Air Operations, CBIBURMA
Air Operations, East Indies
Air Operations, EuropeRAF BOMBER COMMANDEvening Ops: Minor Ops:
Air Operations, Philippines
Air Operations, Volcano Islands26 30th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s based at Guam attack Iwo Jima. [ | ]Burma-ChinaOn the Salween front, the Chinese take Chefang. [ | ]Eastern FrontIn eastern Czechoslovakia, troops of the 4th Ukraine Front force the crossing of the Ondava River near Humenné and Trebišov. In the attacks south of Budapest most of the Russian forces are held except around Pécs where the 57th Army is operating. Northeast of Budapest the 4th Ukraine Front attack the positions of the 1st Pzr Army along the Ondava River. SOUTHERN SECTORThe 46th Army is held up around Budapest but the 57th Army continues to make progress near Pecsx. Elements of the 4th Ukrainian Front attack the 1st Panzer Army along the Ondava River. [ | ]ItalyThe British 8th Army continues its preparations for the attack fixed for December 4. [ | ]Occupied CreteThe Germans on Crete abandon all areas except large towns and move to Suda Bay and other coastal embarkation points. PhilippinesOn Leyte the offensive capacity of the Japanese is already severely limited by the lack of supplies and ammunition. However, there is still hard fighting on Kilay Ridge and on a line of hills southeast of Limon, west of Carigara. [ | ]Western FrontIn the 9th Army area the advance northeast of Aachen reaches Linnich which is taken by 102nd Div. The US VII Corps, 1st Army, is in difficulties in the Hürtgen Forest area. The 4th Div still cannot push clear of the Hürtgen Forest, gaining only 1,000 yards in 3 days of heavy fighting. The XX Corps, US 3rd Army, continues to advance west of the Saar in readiness for the crossing of the river. The 90th Div is engaged in the sector south of Merzig, the 95th in the direction of Saarlautern and the 5th, brought up from Metz, is preparing an attack in the Warndt salient. In Alsace, while the 79th Div, XV Corps, US 7th Army, liberates Schweigenhause, a few miles west of Haguenau, the 44th and 45th Divs further north are engaged in severe fighting with Gen Friedrich Wiese's German 19th Army near Tieffenbach and Zinswiller. [ | ]Images from December 1, 1944
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