Luftpost No. 28, Southern edition, 8th August 1944

Luftpost No. 28, Southern edition, 8th August 1944

For the Mediterranean, Austria and Germany

The Americans are said to have advanced 250 kilometres in 13 days, reaching the Loire near Nantes and cutting off Brittany. 13,300 German prisoners have been captured and 75,000 German troops cut off. Seven ships were destroyed by the allies. A counter-attack on the north east flank was thwarted and 135 German tanks destroyed by allied aircraft. The Canadian and English armies have crossed the Orne further east. Allied losses are purportedly 116,148.

The Ukrainian army has expanded its bridgehead on the west bank of the Vistula, about 120km from the Silesian border. The significant oil centre at Boryslav has been captured. The Polish partisan army holds Warsaw city centre. West of Kaunas, the East Prussian border is being attacked. In Latvia the German army’s land links have been cut off by Baltic armies and they are retreating.

German radio has announced a reward of 1 million Reichsmark for the capture of Carl Friedrich Goedeler, the former Lord Mayor of Leipzig, implicated in the attempt on Hitler’s life.

The Germans are said to be using delaying tactics in Florence, contradicting their claims of protecting the historic city. The Gothic Line but has not been completed due to the actions of the Italian partisans.

General de Gaulle has announced that the French Forces of the Interior have received significantly more military equipment in the last two months. They are said to be several hundred thousand men strong and have taken out 10,000 Germans, forcing the Germans to maintain seven combat divisions.

The plan is outlined for the American, English and Russian members of the United Nations to occupy Germany,

The German officers who took place in the assassination attempt on Hitler have been named by Berlin and expelled from the army.

The Germans have been ordered to leave Turkey but, allegedly, over half the Germans wish to be interred in Turkey rather than return to Germany.

1944-08-08

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