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6 Bridgeheads Won (Middleton) – 2-3
Patton’s Tanks Blast Fiery Path through Nazi Line in Bitter Fight (Currivan) – 4
U.S. 1st Infantry Division Honors Men and Memories of 6 Months (Denny) – 4
Shells Rationed to Allies in West – 5
War News Summarized – 5
Our Tanks and Mortars Smash against the Germans – Liberation Brings Its Reward (photos) – 6-7
Russians Last at Budapest; Now 44 Miles from Austria – 8
Foe’s Line is Cut in Drive at Ormoc (Kluckhohn) – 9
Foe Seen Driving toward Kunming (Durdin) – 9-10
Chinese Red Chief Asks New Tactics (Atkinson) – 10
The Texts of the Day’s Communiques on the Fighting in Various War Zones – 12-14
Belgian Predicts Chaos in Germany (by David Anderson) – 14

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http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/dec44/07dec44.htm#

Soviets reach Lake Balaton
Thursday, December 7, 1944 www.onwar.com

On the Eastern Front... In Hungary, Soviet forces reach Lake Balaton, southwest of Budapest. To the south, Baros on the Drava River is captured.

In Liberated Romania... A new government takes office. It is led by General Nicolae Radescu and pledges to fully implement the terms of the armistice, to provide assistance to the Allies and to purge all pro-Nazis.

On the Western Front... The US 3rd Army penetrates the Siegfried Line northwest of Saarlautern.

In the Philippines... On Leyte, the US 77th Division lands about one mile south of Ormoc. There is some Japanese resistance. One of the 12 escorting destroyers is sunk by a Kamikaze attack. Meanwhile, the US 7th Division continues attacking northward toward Ormoc.

In Japan... An earthquake strikes the Tokai area, disrupting rail communications and temporarily halting production at the Mitsubishi aircraft works at Nagoya.