Diary October 31, 1944

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

Shermans fire on Gothic line — American Sherman tanks firing on the Gothic Line.

War Diary for Tuesday, October 31, 1944:

Russian Front

German Army Group North trapped in Courland Peninsular (Lithuania) where it remains until May 1945.

Air War

Germany: RAF daylight raid on Bottrop oil plant (Ruhr).

Sea War

Merchant shipping losses in October 1944: 2 Allied ships with 1,722 tons in Atlantic, 2 Allied ships with 9,946 tons elsewhere.
130 Japanese ships with 512,378 tons in Pacific.
11 U-boats sunk in the Atlantic, Arctic or Baltic (worldwide total of 12 losses), 16 new U-boats operational, 433 U-boats of all types total in service.

Gothic Line Campaign Losses (Italy):

Army	losses
British	14,000 (to September 21)
US	15,700 + 465 tanks
German	8,000 PoWs

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.

Russian Front

Air War

Sea War

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