U.S. Secret Document - Sep. 2 1944

"WWII War Diaries"

UNITED STATES FLEET
United States Naval Forces in Europe
20 Grosvenor Square
London, W. 1



Serial: 002901

Sep 2 1944

Secret

From: Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe.
To: Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet.

Subj: War Diary - Forwarding of.

Ref: Cominch restricted serial 7152 of 29 Oct. 1943.

Enc: (1) War Diary of Commander, U.S. Naval Forces in Europe for the month of August, 1944.

J.G. BRAY, Jr.,
BY DIRECTION

[Pg. 34]

WAR DIARY FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1944
GENERAL SITUATION
AT WAR

"...The Bulgarian Army is on the march home. Signs have multiplied in the past 12 hours that three years of unparalleled brutality in Macedonia and Thrace are coming to an end and that the Bulgarian Command has issued orders withdrawing from these territories at least 11 divisions which have been assisting the Germans to garrison Greece and Jugoslavia..."

Sources: The National Archives