Pvt. Roland Bonnell (left) of Cleveland, Ohio, and Sgt. James Devine (right) of Commack, New York, comfort a French girl with a puppy in Colleville, France. July 13, 1944. Bonnell, who had a brother serving in the Navy, is wearing the new M1943 combat boots.
The Red Army's Vilnius Offensive ended in a Red Army victory. Polish Home Army troops that had staged a rebellion in Vilnius itself against the Germans were arrested by the Soviets.
The Lvov–Sandomierz Offensive began.
The Germans burned down the Kovno Ghetto's hospital.
U.S. forces become stalled in the bocage country. The Western Allies in general were making dangerously slow progress in Normandy.
U.S. troops observe a destroyed Panzerkampfwagen V Panther, July 13, 1944. Categorized as a medium tank, it was built to directly counter the Soviet T-34. It was an excellent tank, but like all later German armor, it suffered from mechanical complication.
Sarah Sundin reports on a number of interesting items:
Today in World War II History—July 13, 1944
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Labels: 1940s, 1944, Animals, Army, Dogs, Equine Transportation, Heroes, Italian Army, Italy, Mules, Operation Overlord, Red Army, Saipan, Theodore Roosevelt, World War Two
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