October 1944

Eastern Front

The 18th Army attempts to stand on the Riga-Tukums line but comes under fierce attack. The 67th Army crosses Lake Kis.

Oradea falls to the 7th Guards Army as the Soviets destroy the German division holding the town. There is continued heavy fighting at Debrecen where a counterattack by elements of the 6th Tank Army frees their isolated corps near the town.

In northern Yugoslavia the 46th Army and Yugoslav partisans take Subotica. Farther south the 57th Army and IV Guards Motorized Corps move toward Belgrade from the south, launching a fierce attack upon the city. Elements of the I and XIV Yugoslav Corps support the attack. Army Group F still has considerable forces in the city area, 22,000 troops being inside the city, 20,000 to the south and 15,000 facing the advancing 57th Army to the southeast.