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Monday
German Tanks and Guns battle Eight Army Units in North Africa. U.S Forces suffer a Sharp Setback. German Radio claims that U-boats sank 204,000 Tons of shipping in a Convoy Battle. 1943 Draft to call 12,000 Men daily as President warns Nation it faces reverse in War -
Tuesday
American drive Forges ahead. Rommel in a Vise. Grand Admiral Doenitz, Nazi Germany's Submarine War Wizard, Pledges U-boat Warfare backed by Total Nazi Sea Power. U-boat toll rises as Nazis use New Tactics. Test of Army Raid Signals in City is set for Wednesday Night. -
Wednesday
Allies lost Millions of Tons of Shipping in 1942. Seamen from U.S. Cargo Vessel Torpedoed in the Atlantic. Nazi U-boat menace is seen as Sole threat to Allied Victory. To save Gas, States asked to keep 35-Mile Speed. -
Thursday
Eighth Army Artillary smashes Nazi Tank waves without Yielding. U.S Wounded stick to Guns to beat off German Thrusts. Ration Points set for Meat, Canned Fish, Fat, and Cheese. Director of the Office of War Information reveals U-boat toll in Recent Convoys. -
Friday
Rommel hangs on North Africa. Heavy U.S. Casualties will mark Victory. Meat Shops bare all over City. No relief in sight. Center of Berlin blasted in Heaviest Raid. -
Saturday
U-boat lair raided. British Bombers drop 1,000 Tons of bombs on Fench Port. New Ships ready to fight U-boats. Eight butchers jailed. Get Federal term s for Black Market Dealing. Stores foraging for Long Island Potatoes. -
Sunday
Cargo Ship fights U-boat to finish. 52 of Crew are rescued. U.S. Fliers raid Pacific Island Base. New Anti-Tank Gun revealed by Army. Royal Air Force bombs Berlin again. -
Monday
Americans sweep forward in North Africa. Churchill pledges Invasion of Europe within nine months! 1,000,000 Nazi Children urged to do War Work. U.S. repels Flotilla in Aleutians -
Tuesday
Germans capitulate on All Fronts. Surrender is unconditional. The War in Europe ends! -
Tuesday
First Atomic Bomb dropped on Japan. Missile is equal to 20,000 Tons of TNT. -
Thursday
Atomic Bomb loosed on Nagasaki. -
Tuesday
Japan Surrenders! End of War!
