Year 1944

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 15, 1944: Sea War Pacific: TWO USMC DIVISONS LAND ON SAIPAN (Operation Forager). Western Front Normandy: Americans from ‘Utah’ capture Quineville. Occupied Territories France […]

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 14, 1944: Air War Pacific – FIRST B-29 Superfortress RAID ON JAPAN: 48 planes (4 lost) carry out ineffective night attack on Yawata iron

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 13, 1944: Air War Britain: FIRST V-1s LAUNCHED AGAINST LONDON from Pas de Calais; only 4 of 10 reach fringe of target area –

WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 12, 1944: Western Front Normandy: By ‘D + 6’ (6 days after D-Day) 326,000 troops and 54,000 vehicles have been landed. 4 beachheads link

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 11, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Americans from ‘Utah’ capture Carentan. Eastern Front Northern Sector: Finnish 10th Division retreats behind ‘VT Line’ (Vammelsuu-Taipale) across Karelian

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 2, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Americans capture Velletri and Valmontone; 2 German bastions south of Rome. Nearby stronghold of Lanuvio is hammered by US artillery.

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

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 31, 1944: Sea War Pacific – Operation Kon: Japanese despatch 3 troop convoys to Biak, but only one lands troops (May 31-June 12). Merchant

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 30, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army breaks through ‘Adolf Hitler’ Line at Valmontone. Eastern Front Southern Sector: Germans make tactical gains north of

WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 29, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: US escort carrier Block Island sunk by U-boat U-549. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF attacks 5 Focke-Wulf and 2

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 28, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF attacks Leuna and Koenigsborn Panzer (tank) depot (Magdeburg).

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 27, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Germans repel US 5th Army attacks on ‘Adolf Hitler‘-Line at Valmontone and dig in. Sea War Pacific: Americans land on