[Homer_J_Simpson]

On 7 December, the 77TH Infantry Division made an amphibious assault near Ormoc, on the west coast of Leyte, in order to increase the momentum of XXIV Corps' drive north into the Ormoc Valley. The bulk of the remaining Japanese forces on Leyte were located in the Ormoc Valley. “The Japanese were caught in the jaws of a trap - the 1ST Cavalry Division and the 32D Infantry Division were closing in from the north and the 77TH Infantry Division from the south. (Cannon 313)”

[Homer’s father’s 32nd Division is holding down the north end of the line opposite the Japanese 1st Division.]

32nd Division history in World War II

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from yesterday.]

Stalin telegraphed next day:

Marshal Stalin to Prime Minister 7 Dec 44

I have received your reply to my message about a Franco-Soviet Pact and about the frontier of France on the Rhine. I thank you for your advice.

At the time of receiving your reply we had already begun discussions with the French about the pact. Your proposal in preference for a tripartite Anglo-Franco-Soviet Pact as an improvement in comparison with the Anglo-Soviet Pact has been approved by myself and my colleagues. We have made a proposal to de Gaulle for the conclusion of such a tripartite pact, but we have not yet had his reply.

I have delayed my reply to your other messages. I hope to reply soon.

Winston S. Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy