On this day in military history…

• 1918 - Battle of Kaniów – After a full day of stiff resistance from the Polish II Corps in Russia, the German command offered a ceasefire. Germany suffered an estimated 1,500 dead while Polish forces sustained around 1,000 casualties, of those only two dozen died.
• 1941 - German troops complete the occupation of the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
• 1944 - The US 5th Army launches new attacks against the German-held Gustav Line. The preparatory bombardment begins just before midnight. It is followed up by infantry advances. The US 2nd Corps, the Polish 2nd Corps, the British 13th Corps and the French Expeditionary Corps are engaged.