Saturday, January 13, 1945. Stiff German resistance.

 

US troops in Belgium being served chow, January 13, 1945.

Allied advances in the Ardennes continued.  On this day the event at Foy depicted in Band of Brothers occurred.

The Red Army encountered stiff resistance in East Prussia.

The USS Salamana was badly damaged in an kamikaze attack off of the Philippines.  Such attacks themselves were dropping off.

Last edition:

Friday, January 12, 1945. The beginning of the last Red Army Winter Offensive of World War Two.

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