Show WAR THIS WEEK WEEK WEEK- i 1 1 U. U S. S Naval Victory Highlights Period Which Saw R RAF A F Inaugurate Plane 1000 Raids in Germany By LOUIS F F. KEE KEEMLE ILE Of the United Press War Desk Almost six months to the day after Pearl Harbor United States naval and air forces inflicted in inflicted in- in a stinging defeat on a Japanese invasion force which attacked Midway island outpost st of Hawaii That was the best news of the week of United States participation participation participation par par- in the war a week which brought much other encouraging encouraging encouraging en en- news to the united na na- na- na Developments of the week in included included In in- eluded On Sunday The Sunday The British completed completed completed com com- the greatest air raid in history leaving lea the great German German German Ger Ger- man industrial city of Cologne d t.- t. IU a mass of flaming ruins About 1250 planes to took k part in the operation operation operation op op- op- op dropping more than pounds of bombs The British lost 44 H planes In Libya the British repulsed a strong German thrust toward The Russians made some gains in the Kalinin sector northwest of Moscow while the battleground in the south was comparatively quiet Four Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese midget submarines were sunk in the harbor of ot Sydney Australia Submarines got four more ships in American waters Washington ann announced On Monday Swarms Monday Swarms of British British Brit Brit- ish bombers made daylight raids on held German-held points in France and Belgium Lieutenant General General General Gen Gen- eral Henry H. H Arnold chief of the U. U S. S army air corps said in t l London that American planes soon would join the British in an offensive which the Germans could not meet defeat nor survive sur sur- vive In Reprisal for Cologne the Germans bombed the historic historic historic his his- cathedral town of Canterbury Canterbury Canterbury Canter Canter- bury in England The Germans began to withdraw in Libya where the British captured the nazi second in command General General General Gen Gen- eral Cruewell The Germans executed ex ex- executed more Czechs raising the total to above On Tuesday Tuesday The The British reported reported reported re re- re- re ported that 1036 planes had made another dev devastating stating raid on Germany this time on the great industrial city of Essen Esse site of the Krupp works The The- British lost 35 planes In Libya the British reported that the axis drive toward had 1 1 been broken with heavy enemy tank losses lasses London anno announced the arrival of a big British convOY conVoy convoy con con- Voy at a soviet arctic port with the loss of five or six ships after a long battle with German planes T The h e Germans had claimed 18 ships President Roosevelt called on congress for fora a declaration of ot war against Rumania Bulgaria and Hungary Hun Hun- gary On Wednesday Japanese planes raided Dutch Harbor in inthe inthe inthe the the- Aleutian islands causing minor damage The planes were presumed to have come from carriers The British kept up their offensive offensive offensive of of- against Germany sending sending sending send send- ing about bombers over Eslien Essen Essen Es Es- sen lien to augment e destruction of ot the previous raid The fight fight- ing in Libya Russia and China was indecisive Washington re reported reported reported re- re ported the sinking of three more ships in American waters Congress Congress Congress Con Con- gress received a bill for the construction construction construction con con- of ot more warships at a cost of On Thursday Thursday-A A Japanese f force of and aircraft carriers attacked Midway island and was repulsed in a sharp bat bat- tle It was announced that a united nations submarine rine had sunk a a Japanese transport heavily laden with troops and two supply ships in the southwest southwest southwest south south- west Pacific The British made madea a night raid on the German port of Bremen and daylight raids on the channel coast using more than 1000 planes British com com- commandos commandos mandos made a landing on the French coast French patriots T attacked a German post a at t Hazebrouck blowing up a munitions munitions munitions muni muni- dump Reinhard Heydrich h died and the Germans killed kille d more Czechs Adolf Hitler mada made mad madea e a formal visit to Finland On Friday FrIday Admiral Admiral Nimitz revealed the extent of the American American Amer Amer- ican victory off oft Midway disclosing disclosing ing damage to Japanese vessels in the class of battleship cruiser cruiser cruiser ser carrier and transport United United United Unit Unit- ed nations planes sank two and possibly three Japanese submarines submarines submarines rines off the Australian coast President Roosevelt warned the Japanese that the United States would retort in kind if they continued continued con con- using gas against the Chinese British planes made day and night raids on Germany and the occupied countries Thirteen Thirteen Thir Thir- teen planes were lost |