Diary August 31, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 31, 1944 Russian Front Russians occupy Bucharest after advancing 56 km from Ploesti inside a day. Big crowds welcome the falsely expected liberators. Western …
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Diary August 30, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 30, 1944 Russian Front Russians occupy Ploesti. Western Front Canadians take Rouen; British take Beauvais, north of Paris; Americans at Rheims and Chalons-sur-Marne. Air …
Diary August 29, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 29, 1944 Russian Front German Army Group South Ukraine ordered to hold Carpathian Mountains and Transylvanian Alps. Western Front Americans capture Soissons, 89 km …
Diary August 28, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 28, 1944 Western Front Americans reach Chateau-Thierry. British gain another bridgehead on lower Seine. Air War Britain: 90 out of 97 V-1s directed against …
Diary August 27, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 27, 1944 Western Front Allied forces reach river Marne. French capture Toulon. Air War Germany: 611 RAF bombers attacking Kiel. RAF bombers dropping 2,381t …
Diary August 26, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 26, 1944 Western Front Allied forces pour across the Seine at four points between Paris and the sea. Air War Western Europe: 110 killed …
Diary August 25, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 25, 1944: WESTERN FRONT DE GAULLE ENTERS PARIS. German garrison, Cdr.-General von Choltilz, surrenders in leftluggage office of Montparnasse Station, after openly disobeying Hitler’s …
Diary August 24, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 24, 1944: WESTERN FRONT French 2nd Armored Division enters Paris. Allied forces take Cannes. HOME FRONTS Germany: All theaters, music-halls and cabarets to be …
Diary August 23, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 23, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Allied forces capture Evreux (Normandy), Melun (southeast of Paris) and Marseilles; Americans reach Grenoble. Eisenhower vetoes Montgomery’s plan for bold …
Diary August 22, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 22, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Americans capture Sens, southeast of Paris. ITALY Polish and Italian Co-Belligerent forces of British Eight Army reach Metauro river, 48 …
Diary August 21, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 21, 1944: RUSSIAN FRONT Germans retreat towards river Pruth in East Romania. WESTERN FRONT Allied forces cross the Seine, north and south of Paris. …
Diary August 20, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 20, 1944: RUSSIAN FRONT 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts attack German-Romanian Army Group South; Romanian 3rd Army broken. SEA WAR German heavy cruiser Prinz …
Diary August 19, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 19, 1944: OCCUPIED FRANCE UPRISING IN PARIS by FFI (Resistance). Vichy Government flees to Belfort. Petain arrested and taken to Germany. HOME FRONTS Britain: …
Diary August 18, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 18, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Germans retreating through ‘Falaise Gap‘ are decimated by Allied Air Forces. SEA WAR Pacific: Japanese carrier Taiyo sunk by US …
Diary August 17, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 17, 1944: WESTERN FRONT FALAISE CAPTURED by British-Canadian forces; Americans take Dreux, Chartres, Chateaudun and Orleans. RUSSIAN FRONT Russian guns bombard German territory – …
