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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() AtlanticDuring the night 36 Linsen boats are lost during an attempted raid off the Scheldt River. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() CBIPresident Roosevelt replies to Chiang Kai-shek and offers a compromise by proposing to appoint a new advisor while leaving Gen Stilwell in charge of combat operations in Burma and the direction of the Hump airlift. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Eastern FrontIn the northern sector the armies of the 1st Baltic Front starting from the area of Siualiai, in Lithuania, open a powerful offensive toward the Baltic and East Prussia, with the aim of bottling up the German Army Group North. It is left to the 2nd and 3rd Fronts to continue the advance toward Riga. Soviet forces land on Saaremaa Island in the Baltic. The German forces on the island make a fighting withdrawal toward the Syrve peninsula. Almost at the other end of this enormous front, Malinovsky's 2nd Ukraine Front, starting from the area or Arad, in Rumania, begins the offensive against southeast Hungary, aiming for Szeged and Budapest. NORTHERN SECTORElements of the 8th Army land no Yezel Island but encounter strong German resistance. Using thick fog as cover, the 1st Baltic Front opens its offensive toward Memel. Over the preceding couple of weeks the front has redeployed the 51st and 5th Guards Tank Armies around Siauliai. Between Dobele and Rasianiai the 1st Baltic Front has the 3rd Shock, 42nd, 4th Shock, 6th Guards, 51st, 5th Guards Tank, 43rd and 2nd Guards Armies. Supporting the southern wing, based just south of Rasianiai, is the 39th Army of the 3rd Belorussian Front. To the north, around Riga, the 1st Baltic has the 43rd and 4th Shock Armies, while the 2nd Baltic has the 22nd and 10th Guards Armies east of Riga and the 3rd Baltic Front, northeast of Riga, has the 54th 61st, 1st Shock, 67th and 2nd Shock Armies. Concentrated arty fire hits the 3rd Panzer Army between Siauliai and Rasianiai, inflicting heavy casualties. The 43rd and 6th Guards Armies quickly cross the Venta River and advance 10 miles. The 2nd Guards Army forces the Dubissa River despite ferocious German resistance. Aware of Soviet intentions, Army Group North accelerates the withdrawal of the 18th Army from Latvia, the army abandoning its positions around Sigulda. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Germany, Home Front16-year-old youths are to be conscripted for military service. All hospitals are placed under military control. Nazi party and Hitler Youth activities are 'cut to the bone'. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() GreeceBritish forces land on the Greek mainland and enter Patras. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ItalyWest of the American IV Corps attacks are resumed in the direction of La Spezia, while other units continue to advance north, hill after hill. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PacificThe US submarine Cod (SS-224) sinks the Japanese merchant cargo ship Tatsuhiro Maru (6886t) in the South China Sea west of Mindoro. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Palau IslandsOn Peleliu operations are temporarily slowed down by the rain, and by relieving of the American units in the Mount Umurbrogol sector. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() United States, PlanningAdm Nimitz notifies his subordinate service commanders that Operation CAUSEWAY (the invasion of Formosa) is deferred and that planning for the capture of Iwo Jima (Operation DETACHMENT and capture of islands in the Ryukyus beginning on March 1. The islands are within bombing range of the home islands of Japan and will control the air and sea links to Japan. The islands also afford secure anchorages fo the US fleet. Western FrontUnits of the US 2nd Army advance in the direction of Geilenkirchen, and toward the south reach the road between that town and Aachen. In the American XII Corps sector, bad weather holds up the attack toward Schmidt, an important target on the Ruhr dykes south of Aachen. Allied forces cross the Belgian-Dutch border north of Antwerp. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Images from October 5, 1944
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