Lex Anteinternet: Operation Windsor

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Friday, July 5, 2024

Wednesday July 5, 1944. Third Army in Normandy.

The Third Army's headquarters, George S. Patton in commanded, landed in Normandy.

It lacked troops for active operations, but those were coming. The decoy role Patton had played was over.

The US 7th Corps was experiencing mass casualties for very little ground while fighting towards Périers and La-Haye-du-Puits. The 90th Infantry Division took Saint-Jores.

Canadian troops took the rest of the airport at Carpiquet, concluding Operation Windsor.

U-233 after being rammed by the USS Thomas.

The Allies sank the U-233, U-390 and the U-586. The USS Skate sank the Japanese destroyer Usugumo.

Tuesday, July 4, 1944. Independence Day.

Labels: 1940s, 1944, Army, Battle of Numfoor, Battle of Vuosalmi, Canadian Army, Continuation War, Finnish Army, Operation Bagration, Operation Overlord, Operation Windsor, Paratroopers, Red Army, Saipan, World War Two

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Tuesday, July 4, 1944. Independence Day.

"Marine Private First Class Raymond Hubert, shakes a three-day accumulation of sand from his boondocker." Saipan, July 4, 1944.

The U.S. Army in Normandy celebrated Independence Day with a massive, timed artillery barrage. Progress in the hedgerow country, however, is slow, and US casualties were becoming severe.

The Canadian Army commenced Operation Windsor, designed to take Carpiquet, which by the end of the day, they did, save for the airfield.

The Red Army took Polotsk.

The Soviets commenced the Battle of Vuosalmi against Finnish positions, which they were having difficulty with.

A second parachute drop was made at Numfoor and took Kornasoren airfield with heavy casualties.

US Task Force 58 attacked Guam, Chichi Jima and Iwo Jima from the air.

The I-10 was sunk east of Saipan by the USS David W. Taylor and USS Riddle.

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Monday, July 3, 1944. Airborne at Numfoor, Red Army in Minsk.

Labels: 1940s, 1941, 1944, Battle of Imphal, Battle of Numfoor, Clean Wehrmacht Myth, French Army, Operation Bagration, Operation Barbarossa, Paratroopers, Personalities, The roles of men and women, World War Two

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