30 September 1944
War at Sea
German submarine U-565 sunk at Skaramanga (Greece)
German submarine U-921 sunk with all hands off Hammerfest
German submarine U-1062 sunk with all hands in the Central Atlantic
Western Front
German garrison of Calais surrenders
Great Britain
190 civilians are killed and 360 injured in September
Eastern Front
General of Panzer Troops Fritz Hubert Graeser takes command of Fourth Panzer Army
Books
Hitler's Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front, Robert Kirchubel. A 'unit history' written on the largest scale, tracing the campaigns fought by the four Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front, from their roles in the early German victories, to their eventual defeat and destruction in the ruins of the Reich. A very useful contribution to the literature on the Eastern Front. [
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 30 September 1944, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1944_09_30.html
