Stalin Hails Gains (Parker) – 2-3
Century-Old Puzzle of Poland’s Frontiers Comes to Fore Again with Red Army Gains – 3
Fighting in the Frozen North: Red Army Troops Beyond Arctic Circle (photos) – 4
2 Japanese Cruisers Fired at Kavieng; Plane Bag is 32 (Kluckhohn) – 5
War News Summarized – 5
‘Lost’ Ships Pay Off for Pearl Harbor (Horne) – 6
Nazi Air Survival or Ruin at Stake Soon, Says Arnold (Shalett) – 6-7
City Area Shaken – 8-9
Helicopter Rushes Plasma to Injured – 9
Survivors Laud Rescuers; Tell of Popping Shells – 10
Gale Batters Coast; Snow Turns to Rain – 10
Survivors of the Explosions that Sank U.S. Destroyer Off Sandy Hook Yesterday (photos) – 11-12
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 13-14
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/jan44/f04jan44.htm
Allies support resistance in Europe
Tuesday, January 4, 1944 www.onwar.com
Over Occupied France... The first mission of Operation Carpetbagger is flown from Tempsford, England during the night. Allied air forces begin regular airborne supply drops to various resistance groups in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy.
In the Bismark Archipelago... On New Ireland, American aircraft from Admiral Sherman’s carrier task group attack Kavieng. The Japanese destroyer Fumitsuki is damaged.
On the Eastern Front... Soviet forces cross the prewar frontier with Poland near Olevsk. In the Ukraine, Soviet forces capture Byelaya Tserkov, about 64 km southwest of Kiev.
In Italy... US 5th Army forces (particularly the British 46th Division) launch attacks along a 10-mile front toward the southern end of the German defensive positions of the Gustav Line.
From London... The exiled King of Greece strips three former prime ministers of Greek citizenship for collaborating with the German occupation authorities.
Interesting to me that Russia has crossed the Polish border but are still 7 months away from finding the first extermination camp. Looks like this drive might slow down some for the spring.
BroJoe, I figured you would have better figures than I, but the first extermination camp found by the Russians (though not intact) was Maly Trostenets which is on the outskirts of Minsk and ironically, directly north of where the current salient is. This camp wasn’t purpose built like Chelmno or Sobibor and I don’t think it even had fixed gas chambers.