![]() General George Patton prepares to turn over command of the Third Army to General Lucian K. US General Joseph Stilwell recalled from position as Chiang Kai-shek’s chief of staff, maintains command over troops in Burma. ![]() The Canadian 3rd Division attacks the Breskena Pocket, South of the Scheldt.Ī Russian offensive by 64 divisions, 750 tanks and 1,100 aircraft commences near Arad in Hungary, with the aim of destroying Army Group South. Two Russian armies take Nevel on the boundary between Army Groups North and Centre. Montgomery issues the final plan to senior commanders for the Second battle of El Alamein. The III Panzer Corps captures Malgobek at the bend of the Terek river in the Caucasus. The setting up of a UN commission to investigate war crimes is announced in Washington. Proclamation by Hitler on the isolation of Jews.Ĭhurchill gives a personal undertaking to Stalin to send a convoy every ten days to Russia’s northern ports. The Japanese abandon Changsha after stiff Chinese defense. This is rejected by both the British and French government’s. Hitler in a speech to the Reichstag announces the victorious conclusion of the Polish campaign and calls upon Britain and France to cease hostilities and come to terms with Germany. The last remaining Polish troops (17,000 men) surrender to German forces at Kock and Lublin. ![]() After a 2 day battle against Soviet tanks and planes and then a 5-day fight against the Germans.
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