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Rome is Denounced – 2-3
Allied Warning to Italy – 2
French Hear Italy Withdraws Troops – 3
War News Summarized – 3
New British Gain – 4
Allies Rake Nazis in France after RAF Blow Near Ruhr (Graham) – 5
A Flying Fortress Attack on Nazi Installations in Norway (photo) – 6
Russians Slowed as Nazis Stiffen – 7
Heat in Chungking is Likened to Hell (Atkinson) – 8
The Admiral Gets a First-Hand Report from a Marine (photo) – 8
Air Front in Europe (Baldwin) – 9
Army Air Forces 36 Years Old Today – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the War – 10-12
Palestine Faces Clash After War (Sulzberger) – 12
Rationing at a Glance – 12

The News of the Week in Review
Twenty News Questions – 13
Hitler’s ‘Fortress Europe’ – And His Smaller ‘European Redoubt’ (map) – 14
‘The Fortress Europe’ Assailed On All Sides (Daniell) – 15
Heightened Air War Has a Fourfold Aim (by James MacDonald) – 17
Answers to Twenty News Questions – 18
The Best Selling Books, Here and Elsewhere (from Book Review) – 18

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/aug1943/f01aug43.htm

American bombers attack Ploesti oil fields
Sunday, August 1, 1943 www.onwar.com

Liberator bombers with the burning oil fields behind them [photo at link]

Over Romania... The USAAF conducts a daytime bombing raid on the Ploesti oil fields. Of the 177 B-24 Liberator bombers, 50 are lost.

Over Germany... Bomber Command carries out a small raid on Hamburg.

In Algiers... The Free French leadership is reorganized. General Giraud will only chair the National Liberation Committee when military issues are discussed. General de Gaulle will chair the committe at all other times.

In Tokyo... The Japanese announce recognition of an independent Burma which has declared war on the United States and Britain. The leader of the Burmese government, Ba Maw, signs a secret treaty with the Japanese.

In Sicily... Heavy fighting is reported around Troina, Regalbuto and Cenuripe. The rugged terrain in the northeast of the island assists the defending Axis forces.