Diary December 24, 1944

War Diary, 12-1944, Diary WW2, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

Grenadiers in suburb of Budapest — Grenadiers, armed with the Panzerfaust, moving forward through a suburb of Budapest to stop the Russian advance.

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 24, 1944:

Russian Front

RUSSIAN TANKS ENTER BUDAPEST.

Air War

Europe: Allied Tactical Air Forces fly 600 sorties over the Ardennes; 260 planes drop supplies on Bastogne.
Britain: 50 He 111s, modified to carry and launch V-1s in flight, attack Manchester area; 1 missile on target, 17 fall near; 37 killed, 67 injured. Steps immediately taken to strengthen AA defenses, but there are no more attacks.

Sea War

Transport Leopoldville sunk by German U-boat U-486 in English Channel (819 drowned).

Home Front

Britain: Major Glenn Miller, director of USAAF band, reported missing over Channel in light plane (took off on December 15); aged 35.

About The Author

Kretaner

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.