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Coutances Passed (Daniel) – 2-3
Searching for Snipers in a French Town (photo) – 3
Fierce Tank Fight Won by Americans (Boyle) – 3
General Assails Critics of British – 4
War News Summarized – 4
Suburbs Shelled – 5-6
Top Ace Missing on Eve of Leave – 6
Bombers Again Hit Leuna Oil Plants (Anderson) – 7
Florence Battle in Final Stages – 7
New York’s Archbishop at the Italian Front (photo) – 8
B-29’s Fire Plants (Warren) – 9-10
Guam Invaders Win Orote Peninsula (James) – 10
Command Post Has Wild Guam Dawn (Trumbull) – 11
American Marines Hitting the Beach at Guam (photo) – 11
First Big Air Blow Rips at Halmahera (by Lindesay Parrott) – 12
Latest Casualties Reported by Army – 13
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 14-16

The News of the Week in Review
In the East and West the Allies Drive On (maps) – 17-18
Closing In – 19-22
Quotations – 22
Fifteen News Questions – 23
New Bold Tactics Won Victory in Normandy (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 24
The Three Zones of Japan’s Defensive System (map) – 25
‘Fortress Japan’ Has Three Defensive Zones (by Sidney Shalett) – 26
Soviet Speed and Power Overwhelms the Nazis (by W.H. Lawrence) – 27
“Will Return Later” (cartoon) – 28
Answers to Fifteen News Questions – 28

6 posted on 07/30/2014 4:20:48 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/jul44/30jul44.htm#

Germans counterattack US advance
Sunday, July 30, 1944 www.onwar.com

On the Western Front... Advancing elements of US 1st Army seize Granville and enter Avranches, capturing bridges over the See River. The left flank is counterattacked by German forces of the 2nd Parachute Corps at Percy and Villedieu. British forces mount successful attacks near Caumount.

In the Mariana Islands... On Tinian, the main town of Tinian is captured by American forces. The southern half of Guam has been secured by US troops.

In the Philippine Sea... The US heavy cruiser Indianapolis is sunk by a Japanese submarine.

In New Guinea... The US 6th Division (Sibert) lands unopposed on the islands of Amsterdam and Middleburg, off Cape Sansapor. Task Force 78 (Admiral Berkey) provides naval support.

7 posted on 07/30/2014 4:21:47 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Steven Scharf; henkster

See page 8 item about Rommel.

10 posted on 07/30/2014 6:07:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

To: Homer_J_Simpson

Panzer Group West sector:

11 posted on 07/30/2014 6:12:38 AM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarc tag?)

To: Homer_J_Simpson

7th Army Sector. At this point, you'd have to think that any position west of the Seine River is no longer tenable for the Germans.

13 posted on 07/30/2014 6:14:35 AM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarc tag?)

To: Homer_J_Simpson

German estimate of Allied Order of Battle in Normandy. Note the copious use of whiteout to make German units disappear. If only it were that easy:

14 posted on 07/30/2014 6:17:26 AM PDT by henkster (Do I really need a sarc tag?)

To: Homer_J_Simpson

Thanks to Paul James of the Facebook group World War II 70th Anniversary, I can post this alternate version of the photo on page 11 of today's news.

The alternate caption: "US 3rd Marine Division leathernecks disembark on the beach from an LVT-1 of the 3rd Amphibious Tractor Battalion during training for the invasion of Guam on Cape Esperance, Guadalcanal during the week of May 12, 1944."

Hmm. A little different than the Times caption. Which one is accurate?

19 posted on 07/30/2014 9:23:09 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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