CBS World News - June 11th, 1949
June 11th, 1949
CBS World News
"The world today. The Columbia Broadcasting System now presents a summary of the all the important world news today. Reports from CBS correspondents by trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific short wave radio, and the latest developments as received by the Columbia's news room here in New York. Tonight we will be reporting on the latest events in Europe and South America via London."
"This is London. Today, our broadcast will cover the latest advances in Europe and the worsening situation in South America."
"In Europe, American troops continues to push into Germany. During the final days of April, American forces, supported by the Canadian Army, launched an attack along the North Sea coast in Germany. Their first attack landed on Field Marshal Model's 2nd Panzer Army in Hannover, pushing deep within the first day of combat. German troops fell back under the relentless assault by Allied forces, and gave up valuable fortifications without much loss of life. Shortly after this daring assault, Canadian forces, this time supported by American divisions, pushed into Wilhelmshafen on the 6th, again making good progress in the face of heavy fortifications. The rapid collapse of German forces continued as Canadian divisions pushed onwards to Bremen. A combined assault by 750,000 Allied soldiers forces the Germans out. An attempt to take Hamburg and Kiel, however, met with little success, as Allied troops had to reorganize, whereas the Germans had fresh divisions ready to do battle."
"In South America, Allied forces have turned what should have been success into disaster. Argentinian troops have pushed Brazilian and British forces from much of the industrial complexes along the coast, forcing a long retreat into the dense jungle. The nature of the battle is demoralizing, as entire divisions can creep past one another without detection. The only notable success is the advance of Chilean forces into souther Argentina, but have failed to make any significant progress. American High Command is watching anxiously as a large threat looms just a hop across the Caribbean from its own borders...."
**I don't know why, but I'm not getting HQ bonuses in some battles at the time of the screenshot, even if they have an HQ. They are promoted to Field Marshal, yet are not contributing in the stack. Then again, sometimes the HQ doesn't add its bonus to the 2nd day of fighting, so its probable that i took these on the first day. The situation in South America is FUBAR, and I have no spare divisions I can send to help the British, Chilean and Brazilian forces.**