Nicolas Cinquini

The Red Army successfully surrounded a German detachment east of Danzig. Kremnica, a vital bastion in the Carpathian mountains, was also taken over by Soviet forces. Wiener Neustadt, a significant industrial hub in Austria, was abandoned by the Wehrmacht.

In all, more than 341 towns were freed. £10,000 was donated by Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie to aid war-torn areas of the USSR [end]

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