Diary October 27, 1944

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

US soldiers on Leyte — Two US soldiers in Leyte, heavily loaded with communications equipment. They are under small arms fire from isolated Japanese strong points and snipers who put up there a brave defense against the Americans.

War Diary for Friday, October 27, 1944:

Air War

Pacific: Tacloban airstrip (Leyte) operational: 9th USAAF Fighter Squadron flies first mission by Philippines-based US fighters since 1942.
Europe: Field Marshal von Richthofen, ex-commander of elite close-support force, Fliegerkorps VIII in France, Balkans and Russia, and cousin of the ‘Red Baron’, forced to retire from command of Luftflotte 2 in Italy following brain surgery.

Western Front

British capture Tilburg; Canadians take Bergen-op-Zoom.

Neutrals

Spain: Army launches campaign against Republican invasion force in Pyrenees.

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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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Neutrals

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