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Germany's last line of defense fails... Iwo Jima....
Germany's last line of defense fails... Iwo Jima....
Item # 724888
March 03, 1945
NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1945
* Beginning of the end of Nazi Germany
* Germans last line of defense (Rhine) breached
* Battle of Iwo Jima near the beginning
The front page has a nice banner headline: "9TH ARMY AT THE RHINE, FOE FLEES IN ROUT; FIRST ADVANCES, BRITISH DRIVE REPORTED; RUSSIANS CLOSING TRAP; NEW GAINS ON IWO" with various subheads and related map showing the area in the Rhine area. (see images)
Complete with all 26 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition.
background: This front page captures a pivotal moment of the "Beginning of the End," documenting a global surge where Allied forces finally shattered the outer crust of the Axis defense. On the Western Front, the U.S. Ninth Army’s arrival at the Rhine represented the collapse of the German defense in the Rhineland, turning a tactical retreat into a "rout" as the natural barrier of the river became the final line of protection for the German heartland. Simultaneously, the Soviet Red Army was tightening a massive "trap" in Pomerania, effectively severing German communications and isolating East Prussia to clear the path for the eventual race to Berlin. Meanwhile, in the Pacific, the "New Gains" on Iwo Jima signaled the slow, bloody completion of an operation that would provide the U.S. with a critical emergency landing strip for B-29 bombers, bringing the air war directly to the Japanese home islands. Together, these headlines illustrate a coordinated, multi-theater strangulation of the Axis powers, showing the reader in March 1945 that while the fighting remained fierce, the final outcome of the war was no longer in doubt.
Category: The 20th Century
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