Diary August 29, 1944

08-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

German motorcyclist messanger in air cover — German motorcyclist under air cover. Over the Western Front the Allied fighter-bombers dominate the air and during day hardly any movement of German troops is possible.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 29, 1944

Russian Front

German Army Group South Ukraine ordered to hold Carpathian Mountains and Transylvanian Alps.

Western Front

Americans capture Soissons, 89 km northeast of Paris. French advance from Nimes towards Montpellier.

Burma

Allies capture Pinbaw.

Occupied Countries

Czechoslovakia: Germans move to occupy puppet state of Slovakia, sparking off long-planned Slovak national uprising. Slovaks hold central Slovakia throughout September but SS units force them to retire into Low Tatra Mountains in October.
Hungary: General Lakatos forms collaborationist government.

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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.