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German hold in Ireland is broken with a third counter-siege of Belfast. The guerrilla defence held off the German land advances sufficiently until relief arrived. Harsh rooftop fighting ensued within the war-torn city following the paratroop spearhead.
With the remaining German forces in Ireland surrounded, cut off, and captured, the two invaders are now separated by sea.
In the south, the last Soviet stronghold on the Norwich coast has finally fallen, with a battered battalion fleeing to continental Europe. The Canadian forces advance north.