From D-Day to V-Day
November 1944
November 30, 1944 - D-Day + 177
Units from the British VIII and XII Corps under the 21st Army Group reduced the enemy bridgehead on the western bank of the Meuse River to a small pocket near Blerick.
more informationNovember 29, 1944 - D-Day + 176
Following strong artillery preparation, Major General Alvan C. Gillem’s XIII Corps under the Ninth Army launched an early morning attack headed for the Rur River.
more informationNovember 28, 1944 - D-Day + 175
Today’s big news was the announcement that the port of Antwerp was once again operational. As a result, the Allies significantly shortened the routes for supplying vital materials to units waging battle even as far off as on German territory.
more informationNovember 27, 1944 - D-Day + 174
The 2nd Armored Division’s Combat Command A under the Ninth Army’s XIX Corps finished mopping up Merzenhausen and the surrounding hills.
more informationNovember 26, 1944 - D-Day + 173
As the shelling activity of the Ninth Army’s XIX Corps doubled, the artillery started to suffer from a lack of ammunition. Units from the 29th Infantry Division in Bourheim deflected a strong enemy counterattack with support from reserve troops and fighter aircraft.
more informationNovember 25, 1944 - D-Day + 172
The 29th Infantry Division from the Ninth Army’s XIX Corps continued to fight for Bourheim. At the same time it sent part of its 116th Infantry Regiment out to Koslar, but the unit ended up being surrounded in the town.
more informationNovember 24, 1944 - D-Day + 171
In the operational sector of the Ninth Army, a new boundary line was set between the XIX and XIII Corps.
more informationNovember 23, 1944 - D-Day + 170
The British Second Army’s XXX Corps went on the defense and at 1800 hrs returned the US 84th Infantry Division to the US Ninth Army’s XIII Corps. The British units’ other attempts to occupy Wurm and Beeck failed.
more informationNovember 22, 1944 - D-Day + 169
The British 15th Infantry Division from the British Second Army’s VIII Corps conquered Sevenum and Horst in the zone to the northwest of Venlo. The XII Corps’ 53rd Infantry Division went through Roermond and reached the Meuse River.
more informationNovember 21, 1944 - D-Day + 168
Units from the British 49th and 51st Infantry Divisions of the British Second Army’s XII Corps rapidly advanced towards Venlo. At 1930 hrs, the British 53rd Infantry Division launched an attack to mop up the bridgehead near Roermond.
more informationNovember 20, 1944 - D-Day + 167
The British Second Army’s XII Corps continued to advance to the Meuse River with its British 49th Infantry Division, which was supported by the British 4th Independent Armoured Brigade and 51st Infantry Division.
more informationNovember 19, 1944 - D-Day + 166
The British 51st Infantry Division from the British Second Army’s XII Corps occupied Helden and Panningen and made contact with units from the British VIII Corps’ 15th Infantry Division.
more informationNovember 18, 1944 - D-Day + 165
The Second British Army’s XXX Corps launched Operation Clipper, a mission to eliminate enemy units in the Geilenkirchen area.
more informationNovember 17, 1944 - D-Day + 164
The British Second Army’s XII Corps ordered its combat units to cross the Meuse River and occupy Wessem.
more informationNovember 16, 1944 - D-Day + 163
The British 15th Infantry Division from the British First Army’s VIII Corps mopped up Meijel. On the same day, reconnaissance units from the British XII Corps reached the Zig Canal in the area southeast of Meijel.
more informationNovember 15, 1944 - D-Day + 162
The 4th Infantry Division’s 12th Infantry Regiment from US First Army’s VII Corps broke through to the four companies that were surrounded southwest of Huertgen and helped them withdraw from the area.
more informationNovember 14, 1944 - D-Day + 161
British 53rd and 51st Infantry Division units from the British Second Army’s XII Corps launched an offensive against the enemy bridgehead west of the Meuse River in the Roermond – Venlo area.
more informationNovember 13, 1944 - D-Day + 160
The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division from the First Canadian Army’s II Corps took over the sector that had been held by the US 82nd Airborne Division after the division returned to the command of the First Allied Airborne Army.
more informationNovember 12, 1944 - D-Day + 159
The British XXX Corps from the British Second Army took over the command of the units at the northern flank of the US Ninth Army which was gathering along the southern bank of the Wurm River.
more informationNovember 11, 1944 - D-Day + 158
The Second British Army continued to regroup during the day. The British XXX Corps occupied positions two miles southwest of Geilerkirchen in the line of the army’s southern flank while taking command of the US 84th Infantry Division, temporarily minus its 335th Infantry Regiment.
more informationNovember 10, 1944 - D-Day + 157
In the course of the day, the command of the 12th Army Group adjusted the border between the VII and V Corps. The VII Corps’ 12th Infantry Regiment, which returned back to the 4th Infantry Division from the 28th, attempted to deflect an enemy counterattack, but it lost two entire companies in the battle.
more informationNovember 9, 1944 - D-Day + 156
The British I Corps from the First Canadian Army finished mopping up the zone south of the Meuse River. On the same day, the II Canadian Corps took over the Nijmegen sector from the British XXX Corps.
more informationNovember 8, 1944 - D-Day + 155
The 21st Army Group started to extensively regroup along the Meuse River that day and prepared to advance eastwards. The First Canadian Army finished occupying Wacheren Island, taking approximately 8,000 enemies prisoner and securing access to Antwerp.
more informationNovember 7, 1944 - D-Day + 154
The 1st Canadian Army took direct control over the final operation taking place on Walcheren Island.
more informationNovember 6, 1944 - D-Day + 153
The First Canadian Army’s II Corps mopped up Middelburg on Walcheren Island while units from the British I Corps continued to eliminate remaining hotbeds of resistance in the area south of the Meuse River.
more informationNovember 5, 1944 - D-Day + 152
In the course of the day, the II Canadian Corps from the First Canadian Army continued to swiftly advance towards Walcheren Island. The British I Corps sent out reconnaissance units to the Meuse River.
more informationNovember 4, 1944 - D-Day + 151
The first minesweepers reached the port of Antwerp in the operational zone of the First Canadian Army. In the course of the day, units from the British 52nd Infantry Division and commando units from the II Canadian Corps methodically mopped up Walcheren.
more informationNovember 3, 1944 - D-Day + 150
The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division from the First Canadian Army’s II Corps finished mopping up the Breskens Pocket that day, taking about 12,500 enemy troops prisoner in the course of the operation.
more informationNovember 2, 1944 - D-Day + 149
In the course of the day, Field Marshall Montgomery ordered his units to thoroughly regroup after mopping up the mouth of the Schelde River.
more informationNovember 1, 1944 - D-Day + 148
It was the beginning of November, 1944. For the fifth year now, Europe was paralyzed by war. Hitler’s armies were being pushed from the east and the west, the Third Reich was being decimated by air raids day and night, shortages of fuel as well as basic human needs started to intensify in Germany.
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