Allied advances surge through Belgium and Luxembourg fronts
Allied forces reached Leuven Mechelen Aalst Lille and Mons advancing toward Namur and the German border. Antwerp LibreParis fronts push to Breda and Dunkirk while Germans shrink with pockets crushed and thousands captured. Channel ports and Meuse bridgeheads strengthened amid rapid progress.
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Pierre Dupons
Lea
Bae
Luxembourg
Eich
Belgium
Aachen
Char Jeroi
Beaumont and
Florennes
Charleroi
Namur
Liege
Supreme Headquarters
Antwerp
Netherlands
Pieter Gerbrandy
Allied Air Raids Hit Japanese Bases Across Bonin Volcano
The report details wide raids from Aug 30 to Sept against Bonin and Volcano defense bases and targets in Mindanao Celebes Halma Talaud and Dutch New Guinea. 85 Japanese planes were accounted for with 35 destroyed on ground and 29 probably destroyed at one anchor.
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Sampan
Dutch New Guinea
Celebes
Bonin
Volcano
Japan
Chichi
Iwo
Iwao
Senta
Haha
Wake
MacArthur
Mindanao
Palau
Warships Aid Eighth Army In Rimini Push
Allied forces press the Rimini front as Germans deploy 26th Panzer Division to halt the advance. The Canadian move deepens the bridgehead by over a mile while British units near Corlano after hard fighting. The M A A F fields 1800 aircraft targeting Northern Italy communications, destroying 16 of 18 bridges and bombarding the Brenner Pass line to block Nazi repairs. Submarine pens in Genoa Harbor are attacked by Fortresses.
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Belgium
Channel Ports
Nantes
Loire River
Brittany
Kennedy
U. S. Seventh Army
France
Corlano
M.A.A.F
Italy
Brenner Pass
Genoa
Lodge Is Decorated With Bronze Star
Maj. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr former U S Senator from Massachusetts receives the bronze star for meritorious service in direct support of combat operations in Italy. He served with the Fourth Army Corps during the pursuit of Germans north of Rome.
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Lodge
Beverly
Mass
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
U. S
Massachusetts
Italy
Tony
Maj
Fourth Army
Rome
Welcoming Bonfires Set in Brussels with Flowers on Tanks
Brussels greeted the Allied advance as German forces fled. British troops crossed the Belgian border at dawn, moved 70 miles through Flanders, and entered Brussels by night amid arson and destruction of Gestapo and other facilities. Belgians celebrated with bonfires, flowers on tanks, and cheers as Belgian allies aided rapid mopping up.
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Aneta
Breda
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ninth Air Force
France
Supreme Headquarters
U.S
Reich
Aachen
Siegfried Line
Paris
Belgium
French Channel
Abbeville
Hesdin
Montreuil
Lille
Dunkerque
Calais
Boulogne
Armentieres
Ypres
Richland D. McMillan
Brussels
Bel-gian
Flanders
Gestapo
Palace of Justice
Nazis Will Be Tried For Death of Romans in Rome
The Allied Control Commission said that 60 to 1,000 Romans were shot or beaten to death and 1,000 more injured during Nazi occupation. Germans responsible will be tried by a military court if found alive, per the commission’s announcement.
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Rome
Allied Control Commission
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