[Homer_J_Simpson]

Big Offensive On (Middleton) – 2-3
De Gaulle Fired On in Paris; City is Bombed by Germans – 3-4
Seeking Shelter from Bullets of Snipers in Paris (photo) – 4
Avignon Cheers French and Allies (Sedgwick) – 4-5
Photo from Paris – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Soviet Tide Rises – 6-7
Baltic Port Fired (Johnston) – 7-8
Sumatra Bombed by Carrier Planes – 8
Manila is Said to Be Evacuated; Islands South of Japan Bombed – 9
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Theatres – 10-12
‘New Order’ Crumbling (Baldwin) – 12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/aug44/28aug44.htm#

Americans cross the Marne
Monday, August 28, 1944 www.onwar.com

On the Western Front... Elements of US 1st Army cross the Marne River at Meaux. The US 3rd Army is approaching Reims. To the west of Paris, the British 21st Army Group continues to advance as well.

In Southern France... The German garrisons in Toulon and Marseilles surrender. In the Rhone valley, some elements of the German 19th Army have been cut off, to the south of Montelimar, by forces of the US 7th Army. Among those elements is the German 11th Panzer Division, which launches an attack northward and succeeds in breaking through the line with heavy losses from Allied artillery and ground attack aircraft.

On the Eastern Front... Elements of the Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front swing west and move through the Oituz Pass over the Carpathian Mountains toward Transylvania. On the Danube, the 3rd Ukrainian Front captures Braila.

In Budapest... A new Hungarian government takes office, led by General Lakatos. They announce that they are prepared to negotiate with the Soviets.

In Washington... At Dumbarton Oaks, senior Allied representatives meet to discuss postwar security.

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De Gaulle Fired On in Paris; City is Bombed by Germans – 3-4

And Deux Metres just stood there like a wooden Indian, didn't even look around, they say. Even his enemies couldn't legitimately question his bravery, ever.

I wonder if it was based in religious fatalism. I'm inclined to think, "So I could die ... *shrug* ... whatever," myself.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Manhattan Project declassfied August 21. This may be new information of interest to certain readers.

http://blogs.archives.gov/transformingclassification/?p=702