Diary October 17, 1944

War Diary, 10-1944, Diary WW2, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

US Admiral King with First Sea Lord Sir Dudley Pound — Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Navy, in negotiates with the British Admiral Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord, on further operations in the Pacific.

War Diary for Tuesday, October 17, 1944:

Air War

Europa: RAF makes 3,000 t. raids on German garrisons trapped at Boulogne and Calais (October 17 and 20).

Sea War

Pacific: Admiral Toyoda activates Plan Sho (‘Victory’) in response to US invasion of Leyte.
Indian Ocean: British Eastern Fleet attacks Nicobar Island (Operation Millet) in unsuccessful attempt to divert Japanese from Leyte Gulf.

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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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