[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from yesterday.

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy

[Homer_J_Simpson]

All Landings Win (Middleton) – 2-4
Landing Puts End to 4-Year Hiatus (Daniell) – 4-5
Roosevelt and Churchill Pleased by Invasion Gains – 5-6
Churchill’s Report in Commons – 7-8
Country in Prayer (by Lawrence Resner, first-time contributor) – 8
“Let Our Hearts Be Stout” – 9
King George Calls Empire to Prayer – 9
Invaders Rush Up Norman Shore in Storm of Steel from Sea and Air (by Desmond Tighe, first-time contributor) – 10
Planes Blast Out Paths for Assault (Denny) – 10-11
Chutists Disrupt Enemy Rear Lines (Graham) – 11
600 Ships Drilled Shells into Coast – 11-12
Eisenhower Gave Signal in Trailer – 12
Weather Outlook in Channel is Uncertain; Invasion Postponed a Day because of Storms – 12
Impatient Britons ‘Glad to Get Going’ – 12-13
Germans Predict Further Landings – 13
Just before the Channel Crossing: Ships and Men Ready for the Great Adventure (photos) – 14-16
Invasion Armadas: By Sea and Air the Allied Forces Move toward the Coast of France (photos) – 17-19
Invasion and Other War News Summarized – 19
Eisenhower Visits Paratroopers before Take-Off for the Invasion (page 1 photo) – 20
Italian Drive Gains on 70-Mile Front – 21
Turks Hear Report of Landing in Greece – 21
Gestapo Operated Quarters in Rome (by A.C. Sedgwick) – 22
Russians Poised to Attack in East; Moscow Joyous on ‘Second Front’ (by Ralph Parker) – 22-23
‘Forts’ Rock Galati from Soviet Bases (by W.H. Lawrence) – 23
Allies Cut Up Foe around Myitkyina (by Brooks Atkinson) – 23
Certainty in Five Weeks (by Arthur Krock) – 25
Air Power and the War (by Alexander P. de Seversky) – 25
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 26-27
Editorials – 28-30
War Fund May Aid Italy Relief Group – 30

[Walrus]

Page 9 has “a prayer written by the president of the United States” which was shared with the country via a radio address.

Poignant.