[Homer_J_Simpson]

2 Ports Imperiled – 2-3
Russian Troops Enter Vilna (photo) – 3
First Army Gains (Middleton) – 4-5
20 to 25 Divisions Defend Normandy – 5-6
War News Summarized – 6
Leghorn in Range of American Guns – 7
Germans Destroy Lost Italian Town – 7-8
Clark’s PT Boat Fired on by American Ship off Anzio during Alert, Navy Discloses – 8
Execution of B-29 Airmen Indicated by Japanese Radio – 9
Latest War Casualties Reported by the Army – 11
West and East Fronts (Baldwin) – 12
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Theatres – 13-15

The News of the Week in Review
Fifteen News Questions – 16
Roads to Paris (map) – 17
Battle of Caen Called Key to French Campaign (Middleton) – 18
“The Chimes of Normandy” (cartoon) – 19
Answers to Fifteen News Questions – 19

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/jul44/16jul44.htm#

Poles claim German territory
Sunday, July 16, 1944 www.onwar.com

In London... The Polish government in exile publishes a paper claiming German territory in East Prussia, Danzig and the Polish Corridor for postwar Poland.

On the Western Front... Forces of US 1st Army continue attacking near St. Lo. Elements of British 2nd Army advance toward Hottot-les-Bagues and Evrecy.

In Italy... British 8th Army forces capture Arezzo. Elements of the British 13th Corps cross the Arno River as the German forces fall back.

On the Eastern Front... Southwest of Vilna, Soviet forces storm Grodno. To the south, the 1st Ukrainian Front advances toward Lvov on a 300-mile frontage.

In New Guinea... Around Aitape, the Japanese forces along the Driniumor River weaken.

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