US NAVY
PACIFIC—TG 12.5 (Rear Admiral Allen E. Smith), comprising light
carrier Monterey (CVL-26), three heavy cruisers, and three destroyers,
pound Japanese installations on Wake Island.
Mine
damages Japanese destroyer Hasu off Yangtze estuary, 31°19'N, 121°43'E.
MEDITERRANEAN—Storm damages submarine chaser SC-535 off
southern France, 43°17'N, 06°38'E.
Storm
sinks tank landing craft LCT-151, 39°22'N, 08°00'E.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
NINTH
AF—Medium bombers and light bombers supporting ground troops pound strongpoints
and bridges in Brest area. Fighters fly armed reconnaissance, ground support,
and sweeps in N and E France, Belgium, and W Germany.
TWELFTH
AF—Medium bombers pound railroad and road bridges in W Po Valley while fighter
bombers blast motor transport and rolling stock in Turin area. On 2/3 September
A-20’s on armed reconnaissance of N Italy, start fires in Genoa harbor. Fighter
bombers blast German vehicles retreating up Rhone Valley. Capture of Lyon is
completed by French elements of US Seventh Army.
FIFTEENTH
AF—Over 300 heavy bombers hit key escape routes of retreating German forces in
the Balkans, and bomb rail communications and supply lines S from Budapest, 3
bridges in Belgrade area, bridges at Szajol and Szeged, and badly damage ferry
docks at Smederovo. 3 B-17’s evacuate interned airmen from Bucharest. 40 P- 38’s
divebomb Smederovo ferry and strafe Kovin and Baviniste airfields and a landing
ground, destroying many parked aircraft, motor transport, vehicles, and fuel
tanks. 75 P-51’s strafe roads, railroads, vehicles, bivouac areas, railroad
repair shops, and miscellaneous targets in Skoplje-Nish-Krusevac-Belgrade areas.
TENTH
AF—4 B-26’s attack and slightly damage Tahpalai bridge NE of Hsipaw. 1 B-26
knocks out center span of a railroad bridge in the area and another causes
considerable damage at Indaw.
FOURTEENTH
AF—12 B-24’s pound marshalling yards at Nanking. 7 B-25’s destroy at least 45
trucks and damage about 100 others during armed reconnaissance from Hengyang to
Tungting Lake and Yoyang. 2 others bomb Hengyang airfield. More than 100
P-40’s, P-51’s, and P-38’s attack troops, railroad targets, bridges, and other targets
of opportunity in areas around Changning, Hengyang, Sungpai, Chuki, Yangtien,
Hengshan, and near Haiphong and in Red R Valley.
FEAF—B-24’s
pound Langoan airfield and Lembeh Strait warehouses and shipping. B-25’s hit
village of Tobelo. Fighter bombers hit Babo, Waren and Nabire airfields,
Manokwari storage and personnel areas, strafe areas along MacCluer Gulf, and
fly coastal sweeps in Wewak area, strafing troops, supplies, and occupied areas.
Fighter bombers hit oil tanks and radio station at Boela.
THIRTEENTH
AF—XIII Bomber Command moves from Los Negros to Wakde.
SEVENTH
AF—Saipan-based B-24’s bomb Iwo Jima. P-47’s hit Pagan and Maug Is with
rockets. A lone B-24 on armed reconnaissance bombs Yap.
US ARMY
N FRANCE-BELGIUM—21 Army Group: Gen Montgomery orders British
Second Army to drive speedily to the Rhine and secure crossing; Canadian First Army
to continue to clear coastal region. In Canadian First Army area, British 1
Corps closely invests Le Havre, moving 51st Division from St Valery to positions
on right of 49th Division. Preparations are begun for all-out assault on the
elaborate fortifications of the city and port. In 2 Corps area, 4th Armored Division
establishes bridgehead across the Somme in Pont Remy area, E of Abbeville, and
halts there temporarily. Polish 1st Armored Division, coming up on left, crosses
the river W of Abbeville.
In British
Second Army’s 12 Corps area, 7th Armored Division, directed on Ghent, continues
NE to Lillers, on Bethune–Aire road. 30 Corps, pressing quickly NE, crosses
French-Belgian border. On left, 11th Armored Division, advancing on Antwerp,
reaches positions E of Alost despite opposition in Lille–Tournai area. Guards Armored
Division drives into Brussels and blocks exits from the city.
12th Army
Group: In U.S. First Army area, XIX Corps remains generally S of Tournai,
containing pocket SW of Mons on W. V Corps is ordered to new zone on right
flank of First Army, where it is to face E and advance as quickly as possible
to the Meuse. In VII Corps area, Mons (Belgium) falls to 3d Armored Division.
1st Division exerts pressure against large body of disorganized enemy pocketed
in Mons–Bavai–Forêt de Mormal area.
In U.S.
Third Army’s XX Corps area, 7th Armored Division columns feinting toward Sedan
are recalled, returning on 4th after getting enough gasoline to do so. Airfield
near Reims is sufficiently repaired by this time to receive cargo planes.
S FRANCE—U.S. Seventh Army, with capture of Lyon by French forces,
completes original mission. Permission is granted for VI Corps to continue
pursuit to Belfort Gap via Lons–Le Saunier–Besançon route. 2d Corps of French Army
B is to advance up NW bank of the Saône on axis Dijon–Epinal. In VI Corps area,
36th Division continues northward toward Macon. 117th Cavalry Reconnaissance
Squadron, spearheading advance to right, reaches Bourg-en-Bresse and Montrevel
but is strongly attacked by Germans fleeing from Meximieux and suffers and
inflicts heavy losses. 3d Division is moving forward in center of corps. In French
Army B area, 2d Corps, driving NW on left flank of army to make contact with OVERLORD
forces, seizes Villefranche, N of Lyon.
ITALY—AAI: In British Eighth Army’s 5 Corps area, 46th Division
secures small bridgehead across Conca R in Morciano region. Canadian 1 Corps
continues to pursue enemy northward, 5th Armored Division clearing Misano.
NEW GUINEA—Plans for invasion of Morotai I. are now ready.
In Vogelkop area, Mar airdrome for bombers is completed on schedule.
US MARINE CORPS
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