Air Operations, CBI

• More than 40 10th Air Force P-47s attack troops and supplies at six locations.
• 37 P-47s support Allied ground forces in the Pinwe area.
• 15 P-47s support Allied ground forces in the Bhamo area.
• 12 P-47s attack the airfield at Kawlin.
• 8 14th Air Force B-25s attack stores at Kutkai and Wanling.

• 22 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Hankow.
• 11 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack targets around Liuchenghsien and Ichang.
• 95 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack numerous targets across southern China.

Air Operations, Carolines

• After Truk-based Japanese Navy aircraft attack a US convoy twice in a four-hour period on November 20, 24 30th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s, escorted by 25 318th Fighter Group P-38s, attack airfields in the Truk Atoll. 4 of 8 A6M Zeros that attack the B-24s are downed by P-38s.
• US carrier aircraft from Task Group 38.4 attack the Yap Atoll with napalm bombs, the first use of the weapon by carrier aircraft.

Air Operations, East Indies

• FEAF B-24s attack small ships in Brunei Bay and a nickel mine and targets of opportunity near Kendari.
• 23 347th Fighter Group P-38s attack airfields in northeastern Celebes and targets of opportunity in the Makassar area.
• 3 P-38s are lost.

Air Operations, Europe

• 1 Hudson is on a Resistance operation and 1 Wellington makes an RCM sortie.
• There are no losses.

• 171 Lancasters and 7 Mosquitos of No. 5 Group are sent to attack the U-boat pens at Trondheim, but the target is covered by a smoke-screen and the Master Bomber orders the raid to be abandoned after the illuminating and marking force are unable to find the target.
• 2 Lancasters and 1 Mosquito are lost.

• 17 Lancasters lay mines off Heligoland and in the mouth of the Elbe River.
• There are no losses.

• 12th Air Force B-25s attack ground targets in the British 8th Army battle area.
• XXII TAC P-47s mount more than 350 effective sorties against tactical targets in the US 5th Army battle area and rail lines in the Po River valley.

• 214 15th Air Force B-17s and B-24s dispatched against targets at Munich, Germany, but divert because of bad weather to attack marshalling yards at Linz, Salzburg, and Villach.

• 205 15h Air Force B-17s and B-24s attack two marshalling yards at Munich, but 214 others divert because of bad weather. A small number of the bombers divert to attack a marshalling yard at Regensburg.<.li>

• 88 15th Air Force B-24s attack a bridge at Ferrara and a rail line at Carbola.
• 39 15h Air Force P-38 fighter-bombers attack the motor-transport depot at Osoppo.

Air Operations, Philippines

FEAF B-24s, V Bomber Command B-25s, and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack the Bacolod airfield on Negros and the Sasa airfield on Mindanao, and barges, bridges, and targets of opportunity around Ipil and Ormoc. A 475th Fighter Group P-38 downs an A6M Zero over Leyte at 1730 hours.

Eastern Front

In the extreme north, Finnish troops, now in accordance with the terms of the armistice, fighting the Germans, pursue the enemy and reach the Norwegian border.

In Hungary the Germans take over full power in Budapest. The Russians have already reached the Danube south of the city.

Italy

In the II Corps area, the 88th Division re-enters the line, taking over the zone of the 85th Division. The 91st Division is relieved in the line by the 34th and 1st Armored Divisions.

The British XIII Corps finishes regrouping and is disposed, from left to right, 1st Division, 78th Division, 6th Armored Division, Indian 8th Division.

The Polish II Corps continues northward along a ridge toward Monte Ricci.

The V Corps establishes bridgeheads across the Cosina in the zones of the 4th and 46th Divisions during the night.

Pacific

• The Japanese transport No. 151 is sunk by the US submarine Besugo (SS-321) in the South China Sea.
• The British submarine Strategem is sunk by Japanese surface craft near Malacca. 45 of the crew are lost. 8 survivors are rescued and made prisoners of war.
• The US submarine Guavina (SS-362) sinks the Japanese army cargo ship Dowa Maru (1916t) near Tizard's Bank, northfwest of Borneo.

Philippines

In the US X Corps sector, the 128th Infantry of the 32nd Division finally wipes out Breakneck Ridge and captures Limon, west of Carigara, not far from the north coast of the island. The small Japanese pockets left behind are liquidated by the middle of December. Forward elements of the 128th Infantry cross the tributary of the Leyte River south of Limon. The 1st Battalion of the 34th Infantry, fiercely attcked by the Japanese on Kilay Ridge, has to rectify its line to avoid being surrounded.

In the XXIV Corps area, the 7th Division is ordered to assemble in the Baybay area as quickly as possible. The 11th Airborne Division, although not originally intended to operate on Leyte, is ordered to relieve the 7th Division, less the 17th Infantry, so the 7th can clear the eastern shore of Ormoc Bay.

Western Front

Sevenum and Horst, northwest of Venlo, are occupied by the 15th Div, VIII Corps, British 2nd Army. The British 53rd Div reaches the Maas River, with other units advancing toward Venlo.

In the US 3rd Army sector the headquarters of the XX Corps orders an attack on a huge scale toward the Saar River by all 3 divisions, the 10th Arm on the left, the 90th in the center, and the 95th on the right.

There is a new plan of attack for the 35th and 26th Divs of XII Corps along the Maderbach: units of the 35th Div reach Leyviller and St Jean-Rohrbach, with support from the 6th Arm Div, while the 104th Regt of the 26th Div tries to surround Alberstroff. The German 1st Army withdraws its units from the town during the night.

In the southern sector of the front, where the US 7th Army is operating, units of the 2nd Arm Div, advancing from Bouxwiller in the north and Birkenwald in the south, converge on Saverne.

Meanwhile the 100th Div reaches Senones and heads for St Blaise. The 3rd Div accelerates its advance toward enemy positions near St Blaise and Saales and units of this division take St Dié without opposition.

In the French 1st Army sector, the 1st Div, II Corps, takes Giromagny, opening a gap in the enemy line along the course of the Savoreuse. The I Corps re-takes the ground lost following the counter-offensive by the forces of Wiese's German 19th Army, and enters Mulhouse, northeast of Belfort, only a little way from the frontier between France and Germany.[WE]

Images from November 22, 1944

The Fellowship of the Bellows

The Fellowship of the Bellows

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer

Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer

Hitching a Ride

Advancing in Holland

With a Crash-landed British Spitfire

German Infantry Gun in Huertgen Forest

Wounded Photographers Mate Joseph Day