[Homer_J_Simpson]

Foe Races to River (Daniel) – 2-3
St. Malo ‘Madman’ Loses Breton Fort – 3
Veterans of Anzio in Riviera Smash – 3-4
FFI Units Intensify Fighting in France (Johnston, Brigham) – 4-5
Huge U.S. Service Army Rushes Supplies to Front (Daniell) – 5
Sandomierz Falls (Lawrence) – 6-7
Germans Step Up Warsaw Shelling – 7
War News Summarized – 7
U.S. Fliers Smash at Iwo, near Japan – 8
The Flying Bomb-I (by Hanson W. Baldwin) – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on Fighting in the Various War Theatres – 10-12
Paris Radio Sounds Free France’s Call – 12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/aug44/19aug44.htm#

Rebellion in Paris
Saturday, August 19, 1944 www.onwar.com

In Occupied France... In Paris French resistance members begin an open rebellion against German occupation forces.

On the Western Front... Elements of the US 3rd Army reach the Seine River at Mantes Grassicourt. There is heavy fighting between Falaise and Argentan.

[henkster]

The general situation for Paris. The rout is on.

[henkster]

The operational map. The Falaise pocket is being liquidated. Identification of any specific units there is pretty meaningless.

[henkster]

The situation along the Riviera. The Anvil forces had it easy; the Germans had already stripped 19th Army of much of its combat power for Normandy. That battle has been lost and the decision to quit France has been made.