The News of the Week in Review
The Battle of the Philippine Sea (map) – 14
Fifteen News Questions – 15
After the Battle of the Philippine Sea (cartoons) – 16
Japan’s Navy is Crippled in Air-Sea Battles (Baldwin) – 17-18
“Where is the Jap Fleet – Now?” (cartoon) – 18
Answers to Fifteen News Questions – 18
Hard Winter Fighting Now Seen in the West (by Clifton Daniel) – 19
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/oct44/29oct44.htm#
Poles capture Breda
Sunday, October 29, 1944 www.onwar.com
Polish soldiers fighting just outside Breda [photo at link]
On the Western Front... On Beveland, the Canadian 2nd Division reaches Goes in the ongoing battle for the Scheldt by Canadian 1st Army. Inland, Breda falls to the Polish 1st Armored Division.
In the Philippines... On Leyte, elements of US 24th Corps capture Abuyag, south of Dulag, while Catmon Hill is cleared and the advance to Dagami continues. At sea, carrier groups under the command of Admiral Davison and Admiral Bogan conduct air strikes. In two days, they destroy almost 100 Japanese planes for a loss of 15 American aircraft. The carrier USS Intrepid is damaged by a Kamikaze attack.
Baldwin makes a rare miss. The IJN is in fact finished as a fighting force. Most of the surviving ships from Leyte Gulf are damaged, and will not be repaired. The once proud and powerful navy has made it’s last real sortie. There will be the suicide one-way mission for Yamato in April, but that’s it.
Interesting story of damage to USS Princeton. The US Navy’s official damage report is found here: http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/wardamagereportno62.htm