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The wars & local soldiers, 1945

9,843 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 250

Stir Over U.k. War Trials Stand

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Allied circles here are staggered at the British Foreign Office's rejection of a recommendation by the United Nations War Crimes Commission for the establishment of a court in London, to try Hitler and Himmler and other Nazi war criminals…

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Sidelights Of War--Each To His Task

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

The lighter side of war is shown in this study of Pte. Alfred…

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£1,174,774 Daily Expenditure On War

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 15

GOVERNMENT war expenditures, though sharply reduced in recent months, are still in excess of one million pounds a day…

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Sidelights Of War Each To His Task

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

The lighter side of war is shown in this study of Pte. Alfred…

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Truce Dissension Our War Correspondent, T. Southwell-keely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

ATHENS, Jan. 14.—It cannot be pretended that the truce terms are satisfactory. It is inevitable that there will be…

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Indian Navy Now 20 Times Pre-war Size

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 1

COLOMBO, Monday.--The new year finds the Royal Indian Navy more than 20 times as big as it was at the outbreak of war…

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Indian Navy Now 20 Times Pre-war Size

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 1

COLOMBO, Monday.--The new year finds the Royal Indian Navy more than 20 times as big as it was at the outbreak of war…

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Rundstedt's Aim Our War Correspondent, H. A. Standish

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

BRUSSELS, Jan. 14.—There is no doubt that Marshal von Rundstedt intends to save his forces to "fight another day,"…

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Fierce Air War Over Reich Oil Plants Given Pounding

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 11

LONDON, Monday.--Air battles, which raged all over Germany yesterday as 900 Fortresses and Liberators…

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Fierce Air War Over Reich Oil Plants Given Pounding

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 11

LONDON, Monday.--Air battles, which raged all over Germany yesterday as 900 Fortresses and Liberators…

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Cabinet, Caucus And Banking Domestic Issues v. War Effort

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

In an Australia perfectly organised for war, man-power authorities might by now be ready to swoop on most of Cabinet, most of Caucus, and most of Parliament. The purpose of the raid would be to divert to war purposes…

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Admiral's Plans British Action in Pacific Our War Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 1

PHILIPPINES, Jan. 14.—The Commander-in-Chief of the British Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, said in an…

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Fierce Air War Over Reich Oil Plants Given Pounding

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 11

LONDON, Monday.--Air battles, which raged all over Germany yesterday as 900 Fortresses and Liberators…

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Fierce Air War Over Reich Oil Plants Given Pounding

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 11

LONDON, Monday.--Air battles, which raged all over Germany yesterday as 900 Fortresses and Liberators…

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17 Prisoners of War Retaken Boys Help V.d.c

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Seventeen of the German prisoners of war who escaped from Victorian camps recently have…

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Finance, Commerce and Markets Share Market Future Post-war Rise Forecast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 4

LONDON, Jan 14 (A.A.P.).— An opinion is gaining ground that, granted certain assumptions, such as continuance of…

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The Machine As a Builder of Morale Life, Labour Saved in Modern War

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

In a previous article I discussed the confidence of Allied troops in their leadership as a factor in morale, and spoke of the possible…

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Allies Attacking Around Bulge Frustrating German Withdrawal From Our War Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 14.—In a great new drive Allied forces are now attacking all around the bulge in Belgium—from Malmedy to the south-east of Bastogne…

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Soldiers' Mail

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 4

Could someone please tell me why it takes letters, sent airmail, eleven days to reach New Guinea, and why twelve days…

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Propaganda beats the illiterate Jap soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 6

CALCUTTA, Sunday.--Japanese soldiers in Burma crawl from foxholes and bunkers to listen to music, news, and propaganda broadcast by their enemies a few yards away…

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