PUBLIC EVENT LOG

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17th September 1944

BBC reports:
"On the contraty to the recent developments in the Western Europe, 17th seems to rather quiet on the Transylvanian front. Both sides seem to reorganize and prepare for further action. Soviet troops are said to be standing right outside Vintu de Jos, right outside regional important town of Alba Iulia. Some serious developments might occur in the near future, yet all eyes are currently focused on Holland...

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In other news: Allies announce the beginning of Operation Market Garden when Allied paratroopers land in the Netherlands and Germany. The Battle of Arnhem begins in the Netherlands. Meanwhile, the 3rd Canadian Division begins Operation Wellhit to take the fortified town of Boulogne in northern France. Back in Holland, 30,000 Dutch rail workers obey a call from General Eisenhower to go on strike to paralyze the German transport system in the country. Many of the workers go into hiding. Allies also declare success of Operation Paravane against the German battleship Tirpitz, disabling her and causing the Germans to tow her south to Tromsø. The Battle of San Marino begins in the Italian Front, as well as Soviet launch Tallinn Offensive. Far in the Pacific, the Battle of Angaur begins between U.S. and Japanese forces in the island of Angaur in the Palau Islands. Roughly at the same time, the Japanese escort carrier Un'yō is torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by the American submarine Barb. London celebrates as blackout restrictions are relaxed in London.