Lex Anteinternet: Operation Gaff

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Thursday, July 25, 2024

Tuesday, July 25, 1944. Operation Cobra commences. Operation Spring does as well.

The operation would begin the breakout from the bocage company and the unrelenting advance towards the Rhine.

The operation saw the use of U.S. Army Air Corps heavy bombers in the close air support/tactical role, which was a novelty for the US. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, observing the strikes, was killed by a bomb that landed short. He was not alone. About 100 US service men were killed in this fashion on this day.

The Canadian II Corps launched Operation Spring in support of Operation Cobra to draw off German forces.

The British launched Operation Gaff, a mission designed to kill or kidnap Erwin Rommel. The six man SAS unit would learn three days later that Rommel had been wounded and then advanced on foot to American lines.

The Battle of Auvere in Estonia ended with a German victory. The Battle of Verrières Ridge in France likewise did.

Goebbels was named "Reich Plenipotentiary for the Total War Effort". He cancelled vacation leave for women involved in war related work on the same day.

A dismantled V2 rocket captured by the Polish Resistance was flown out of occupied Poland to London.

Last edition:

Monday, July 24, 1944. Marines land on Tinian.

Labels: 1940s, 1944, Battle of Saint-Lô, boats and ships, Eastern Front, Marianas, Narva Offensive, Operation Cobra, Red Army, Royal Air Force, The Holocaust, Tinian, World War Two

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