an escorted attack on Friedrichshafen.
Other planes went unescorted to Southern
France. One enemy plane was destroyed
and 5 of ours are missing.
1.11 end
17/8/1944 5 o'clock (forces) Michael Harrison
There is good news from the South and North of
France. Am area of 500 square miles had been
occupied. We are 10 miles from Cannes and
the same distance from Toulon. Le Luc
and Collobrières have been occupied. The
Germans say we have broken into Cannes.
Falaise has been occupied too and Chartres
liberated. Our troops have reached Dreux and
Orleans. The Germans say they have lost Dreux.
Reports say the Americans have got a bridgehead
across a river only 32 miles from Paris.
The thunder of our guns can be heard in
Paris.
17/8/1944 6 o'clock (Home) Joseph Macleod
There is news of a great victory in France. Our
troops are 40 miles from Paris in the Southwest.
The Germans lost over 100000 men.
In Paris the police is on strike. In Southern
France we have a.o. captured Sainte-Maxime,
St. Raphael, Fréjus and Tropez. Russian troops
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