09-1944

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 30, 1944: Air War Europe: Renewed RAF onslaught on Rhineland marshaling yards. Home Fronts Britain: Great celebra­tions in Dover, following news that all German […]

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 29, 1944: Russian Front Russian campaign by Leningrad Front and Baltic Fleet to recapture Moonsund Archipelago off Estonia (September 29-November 24): Russians land on

War Diary of World War One for Thursday, September 28, 1944: Western Front Germans surrender Calais Citadel after further heavy bomb­ing by RAF. German frogmen attempt to blow up bridge

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 27, 1944: Russian Front 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts make unsuccessful attempt to storm the ‘Sigulda Line’, northeast of Riga. Western Front British 2nd

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 26, 1944: Russian Front The Central Front stabilizes along line of Rivers Narew and Vistula. Russians have advanced 604 km since June 23 and

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 25, 1944: Western Front Remnants of British 1st Airborne Division withdrawn over the Rhine by night, after suffering 7,000 casualties. Home Fronts Germany: Allies

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 24, 1944: Western Front Renewed efforts to save British airborne forces at Arnhem. Sea: War Arctic: Anti-submarine nets foil attempted U-boat attack on Russian

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 23, 1944: Western Front Successful German counter-attack north of Eindhoven. Air War Europe: RAF night raids on Münster and Neuss (east of Aachen). Lancaster

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 22, 1944: Russian Front Russians capture Tallinn (Estonia). Western Front Germans surrender at Boulogne. Stolberg (east of Aachen) captured. Air War Germany: USAAF bombers

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 21, 1944: Russian Front Polish 1st Army forced to withdraw from its bridgeheads in Warsaw. Western Front Infantry of British 2nd Army tries to

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 20, 1944: Western Front Allied ground and airborne forces link up at Nijmegen. Polish Division reaches river Scheldt along 10-km front.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 19, 1944: Western Front Siege of Brest ends. Allies capture Eindhoven. Air War Europe: RAF night raids on Rheydt and München-Gladbach – key traffic

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 18, 1944: Western Front Armored spearheads of British 2nd Army make contact with the first airborne forces in Holland. Occupied Countries Romania: Antonescu arrested

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 17, 1944: Air War Europe – BATTLE OF ARNHEM. 1st Allied Airborne Army (2 US and 1 British divisions with Polish Parachute Brigade) transported

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 16, 1944: Russian Front Guderian counter­-attacks near Gulf of Riga with troops brought from far south of the Front, spear­headed by scratch Panzers divisions

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 15, 1944: Western Front Americans break through Siegfried Line, east of Aachen. FFI and Americans capture Nancy. Russian Front Polish 1st Army of 1st

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 14, 1944: Western Front US forces and Dutch Resistance capture Maastricht.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 13, 1944: Air War Germany: 209 RAF bombers attacking Stuttgart and dropping 781 t of bombs. RAF bombers attacking Frankfurt and dropping 1,556 t

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 12, 1944: Western Front US 1st Army crosses Belgian-German border, near Eupen. Surrender of Le Havre. Politics ALLIED-ROMANIAN ARMISTICE signed in Moscow: Romania to

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 11, 1944: Western Front US 1st ARMY CROSSES GERMAN BORDER north of Trier. French capture Dijon. Politics SECOND QUEBEC CONFERENCE (‘Octagon’): CCS agree that