Diary December 31, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 31, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF attacks Solingen marshalling yards. Sea War Merchant shipping losses in December 1944: 19 Allied ships with 91,097 tons …
Year 1944
Diary December 30, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 30, 1944: Western Front Fierce fighting in Houffalize–Bastogne sector in the Ardennes. Occupied countries Greece: Archbishop Damaskinos appointed Regent. Air War Germany: 337 RAF …
Diary December 29, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 29, 1944: Air War Europe: Lancaster and Halifax bombers are dropping patterns of 12,000-lb bombs on E-boat pens at Rotterdam.
Diary December 28, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 28, 1944: Western Front Eisenhower meets with Montgomery at Hasselt (Belgium) to concert Ardennes counter-offensive.
Diary December 27, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 27, 1944: Russian Front SIEGE OF BUDAPEST begins. Western Front 3rd US Army establishes ‘safe’ corridor to Bastogne. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF bombs …
Diary December 26, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 26, 1944: Western Front Tanks of 4th Armored Division (3rd US Army commanded by Patton) break through to Bastogne and relieve the garrison. Air …
Diary December 25, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 25, 1944: Western Front German Panzers halted by US armor at Celles, 6 km east of the Meuse, having advanced 80 km since mid-December. …
Diary December 24, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 24, 1944: Russian Front RUSSIAN TANKS ENTER BUDAPEST. Air War Europe: Allied Tactical Air Forces fly 600 sorties over the Ardennes; 260 planes drop …
Diary December 23, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 23, 1944: Air War Europe: Allied Tactical Air Forces fly 900 sorties against German armor and motor transports in the ‘Bulge’. 26 V-2s explode …
Diary December 22, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 22, 1944: Western Front: Ardennes: Germans make the final effort to reach the Meuse and break through to Antwerp. General McAuliffe, commander US 101st …
Diary December 21, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 21, 1944: Western Front BASTOGNE BESIEGED. US 101st Airborne Division and 10th Armored Division have to be supplied by air. Sea War German convoy …
Diary December 20, 1944
War Diary WW2 for December 20, 1944: Western Front German Panzers reach Noville, north of Bastogne and Stavelot, north of St. Vith.
Diary December 19, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 19, 1944: Western Front Montgomery to command all Allied forces north of the ‘Bulge’, including US 1st and 9th Armies; Bradley to command US …
Diary December 18, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 18, 1944: Air War Europe: RAF night bombers sink old battleship Schleswig-Holstein and 8 other ships at Gotenhafen (Gdynia). Pacific: B-29 Superfortress bomb Mitsubishi …
Diary December 17, 1944
War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 17, 1944: Western Front Germans capture 9,000 Americans at Echternach, on extreme left flank of the ‘Bulge’. THE MALMEDY MASSACRE: Waffen-SS soldiers murder at …
