Diary July 17, 1944

07-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

German prisoners walking through Moscow — German prisoners walking through the streets of Moscow

WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 17, 1944:

Western Front:
ROMMEL BADLY WOUNDED by low-flying RAF Spitfire fighters.

Home Front Russia:
57,000 Germans, captured in Byelorussia, are paraded through streets of Moscow.

Russian Front:
1st BR Front reaches Curzon Line 1st Guards Tank Army crosses river Bug.

Italy:
British 8th Army crosses the river Arno.

Air War:
In bold move to protect London from V-1 bombardment 1,596 AA guns are moved to south coast (July 17-19). First use of napalm, by USAAF P-38 Lightnings in raid on fuel depot at Coutances, Normandy.

Sea War:
Abortive British carrier raid on German battleship Tirpitz in Kaa Fjord.

Home Front Britain:
61,905 people unemployed (lowest wartime figure yet).

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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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