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IN THREE PARTS EUAL iS( V'S "'CUTS So All THE NEWS ALL THE TIME Largest Home Delivered Circulation Largest Advertising Volume PART I GENERAL NEWS Time Office: 202 West Firit Street Lot Angele 53, Col. Timet Telephone Number MAdison 2341 TRUE INDUSTRIAL FREEDOM LIBERTY UNDER THE LAW DAILY, FIVE CENTS TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1944 CC VOL LXIII LnJ Allied Landings Begun in France, Eisenhower Sas etmtmT zz" fr "77.. I a Ue ft MS TMJ SUPREME HEADQUARTERS, ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, June 6 (Tuesday.) A.P.)' American, British and Canadian troops landed in Northern France this morning-, launching the greatest overseas military operation in history with wrSrd from their supreme commander, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, that "we will nothing except full victory" over the German masters of the continent.

The invasion, which" Eisenhower called "a great crusade," was announced at 7:32 a.m. Greenwich mean time 12 :32 a.m. Pacific War Time) in this one-sentence Communique OS No.l: "Under the command of Gen. Eisenhower, cu Allied naval forces supported by stroig air C.r I gettoo i 1 lrf i CHe8ounGM forces began landing Allied armies this morning on the northern coast of France." It was announced moments later that Britain's Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, hero of the African desert, was in charge of the, assault.

Landing Points Undisclosed The locations of the landings were not announced. Eisenhower himself wished Godspeed to th parachutists who were the first to land on the enemy-held soil of France. For three hours previous to the Allied announcement the German radio had been pouring forth a series of? flashes reporting that the Allies were landing between Le Havre and Cherbourg along the south side of the Bay of the Seine and along the north 'coast' of Normandy. This would be across the Channel and almost due south of such British ports as Hastings, Brighton, Portsmouth and Bournemouth. The Germans also said parachutists had descended in Normandy and were being engaged by Nazi shock troops.

Berlin said the "center of gravity" of the fierce fighting was at Caen, 30 miles southwest of Le Havre and 65 miles southeast of Cherbourg. Caen is 10 miles inland from the sea, at the base of tht 75-mile-wide Normandy Peninsula. Heavy fighting also was reported between Caen and Trou- ville. One of Berlin's first claims was that the first British parachute division was badly mauled. Gen.

Montgomery, hero of the African desert, was leading Turn to Page Colnma 1 Invasion and The Times' This is D-Day. The greatest continuing news story in the history of man has begun and will continue until Victory. Americans, and all the people of the earth, now eagerly await every new development, watch every Allied move and Nazi countermove. The detailed story of invasion, complete with all the available maps and pictures, will be brought to Times readers with the speed, thoroughness and accuracy that have always made The Times the West's most dependable and depended upon newspaper! 7T 3) 1 WHERE ALLIES ARE STRIKING Arrows indicate the ports and coastal regions where Allied armies of invasion were reported swarming ashore in France early this morning..