Showing posts with label Nijmegen Netherlands. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nijmegen Netherlands. Show all posts

Friday, September 20, 2024

Wednesday, September 20, 1944 Nijmegen liberated.

Pvt. Nicholas Pappas of Canton, Ohio, peers through a hedge as his company advances towards a pillbox along the Siegfried Line. 20 September, 1944. Company E, 2nd Battalion, 39th Infantry Regiment.

Nijmegen was liberated by 82nd Airborne Division and British Guards Armoured Division.

At Arnhem the British 1st Airborne was pushed back from the bridge by the Germans.

The US 3d Army captured Chatel and Luneville.

The Battle of San Marino ended in a British victory.

The Red Army captured the island of Suur-Tytärsaari in the Gulf of Finland.


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Tuesday, September 19, 1944. The Moscow Armistice Signed.