[Homer_J_Simpson]

Industry Blasted – 2-3
B-29’s Fill Air at Saipan as They Leave to Hit Tokyo – 3
Saipan Base Once Held ‘Impossible’ (Horne) – 4
Two Officers Give Lives as Other’s Chute Fails – 4
Leyte Line Turned as Limon is Seized – 5
M’Arthur Certain of Leyte Victory (Shalett) – 5-6
Chinese Speed Up Burma Road Push – 6
Wedemeyer Sees U.S. Army in China – 6
War News Summarized – 6
Rhine City Falling (Middleton) – 7-9
Mother Describes Death of a Patriot – 9-10
Eisenhower Acts in Cigarette Snarl – 10-11
Surrender in the West (photo) – 10
Churchill Hails U.S. Forces as Strongest in the World (Daniel) – 11
American Tanks and Artillery Taking Part in Drive on Western Front (photos) – 12
Men on Battlefields Get Turkey and Trimmings where Possible – 13-14
Holiday Message Voiced by Halsey – 14
‘Lost Flier Bobs Up for Dinner at Home; Was Downed, Captured and Had Malaria – 14
The Outlook in Burma (Baldwin) – 16
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in Various Zones – 17-19
Voroshiloff Seen in Far East Post – 19

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/nov44/24nov44.htm#

French capture Strasbourg
Friday, November 24, 1944 www.onwar.com

French 2nd Division in Strasbourg [photo at link]

On the Western Front... The US 3rd Army captures crossings over the Saar River, about 25 miles north of Saarbrucken. To the south, the French 2nd Division (an element of US 7th Army) takes Strasbourg.

On the Eastern Front... In the Baltic, Soviet forces complete the occupation of Saaremo Island in the Gulf of Riga. About 5000 German troops have been evacuated. Most of the remaining German surface fleet Lutzow, Admiral Scheer and Prinz Eugen provide support for the evacuation, in addition to shelling mainland targets in support of German Army Group North.

Over Japan... The first B-29 Superfortress raid on Tokyo is conducted by 111 planes (2 lost), led by the “Dauntless Dotty” with the nominal target of the Musashi aircraft engine plant. The bombers fly from northeast India via forward bases at Chengtu in China.

In the North Atlantic... The Royal Canadian Navy corvette HMCS Shawinigan is sunk by U-1228 in the Cabot Strait between Cape Breton Island and Newfoundland. The entire crew of 91 dies.

[henkster]

The Lage West map from which I am cropping was listed in the archives as being for today, Nov. 24, but the date stamp on it was for the 25th. I'm not sure if it reflects the previous day's positions, but whatever, I'll go for it and post it anyway.

Here is the Aachen sector where the Germans and Americans have pitted most of their combat strength against each other. Notice though that 116th Panzer has been pulled into reserve and south, toward the Ardennes. 9th Panzer is also being pulled out of the line. The Germans have noted a definite slacking off in the American offensive:

The Ardennes sector:

In Alsace-Lorraine, Strasburg appears lost for good. You will note that at the northern base of the salient, an HQ for "Grp. Baierlien," who is the CO of Panzer Lehr Division. Panzer Lehr also appears on the map directly south of the HQ. For the past month, Panzer Lehr has been refitting in Hitler's strategic reserve in anticipation of the Ardennes Offensive. But Hitler has had to dip into his reserve to use Panzer Lehr in a counter attack role to try to restore the situation in Alsace-Lorraine.

[henkster]

Some information on Jacob Devers as the "red-headed step child of the ETO." The excerpts below are from "Riviera to the Rhine," the volume of the Official History dealing with Devers' 6th Army Group. This was the last volume of combat operations published in the Army's Official History of World War 2. All of the other ETO combat histories were published in the 1950s. Riviera to the Rhine was not published until 1991, long after all of the major participants had passed away. It is no doubt only because of the passage of time and deaths of Eisenhower and Bradley that this excerpt is as candid as it is, which is somewhat rare for an Official History. But it is further proof that Devers' command was a forgotten front. The entirety of this volume can be downloaded for free at

http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/007/7-10-1/CMH_Pub_7-10-1.pdf

I apologize in advance for the poor Photobucket editing.

[PeterPrinciple]

Dutch Hunger Strike Looms

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Sometimes I wonder about my people. They are starving so the solution is to go on a hunger strike.

[PapaNew]

(From page 10 NYT) - What heroism from a twenty-year-old girl. What a moving story of selfless sacrifice and honor.

[PapaNew]

Interesting clip about Patton’s press policy and his crediting that policy to helping in the fall of Metz.