Lex Anteinternet: Hollandia

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Sunday, April 30, 1944. Pre fab. Draft McArthur?

US trucks being landed at Hollandia.

The U.S. Navy bombarded Satawan while the US air assault on Truk continued.

Prefabricated homes, aimed for the post-war market, went on show in London.

Draft MacArthur?

Last prior edition:

Saturday, April 29, 1944. More friendly fire, Raid on Truk, More German strikes in the Channel.

1940s, 1944, Art, Bill Mauldin, boats and ships, Canadian Navy, Cartoons, German Kriegsmarine, New Guinea, Norman Rockwell, Pacific, Truk, U.S. Navy, World War Two

Monday, April 22, 2024

Saturday, April 22, 1944. American landings at Hollandia and Aitape.

US troops on Aitape, April 22, 1944. This is a curious photograph for a number of reasons, including that all of the men in the immediate foreground are carrying M1 Carbines rather than M1 Garands. Further, the solider closes to the camera is wearing paratrooper boots. This would somewhat make me suspect that they are Rangers, but I don't know of Rangers landing at Aitape.

U.S. forces began landed in Western New Guinea in Operations Reckless (Hollandia) and Operation Persecution (Aitape).

Surprisingly, the Japanese were ill prepared for the operation, and the landings rapidly gained a foothold.

The Marshalls campaign ended with the US taking Ungelap.

The Japanese took Chengchow in China.

Combined, the day's event in the Far East demonstrated the interesting nature of the war at the time, and the problems confronting the Japanese. The Japanese were advancing in China and on the Burmese Indian frontier, but losing territory rapidly in the Pacific, where they effectively had no means of stopping the flow of events. Gaining enough ground on the Asian mainland to force a conclusion to the overall war was rapidly becoming impossible, as was defending what it had taken in the Pacific in order to advance that original goal.

Mesovouno was subject to German mass killings for the second time, the first time being in October 1941.

Mussolini met with Hitler and his entourage to complain about German caused problems in the Italian Social Republic, which the Germans didn't really care about.

The Kingdom of Afghanistan drove rebel Mazrak Zadran and his followers into the hills. He was in rebellion in support of a rival claimant to the Afghani throne.

Last prior edition:

Friday, April 21, 1944. Les Françaises obtiennent le droit de vote.

1940s, 1944, Battle of Gurba, Battle of Imphal, Bretton Woods, Charles de Gaulle, Economics, France, Free French, Italy, New Guinea, Royal Air Force, Ukraine, Ukrainian National Army, Women, World War Two

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