Year 1944

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 6, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Rokitno (East Poland) captured by Russians. Air War Britain/USA: Joint RAF-USAAF statement discloses the hitherto secret development of […]

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 5, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian 2nd UF drives salient into German lines at Kirovograd, south of Kiev (January 5-8). Mediterranean Italy: Lieutenant-General

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 4, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Red Army cross Polish frontier near Olevsk; Byelaya Tserkov, 64 km southwest of Kiev, captured. Mediterranean Italy: 5th

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 3, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Red Army now 15 miles (24 km) from old Polish frontier. Air War Germany: 311 RAF bombers attacking

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 2, 1944: Air War Pacific: First of 14 Allied bombing raids on airfields and shipping at Rabaul during the month. Germany: 386 RAF bombers

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 1, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF raids Berlin on six nights in January. Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians capture Belokovorichi, only 43 km east