http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/dec44/09dec44.htm#
Americans advance in the Saar
Saturday, December 9, 1944 www.onwar.com
US forces pass a German antitank gun near Saarburg [photo at link]
On the Western Front... US 3rd Army is engaged in fighting around the various bridgeheads over the Saar River. American forces are within 4 miles of Saarbrucken. A German counterattack, with tanks and infantry, near Saarlouis is defeated as US forces advance further into the German held Siegfried Line. To the right of the Allied line, the US 7th Army and French 1st Army continue offensive operations.
Over Germany... The US 8th Air Force attacks Stuttgart during the day.
On the Eastern Front... In Hungary, the Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front reaches the Danube north of Budapest at Vac. Farther north, to the right of the Soviet line, Balassagyarmat is captured, near the border of Slovakia. Southwest of Budapest, 3rd Ukrainian Front reports progress as well.
In Liberated Greece... Fighting in Athens continues for a sixth day. About twenty percent of the ELAS strongholds in the city have been cleared by British and Greek government forces but an estimated 200 more remain. An important bridge in the Piraeus is blown up by ELAS forces.
In the Philippines... On Leyte, a small number of Japanese reinforcements are successfully landed at Palompon on the west coast, northwest of Ormoc. To the south of Ormoc, the US 77th Divsion continues expanding its beachhead.
In Britain... The government relaxes the black-out regulations for houses and other places.
Page 13, NYT - Jackknife Surgeon - what a hero. So many heroes in this war.
“Germans Launch Heavy Attacks”
Is this the first phases of the upcoming Ardennes Offensive?