Air Operations, Carolines
- 5th and 307th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack airfields on Koror and Peleliu in the Palau Islands.
- During the night, 868th Heavy Bomb Squadron SB-24s attack Japanese airfields and defenses in the Palau Islands.
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]Air Operations, CBI
CHINA- 3 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack stores at Amoy.
- 3 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack a barracks at Wenchow and a bridge near Sincheng.
- 31 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack troops and rail and river traffic across a wide area.
| ]Air Operations, East Indies
V Bomber Command B-24s attack the Haroekoe airfield on Ceram and the Liang airfield on Amboina.
[ | ]Air Operations, Europe
In night raids on Paris by the Germans, 110 people are killed and another 719 are injured. Numerous fires are started.
RAF BOMBER COMMANDEvening Ops:
- 327 Lancasters and 10 Mosquitos of Nos 1, 3 and 8 Groups are sent to Kiel. The Pathfinder marking is hampered by smoke screens but the local report tells of a serious bombing raid with heavy damage in the center of the city and surrounding districts starting widespread fires fanned by strong winds. The Rathaus is completely burned out and many other public buildings destroyed or seriously damaged.
- 17 Lancasters are lost.
- 174 Lancasters of No. 5 Group attack Königsberg, an important supply port for the German Eastern Front. The target if 950 miles from the No. 5 Group bases. Photographic reconnaissance shows falls in the eastern part of the city, but there are no reports from the ground on the damage.
- 4 Lancasters are lost.
- Support and 108 training aircraft make a diversionary sweep to Normandy, 21 Mosquitos are sent to Berlin, 13 to Hamburg and 12 others to 5 other targets, 30 Lancasters and 15 Halifaxes lay mines off Danzig and Kiel, and there are 70 Mosquito patrols and 19 RCM sorties.
- 5 mine-laying Lancasters, 1 RCM Mosquito and 1 Serrate Mosquito are lost.
| ]Air Operations, Japan
- 3 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s attack Kashiwabara.
- 6 B-25s attack coastal targets and a Japanese Navy patrol boat in the eastern Kurile Islands.
- 7 B-24s attack a fuel dump and port facilities at Kashiwabara and Otomari Cape.
| ]Air Operations, New Guinea
- V Bomber Command A-20s support Allied ground forces around Sarmi.
- V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack numerous targets in the Suain and Wewak areas.
| ]Air Operations, Volcano Islands
30th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s based at Saipan attack Iwo Jima.
[ | ]Bulgaria
The Bulgarian government announces that it has withdrawn from the war and that German troops will be disarmed. On August 29 the Soviet Union announces that it cannot accept or recognize Bulgarian neutrality.
Eastern Front
In the south Russians of the 3rd Ukraine Front advancing along the Prut River reach the Danube east of Galati. The main attacks, delivered by the 2nd Ukraine Front, are, however, west of the town between it and Focsani.
SOUTHERN SECTORThe 37th Army reaches the Danube at Galati. The remnants of the 6th Army fight their final battle around Leov while Group Meith continues to attack at Husi. Once more though the Soviet forces are able to repel each German attack and inflict heavy casualties.
The remnants of the XXIX Corps, now also in operational encirclement with its 20,000 remaining men, have assembled on the Siret near Focsani in an effort the break out to the west.
With Soviet forces fast approaching its borders, the Bulgarian government orders the disarming of all German troops and begin the evacuation of Thrace.
[ | ]Italy
8th Army establishes solid bridgeheads over the Metauro. The German 71st Div is pushed back rapidly by V Corps.
[ | ]Northern France
Most of the Allied Armies now have units over the Seine and advancing to the northeast. After crossing the lower Seine the Canadian 1st Army moves off north toward Calais, and the British 2nd Army toward Belgium. In support of the British, the American 1st Army moves along the axis Paris-Brussels. The Allied divisions resume their advance to the east from their bridgeheads on the right bank of the Seine. The 7th Arm Div of the XX Corps thrusts swiftly northeast in the direction of Château-Thierry and the Marne River.
In Brittany the attacks by the American VIII Corps against Brest are still unsuccessful.
Gen de Gaulle returns to Paris and joins a ceremonial parade despite the danger from a few remaining German snipers.
[ | ]Occupied Greece
The Germans begin withdrawing forces from the mainland. The evacuation will end November 2.
[ | ]Pacific
The Japanese destroyer Samidare is sunk by the US submarine Batfish (SS-310) off the Palau Islands.
[ | ]Southern France
As the Germans retire north, the resistance by the Toulon and Marseilles garrisons is visibly weakening. A large part of both cities has been captured by units of the French II Corps.
[ | ]Images from August 26, 1944
Drives Down the Champs Elysees in Paris |
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French 2nd Armored Division |
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Tomb of the Unknown Warrior |
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Advancing toward the Gothic Line |
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Taking Cover from Snipers |
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Expressing Their Feelings |
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Celebrating the Liberation of Paris |
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Watching for the Enemy |
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