrence) – 2-3
Foe Now in Pocket (Shalett) – 3
100 Tons of Bombs Rock Pantelleria (Middleton) – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Berlin Reports Big Soviet Attacks; Sees Threat of Red Army Offensive – 5
Foe’s War Power in Europe Scanned (Baldwin) – 7-8 Governmental Research of ‘War Names’ (photo) – 8 The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 9-11
Davies in Moscow with Stalin Note (Parker) – 11
Entertainment for Service Men * – 12
* Dinner and dancing with Duke Ellington. If that doesn’t impress your date I say dump her (or him).
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/may1943/f20may43.htm
Japanese garrison on Attu battles US troops
Thursday, May 20, 1943 www.onwar.com
Aftermath of the heavy fighting on Attu Island [photo at link].
In the Aleutian Islands... On Attu, fighting continues in the Clevesy Pass. Japanese forces hold the high ground and offer determined resistance to the American attacks.
On the Eastern Front... In the Caucasus, the German 17th Army continues to counterattack. Soviet forces continue to hold the offensive.
In Washington... The Trident Conference continues.
Great article by Baldwin on Germany's "current" strengths & weaknesses.