WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 10, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Montgomery establishes HQ in Normandy. US 2nd Armored Division begins landing at ‘Omaha’. Occupied Territories France – ORADOUR SUR […]
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 9, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: GREAT RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE ON FINNISH FRONT. 21st and 23rd Armies attack with air support along 14-km-wide coastal sector
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 8, 1944: Western Front Normandy: British and Americans establish contact near Port-en-Bessin west of Arromanches. British 7th Armored Division begins landing on ‘Gold’ beach.
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 7, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Allied forces reach Bayeux and make contact with 6th Airborne Division. First Allied airstrip laid out at Asnelles, northeast
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World War One Diary for Tuesday, June 6, 1944: Sea War D-DAY – ALLIED INVASION OF NORMANDY (Operation Overlord): Operation Neptune amphibious phase of Overlord. At dawn 50 convoys begin
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 5, 1944: Air War Western Europe – ‘Transportation Plan’: In preparation for D-Day, Allied Air Forces have flown 200,000 sorties delivering 200,000 t bombs
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 4, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US ARMY ENTERS ROME. MAAF fighter-bombers decimate German columns retreating north along Highways 1, 2 and 3, destroying or
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 3, 1944: Mediterranean ltaly: German forces evacuate Rome. Southeast Asia Burma: Japanese rearguard leaves Kohima. Air War Atlantic: Ju 290 lands in North Greenland
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 1944: Air War Mediterranean: ‘G Force Air HQ’ formed at Bari, Italy (renamed Balkan Air Force, June 7). Western Europe: RAF night raid on
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