Diary November 22, 1944

War Diary, 11-1944, Diary WW2, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

Us soldiers check houses at Metz for enemy 'stay-behinds'. — In Metz rifleman and a BAR gunner from the US 5th Division check houses for enemy ‘stay-behinds’. The Germans turned Metz into a fortress which held up the Allied advance for many weeks; it finally fell to XX Corps of General Patton’s 3rd US Army after a fortnight’s hard fighting.

War Diary for Wednesday, November 22, 1944:

Western Front

Americans secure Metz. US 1st and 9th Armies capture Eschweiler.

Air War

Germany: 237 RAF bombers attacking Aschaffenburg and dropping 1,360 t 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.

Western Front

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