Diary August 23, 1944

08-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

The threatening shadow of a V-1 on the flight to England over the sea. Even the exhaust fumes are visible.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 23, 1944:

WESTERN FRONT
Allied forces capture Evreux (Normandy), Melun (southeast of Paris) and Marseilles; Americans reach Grenoble. Eisenhower vetoes Montgomery’s plan for bold drive through Low Countries into Northwest Germany.

SEA WAR
Snorkel U-boats operate around Scottish coast until early October; only U-482 (5 sinkings) achieves any success.

AIR WAR
211 people killed by V-1 at East Barnet (London).

HOME FRONTS
Britain: B-24 Liberator bomber crashes on infants’ school at Freckleton (Lancs): 57 killed.
Romania: King Michael dismisses and arrests the dictator, Antonescu, and sanctions formation of ‘peace’ government under General Sanatescu. Luftwaffe bombs Bucharest.

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My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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