Diary September 19, 1944

War Diary, 09-1944, Diary WW2, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 19, 1944:

Western Front

Siege of Brest ends. Allies capture Eindhoven.

Air War

Europe: RAF night raids on Rheydt and München-Gladbach – key traffic centers behind Siegfried Line. Wing-Commander Guy Gibson, V.C., missing over Rheydt.

Sea War

Last 3 U-boats in Black Sea scuttled after running out of fuel and rejection of planned sale to Turkish Navy.

Politics

ALLIED-FINNISH ARMISTICE signed in Moscow. 23 articles including: Finland to withdraw her troops behind 1940 frontier; to disarm all German forces still on her territory; Petsamo to be returned to USSR and Russian base to be established on Porkkala – Udd Peninsular, near Helsinki; Finland to pay $300 million indemnity to USSR.

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.