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U.S. Units Push On (Middleton) – 2
Allied Progress on Normandy Front is Gradual but Steady (map) – 3
Theodore Roosevelt, 56, Dies on Normandy Battlefield (Baldwin) – 4-5
War News Summarized – 5
Russians Win City – 6-7
Samarkand Lifts Mid-Asia’s Blight (Lawrence) – 7
Bombs Rip Munich for 3d Day in Row (Anderson) – 8
Berlin Threatens to Destroy Europe – 8
New Tactics Used in Robot Bombing – 9
After a Robot Bomb Struck (photo) – 9
London Children Leave City Glumly (Johnston) – 9-10
3 Enemy Admirals Killed in Pacific (by George F. Horne) – 10
Many Japanese Die in New Guinea Trap – 10
Air Power and the War (by Alexander P. de Seversky) – 11
U.S. Civil Aircraft Will Land in Spain – 11
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-14
Mme. Chiang Reaches Rio by Air; Plans Rest on Island near City – 14
5 posted on 07/14/2014 4:27:21 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/jul44/14jul44.htm#

Soviet offensive in the Ukraine
Friday, July 14, 1944 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... The Soviet 1st Ukrainian Front (Konev) begins a new offensive in the south. The forces of the 1st Belorussian Front capture Pinsk.

In Italy... The French Expeditionary Corps (part of US 5th Army) captures Poggibonsi.

In New Guinea... Task Force 74 (Commodore Collins) bombards Japanese positions near Aitape, between Yakamul and But.

In the United States... The Bretton Woods conference continues.


6 posted on 07/14/2014 4:28:44 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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headline: "New Tactics Used in Robot Bombing – 9"

Curious how the news often refers to German V-1s as "robot bombs".
Today we'd call it a cruise missile, with the idea of "robotics" limited to automated machines that build cars, etc.

It would be interesting to learn when "robots" stopped including flying machines.

10 posted on 07/14/2014 5:29:57 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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