Tuesday, December 22, 1942

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The Headlines

GERMANS RETREATING 'IN DISORDER,' RUSSIAN DRIVE ADVANCES 15 MILES; ALLIES PIERCE ENEMY'S BUNA LINE; NAZIS' LOSSES RISE Fleeing Troops Leave Equipment, Supplies to the Red Army SOVIET TIGHTENS CORDON 1,000,000 Germans in Area That Is Being Cut Off by Russians' Advance SOVIET SAYS ENEMY FLEES 'IN DISORDER'

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Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Adolf Hitler signs the order to develop the V-2 rocket as a weapon.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Giacomo Puccini (1858)
• Jean Racine (1639)
• Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
• Diocletian (244)
• Guru Gobind Singh (1666)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

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