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Thrust BIG TANK BATTLES IN DON ZONE

... 50- mile front marked the seventh day of the battle for Stalingrad. The Germans were striving desperately for possession of the Don South-East of Kletskaya. 751 miles North-West of the great Volga city. Battles raged at three widelyseparated points of the ...

Published: Friday 31 July 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 486 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AFTON

... penetrate into the Southern Caucasus, they may then perhaps encounter British as well as Russian forces. Meanwhile, battles for Stalingrad and the Volga line rage furiously. It would seem probable that during these operations the Germans may content themselves ...

Published: Tuesday 18 August 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 474 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

Decisive Struggle

... bend The great tams decisive battle for Stalingrad has now begun The German High Command reported: In the Caucasus the attack by German and allied troops is progressing in hard mountain .jattles North-West of Stalingrad German infantry divisions and ...

Published: Tuesday 25 August 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 249 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Russians Open Up Offensive 45,000 GERMANS KILLED

... Smolensk. pivot of the German front. Swift Don Advance Miles Deep German Radio last night gave this description of the battle for Stalingrad:— The battlefield is a hilly steppe, which allows the use of vast forces in the attack and in the defence. In driedup ...

Published: Thursday 27 August 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 830 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Lull In Battle For Stalingrad

... Lull In Battle For Stalingrad Russians Shell Rzhev defences (Reuter and Associated Press.) wIAN dispatches last G ermans indicated that the ` le rnlans had been fought to a momentary standstill at S talingrad, though Berlin earli er had claimed that the ...

Published: Tuesday 01 September 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1043 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

BATTLE FOR STALINGRAD

... BATTLE FOR STALINGRAD The Germans are pressing their attacks north-west of Stalingrad with tanks and motorised infantry, Moscow Radioquoted ►by Reuter stated. Soviet troops are putting up a stubborn resistance. ...

Published: Wednesday 02 September 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 30 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

RUSSIANS FORCED BACK

... fought fierce battles with the enemy North-West and South-West of Stalingrad. According to the sunnlement, several attacks by German and Italian infantry in the Kletskaya area were repulsed with heavy losses to them. South-West of Stalingrad, our troops ...

Published: Wednesday 02 September 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 455 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Von Bock's Still Held No STREET RIGHTING IN STALING R AD

... Bock's three-pronged Stalingrad aa,. -• A Soviet thrust against the Germans' left was indicated by a Berlin report of heavy ef e „ 'Lsive fi ghting in the North-West. Wehrmacht Doke salen denied reports of fighting in Stalingrad. ro wi „ es •g in powerful ...

Published: Tuesday 08 September 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 854 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

RUSSIANS YIELD GROUND

... Press, and The Times Special Service). GERMAN headway in the battle for Stalingrad and at Novorossisk, on the Black Sea, was disclosed in Moscow's communique last night. West of Stalingrad. Russian troops have abandoned two inhabited localities, while ...

Published: Thursday 10 September 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 256 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

mobile infantry sent into attack after attack, were oeing met w:tn withering artillery. mortar, and anti - tank ..

... stated. BATTLES IN STREETS. The Soviet communique stated: During September 10 our troops fought fierce engagements West and South-West of Stalingrad, as well as in the area of Mozdok. Street battles took place in Novorossisk. West of Stalingrad intense ...

Published: Friday 11 September 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 715 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Spectator's Leader Page Parade NAMES very much in tll' e t wo these days are those of opposing commanders whose

... Parade NAMES very much in tll' e t wo these days are those of opposing commanders whose 5 ;3/0 dous armies are fighting battle for Stalingrad: stantinovitch Timoshenko an von Bock.dila The Russian is a tallish. st ;ill built man, with a. full, Russian lace ...

Published: Wednesday 16 September 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 337 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CHANGING TACTICS

... Air Force remains very alive. and Stalingrad's anti-aircraft defences are constantly in action against daily attempts to bomb the city. The issue at Stalingrad still hangs in the balance. Railwaymen on the Stalingrad line are working heroically through ...

Published: Thursday 17 September 1942
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 433 | Page: 3 | Tags: none