[Steven Scharf]

Did we then take Bonn and Colougne?

“During the night of 11/12 October, the USAAF Eighth Air Force flies Mission 673: nine aircraft drop leaflets in France without loss.”

Why and where were we dropping leaflets in France? Didn’t we control 99% of it?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

“Why and where were we dropping leaflets in France? Didn’t we control 99% of it?”

Good question. Maybe there were besieged holdouts that were urged to give up. The 8th Air Force diary where this entry originated doesn’t say.

http://www.8thafhs.org/combat1944b.htm

[EternalVigilance]

At this point, there were still fairly large chunks of French territory behind the German lines.