1944 Review of the Momentous Year

Series

Series Name

Universal News

Issue

Issue No.

1508

Date Released

28 Dec 1944

Stories in this Issue:

1. 11944 Review of the Momentous Year

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

Cassino Monastery bombed. Vesuvius erupts. Invasion of France. Mr Churchill in France. HM The King in France. Flying bomb blitz. Fall of Rome. Paris freed. Liberation of Brussels. Fourteenth Army in Burma. Hitler’s lost legion march through Moscow. Men of Arnhem. Fall of Aachen. RAF raids on Germany. Re-election of President Roosevelt. Home Guard stand down. Churchill Stalin Roosevelt meet.

Keywords

Royalty; Politics and government; Buildings and structures; Environment; Weapons; Aviation; Ceremonies; War damage; Prisoners of war; Civil defence; Review of the Year; Military

Length of story (in feet)

852

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