09-1944

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 10, 1944: Russian Front 1st Belorussian Front attacks German forces in Praga, outside Warsaw (operations completed on September 14). Politics RUSSO-FINNISH ARMISTICE signed in […]

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 9, 1944: Air War Europe: US and British bombers batter cities along the Rhine ­from Düsseldorf and Mönchen-Gladbach to Mannheim–Ludwigshafen.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 8, 1944: Air War Britain: Explosion in Chiswick (3 killed) and supersonic boom heard all over London, announces FIRST V-2 ROCKET ATTACK ON LONDON.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 7, 1944: Western Front British cross Albert Canal (Belgium) and take Ypres. US 3rd Army secures two bridgeheads over river Moselle.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 6, 1944: Western Front Canadians besiege Calais.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 5, 1944: Russian Front Russians reach Turnu Severin, south of Iron Gates gorge (river Danube). Hungarian 2nd Army attacks Romanian 4th Army. Diplomacy USSR

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 4, 1944: Russian Front Cease-fire on Russo­-Finnish front. Western Front ALLIED FORCES CAPTURE ANTWERP. Diplomacy British Government decides to forcibly repatriate captured Russian ‘collaborators’

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 3, 1944: Western Front BRUSSELS LIBERATED by British forces after lightening dash of 362 km in 4 days. US and French troops enter Lyons.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 1, 1944: Western Front Canadians occupy Dieppe, which is abandoned by the Germans. British troops reach Arras; USA soldiers capture Verdun. Montgomery promoted to