The Spanish Army launched an offensive against Republican forces in the Pyrenees.
The 7th Infantry Division took Buri Airfield on Leyte. Tacloban airstrip became operational.
The Navy conducted airstrikes on Luzon.
The Red Army's Gumbinnen Operation in East Prussia ended in failure.
Sarah Sundin reports that Allied Offensive actions in Italy were halted for the season:
Today in World War II History—October 27, 1939 & 1944: 80 Years Ago—Oct. 27, 1944: In Italy, Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson orders halt to Allied offensive for the winter due to fatigue, heavy rains, and flooding.
She also reports that that this was Navy Day for 1944, which it would have been, as Navy Day is always October 27. I missed that, however.
The Germans put down the Slovak National Uprising.
A white cloud of smoke partly envelopes this German tank which is still smoldering in a street somewhere in Germany. U.S. infantrymen, crouching on both sides cover the tank. 27 October, 1944.
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