Communist Pole Boleslaw Bierut became the usurper president of the Russian backed Polish provisional government.
Scouting around in the small Belgian town of Battice, Belgium, on the way to Aachen (25km away) are L-R: T/Sgt. Frank F. Kitts, Chambersburg, Pa.; Pfc. Durward F. Oakly, Tocum, Ky.; Pfc. Leon Mooers, 174 Franklin Ave., Hartford, Conn., and Cpl. Tom. H. Graham, Scranton, S.C., all members of an infantry outfit. 11 September, 1944. Company B, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
The U.S. Army entered Germany in a patrol by the 2nd Platoon, Troop B, 85th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, 5th Armored Division. No Germans were encountered.
The US 1st Army took Malmedy. The 7th Army took Digon and linked up iwth the 3d Army, uniting the forces of Overlord and Dragoon.
South Africans captured Pistoia, Italy.
The Octagon Conference between Churchill and Roosevelt started in Quebec.
Last edition:
Sunday, September 10, 1944. Reaching Germany, Freeing Luxembourg, Continuation War lost.
Labels: 1940, 1940s, 1944, Army, Belgium, boats and ships, Bougainville, Continuation War, Diplomacy, Finland, Luxembourg, Operation Paravane, Red Army, Royal Air Force, USSR, World War Two
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