Diary October 20, 1944

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

LSM approaching beach of Leyte — US medium landing ships LSM let down their ramps when approaching the beach of Leyte.

War Diary for Friday, October 20, 1944:

Sea War

Pacific – US 6th ARMY LANDS IN LEYTE GULF (Philippines): MacArthur wades ashore and declares: ‘I have returned’. He calls upon Filipinos to rise and strike blow after blow against Japanese.

Eastern Front

Yugoslavia: Belgrade captured by Tito’s Partisans and Russian forces.

Home Fronts

USA: Explosions at natural gas storage plant in Cleveland, Ohio, kills 121 people.

Air War

Germany: 583 RAF bombers attacking Stuttgart and dropping 2,425 t of bombs.

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.