* The “thousand yard stare” doesn’t just emanate from infantrymen.
http://www.onwar.com/chrono/1944/sep44/14sep44.htm#
Soviets secure Warsaw suburb
Thursday, September 14, 1944 www.onwar.com
The poster reads: Drive out the Geman Invader. The Red Army is now in the surburbs of Warsaw, Poland [photo at link]
On the Eastern Front... Soviet troops of 1st Belorussian Front capture the Warsaw suburb of Praga.
In Italy... Forces of British 8th Army capture Zollara and have thereby clear the Gemmano Ridge of German resistance. Lead elements advance to the Marano River.
In the Philippines... Three groups of US Task Force 38, with 12 carriers, conduct air strikes on Japanese positions on the Visayas or central Philippine islands.
In the Palau Islands... US naval forces, commanded by Admiral Oldendorf, continue to bombard Peleliu and Angaur islands as well as conducting minesweeping operations offshore.
In Canada... The Octagon Conference continues. Churchill and Roosevelt and their staffs meet in Quebec to discuss strategy.
Occupying towns in Germany is going to be harder than in France where the allies were “liberators”. They have to be able to watch their backs much more closely.
Today, the largest single-day air attack against Germany was reported. The Allies seemed to almost have free access through the air into Germany.
Anybody know why Germany didn’t have better success with their Luftwaffe air force in stopping the Allies? I haven’t seen much reported or discussed about that.