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Ship Clash Hinted (Horne) – 2
14 More Japanese Ships are Sunk by Our Submarines for 422 Total – 3
89 Notes on Captives Mark U.S. Indictment of Japan (Hulen) – 3-4
War News Summarized – 4
Nazis Pushed Back (Lawrence) – 5
Americans Smash Foe near Cisterna (Bracker, Sulzberger, Packard) – 6-7
U.S. 3-Day Score 268 Nazi Fighters (by Drew Middleton) – 7
Nazis Ram ‘Forts’, Crash with Them – 8
Latest War Casualties – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 10-11

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/feb44/f01feb44.htm

Allied gains around Cassino
Tuesday, February 1, 1944 www.onwar.com

In Italy... The forces of US 5th Army continue operations against the German defenses of the Gustav Line. The 34th Division gains some ground north of Cassino, around Monte Maiola.

In the Marshall Islands... American operations against the Kwajalein Atoll continue. On Roi US forces are mopping up. There is heavy fighting on Namur. US Task Force 52 (Admiral Turner) provides naval support for the landing of the 7th Infantry Division (General Corlett) on Kwajalein. Here, the Americans overrun a third of island, despite heavy Japanese resistance.

On the Eastern Front... In the north, Soviet forces capture Kingisepp and continue their advance to within 1 mile of the former Estonian border. Forces of German Army Group North conduct successful local counterattacks between Luga and Utorgosh.