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Ploesti Smashed (Sedgwick) – 2
Americans Gain Nine Miles in Push Through North Sicily (Middleton) – 3
100 Villages Fall to Soviet at Orel – 3-4
Berlin Evacuation Ordered; Hamburg’s Fate Stirs Fears (Axelsson) – 4-5
War News Summarized – 5
The War Situation (Baldwin) – 6
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 7-8
Big Tax Rise Seen Middle Class Ruin – 9
‘His Truth Goes Marching On’ (photo) – 10

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1943/aug1943/f02aug43.htm

British and Canadian troops advancing
Monday, August 2, 1943 www.onwar.com

Canadian troops in Regalbuto [photo at link]

In Sicily... Canadian forces capture Regalbuto. The British 78th Division penetrates Centuripe.

In the Solomon Islands... On New Georgia, American forces have advanced to the edge of Munda airfield. The Japanese have decided not to reinforce the garrison on New Georgia. Some of its garrison are withdrawn to Kolombangara where the Japanese intend to make their next stand.

On the Eastern Front... The Red Army takes Znamenskaya in their advance toward Orel.

In the Aleutian Islands... American naval forces bombard Kiska Island, unaware that the Japanese garrison has been evacuated.