| In the Ryukyu Islands... On Okinawa, two regiments of US 6th Marine Division make landings on the
Oroku peninsula in an attempt to outflank Japanese defensive positions. However, many of the Japanese troops formerly in the Shuri Line have withdrawn to the
Oroku peninsula. General Buckner, commanding US 10th Army, reduces the
frontage of the US 3rd Amphibious Corps, which has suffered the greatest
losses, and increases the frontage of the US 24th Corps.
In Britain... In his first of a series of election broadcasts,
Prime Minister Churchill, the leader of the Conservative Party, suggests
that voting for Labour Party will cause the creation of "some form
of Gestapo [the secret police in Nazi Germany]" in Britain.
Labour Party leaders condemn the comments.
In Occupied Germany... Paul Ferdonet -- the "Radio
Traitor" of Stuttgart -- is arrested by French troops in Bavaria.
|
