Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Sunday, November 26, 1944. Covering up a crime against humanity.

Himmler ordered the crematorium at Auschwitz destroyed to cover up the concentration camp's crime against humanity.

"American infantryman kneels in the rubble to draw a bead on a sniper in the burning building. Germany, 26 November, 1944."

2nd Battalion, 414th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division,

The U.S. Seventh Army captured Steige and Villé.  T he 1st Army captured Weisweiler to the west of Cologne.

"This is all that is left of an American half track after a direct hit from a German shell. 26 November, 1944. 53rd Armored Infantry Battalion, 4th Armored Division."

The Red Army captured capture Michaloyce, Slovakia.

General Alexander was promoted to Field Marshal and appointed the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean.

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Saturday, November 25, 1944. Heavy resistance on Leyte, V2 attack in London.

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