Today in World War II History—August 20, 1944
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 by Sarah Sundin
Auxiliary carrier USS Bogue (ACV-9) underway near Norfolk, VA, 20 June 1943 (US Navy photo: 80-G-71314)
80 Years Ago—August 20, 1944: In Paris, resistance seizes Hôtel de Ville (city hall).
US secures Biak off New Guinea.
Off Newfoundland, aircraft from escort carrier USS Bogue sink German U-boat U-1229, which is on a mission to land German spy Oskar Mantel in Maine; 18 are killed and Mantel is captured.
