Re: Normandy daily - 1944
September 9, 1944: It’s Saturday, and on the southern part of France elements of the French 2nd Corps (US 7th Army, as part of the Allied Expeditionary Force) continue their drive liberating Beaune, Le Cresot and Autun while to the north, the Canadian forces of British 21st Army Group free the Belgian city of Bruges.
In liberated France, General de Gaulle appoints a new Cabinet. The principal change is Georges Bidault (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bidault) as Foreign Minister.
In Italy, the entrenched and fortified defensive line (the Gothic Line) of the Germans is holding strong - while the Allies are keen to break through the German defenses to open up the route to the northeast through the Ljubljana Gap into Austria and Hungary (thus threatening Germany from the rear), Churchill is even more concerned about slowing the Russian advance into central Europe.
In late August, the Bulgarian Fatherland Front began a successful armed rebellion against the government, drove out the German troops by the end of August, and overthrew the Bulgarian pro-Nazi government by September 9th; among the first announcements made by the new government is Bulgaria's declaration of war against Germany.
Pictured: Men of US Army 2nd Infantry Division advancing into Brest, France under German machine gun fire, Sept 9 1944; An M4 Sherman tank covering the advance of men of US 60th Infantry Regiment, Belgium, Sept 9 1944
September 9, 1944: It’s Saturday, and on the southern part of France elements of the French 2nd Corps (US 7th Army, as part of the Allied Expeditionary Force) continue their drive liberating Beaune, Le Cresot and Autun while to the north, the Canadian forces of British 21st Army Group free the Belgian city of Bruges.
In liberated France, General de Gaulle appoints a new Cabinet. The principal change is Georges Bidault (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Bidault) as Foreign Minister.
In Italy, the entrenched and fortified defensive line (the Gothic Line) of the Germans is holding strong - while the Allies are keen to break through the German defenses to open up the route to the northeast through the Ljubljana Gap into Austria and Hungary (thus threatening Germany from the rear), Churchill is even more concerned about slowing the Russian advance into central Europe.
In late August, the Bulgarian Fatherland Front began a successful armed rebellion against the government, drove out the German troops by the end of August, and overthrew the Bulgarian pro-Nazi government by September 9th; among the first announcements made by the new government is Bulgaria's declaration of war against Germany.
Pictured: Men of US Army 2nd Infantry Division advancing into Brest, France under German machine gun fire, Sept 9 1944; An M4 Sherman tank covering the advance of men of US 60th Infantry Regiment, Belgium, Sept 9 1944