n Aachen, Germany, Pfc. Ragnel Lundgren, Jamestown, New York, maintains continuous communications with his headquarters with a handie-talkie radio. 15 October, 1944. 1st Infantry Division.
Aided by the armored force, Yank infantry moves forward to engage the enemy in Aachen, Germany. 15 October, 1944. Company M, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Regent of Hungary Miklós Horthy made a radio broadcast announcing a separate peace with the Soviet Union. The Germans launched Operation Panzerfaust, a commando operation to seize Horthy and keep Hungary in the war. He was in fact seized later that day and resigned in favor of Arrow Cross leader Ferenc Szálasi when he learned that his son had been seized and his life was in danger.
The Red Army too Riga.
Partisans launched an operation to expel the Germans from Kosovo.
The Poles took Gambettola.
The Leipzig collided with the Prinz Eugen in the Baltic fog and was rendered a total loss.
The U-777 was sunk by the RAF.
Task Force 38.4 conducted air raids north of Manila.
Pfc. Hoyle E. Lougherty, Knoxville, Tenn., looks at a warning sign posted by the Nazis for the German citizenry of Aachen, Germany. It means "Take care, the enemy may be listening". 15 October, 1944.
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