Diary July 26, 1944

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

Mac Arthur — Mac Arhur, Douglas (1880-1964), American General of the Army. Dubbed the ‘American Ceasar’ was resisting all suggestions thta Philippines should be ‘by-passed’.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, Juyl 26, 1944:

Marianas
Heavy artillery barrage heralds successful US attack on jungle-covered Orote Peninsular on Guma. Marines smash Japanese counter-attack on northern beachhead.

Home Front USA
Roosevelt, MacArthur and Nimitz confer in Honolulu. MacArthur argues successfully for liberation of Philippines, against Formosa invasion.

Home Front South Africa
Death of Riza Khan Pahlavi, exiled Shah of Iran; aged 67.

Air War

Germany: 600 RAF bombers attacking Stuttgart and dropping 1,903t of bombs.

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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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