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CBS World News Today · November 5, 1944 · 25 min · 4,203 words
The transcript of “B-29s Strike Powerful Blow”, an episode of CBS World News Today first broadcast November 5, 1944. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). CBS World News Today plays CBS World News Today free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.
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World News Today, brought to you by Admiral Corporation in behalf of Admiral Distributors and Dealers all over America and in many foreign lands. By shortwave broadcast, direct from important overseas stations and leading new centers in our own country, CBS reporters are waiting to bring you firsthand news from the world's political and battlefront. Now, here's Dr. Sedbert.
America's B-29 Super Bombers have struck a powerful twin blow at the depths, hitting Singapore's dockyards and repair shops, and a big fuel refinery on the island of Sumatra. The 20th Bomber Command calls the attack against Singapore's the longest daylight mission ever flown by military planes. The big bombers flew from India and at both targets results are described
as good to excellence. None of the B-29s was reported luck. The Japs mean time is saying that the light planes have been on reconnaissance over the main Jap home island of Honshu. We've made good progress on Leyte and the Philippines. In Germany the first army is one back almost all the territory it lost the Nazis at the village of Smith and the British are
within gun range the Moss on a broad front in Holland and offer news direct from overseas Admiral take you to London Richard C. Hottlett reporting the spotlight has for the moment shifted back to the air war in Western Europe our ground forces are engaged from Holland to Switzerland and comparatively small scale actions and
in various places along the front where we are advancing this progress is hard and fought against determined German forces. It's only in the air that we hear once more of huge formations striking heavy blows at the enemy's strength.
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