Diary October 5, 1944

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

Himmler with apprentices — In his new role as commander of the Reserve Army, Reichsführer-SS Himmler proceeds a lineup of apprentices.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 5, 1944:

Home Front

Germany: 16-year-old youths to be conscripted for military service. All hospitals placed under military control. Nazi party and Hitler Youth activities ‘cut to the bone’.

Russian Front

1st Belorussian Front attacks east of Memel; armored spearhead reaches coast near Palanga on October 10; German Army Group North isolated once again.

Western Front

Allied forces cross Belgian-Dutch border north of Antwerp.

Air War

Germany: RAF Lancaster bombers fire-bomb Saarbruecken.
USAAF bombers attacking Cologne and dropping 649 t of bombs.

Sea War

36 Linsen boats lost during attempted raid off river Scheldt (night October 5-6).

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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.