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Allied Drive Advances as German Front Cracks
American Third Army drives toward the Belgian frontier isolating Pas de Calais while Rouen falls and Reims reports Allied armour nearing the Vesle. Britsh and Canadian forces push north of the Seine as Romanians and Hungarians react, with Soviet actions near Bucharest and air raids on Stettin and Koenigsburg.
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Third Army
Pas de Calais
Laon
Seine
Channel
Paris
Sea
Rouen
Longchamps
Reims
Vesle
Rhone
France