Year 1944

War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 11, 1944: Western Front US 7th Army enters Haguenau (Alsace). Air War Europe: 2,000 bombers of 8th and 15th USAAFs attack rail targets in […]

War Diary WW2 for Sunday, December 10, 1944: Air War Germany: Americans bomb rail targets at Coblenz and Bingen. Politics Franco-Soviet 20-year Treaty of Alliance signed in Moscow. Occupied countries

War Diary WW2 for Saturday, December 9, 1944: Air War Germany: Stuttgart raided by the 8th USAAF. Western Front 3rd US Army repels German counter-attack at Saarlautern.

War Diary WW2 for Friday, December 8, 1944: Western Front Americans occupy undefeated Fort Driant after its surrender after the fall of Metz. Air War Germany: RAF daylight raids on

War Diary WW2 for Thursday, December 7, 1944: Western Front 3rd US Army penetrates Siegfried Line northwest of Saarlautern. Sea War Pacific: Americans land at Ormoc on west coast of

War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, December 6, 1944 Western Front 3rd US Army enters Sarreguemines (Moselle). British 2nd Army held up southwest of Arnhem by German demolition of dykes and

War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, December 5, 1944: Air War Europe: 550 8th USAAF planes (12 lost) escorted by 800 fighters (9 lost) attack Tegel tank works, Berlin and Münster

War Diary WW2 for Monday, December 4, 1944: Air War Germany: Destructive RAF night raid on Heilbronn (1,241 t bombs), east of Karlsruhe; numerous combats with night fighters. RAF bombers

War Diary for Sunday, December 3, 1944: Western Front Pattons 3rd US Army captures main bridge over river Saar at Saarlautern. Air War Germany: RAF bombers attacking Hagen and dropping

War Diary for Saturday, December 2, 1944: Western Front Americans enter Saarlautern. Occupied countries Italy: Death of Filippo Marinetti, founder of ‘Futurist‘ art movement (1909) and leading Fascist author; aged

War Diary for Friday, December 1, 1944: Western Front 3rd US Army reaches river Saar. Occupied countries Crete: Germans on Crete abandon all areas except large towns. Air War Germany:

War Diary for Thursday, November 30, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF encounters severe flak during raids on oil plants in Leipzig area (53 planes lost). RAF drops 2,000 t.

War Diary for Wednesday, November 29, 1944: Russian Front Russian and Yugoslav forces capture Mohacs and Pecs, after crossing river Danube south of Budapest. Sea War Pacific: Giant Japanese aircraft

War Diary for Tuesday, November 28, 1944: Western Front 3rd US Army (Patton) holds now 42-km wide salient inside West Germany (Saar) – in front of the Siegfried Line. 9th

War Diary for Monday, November 27, 1944: Air War Germany: Very heavy day and night raids on marshalling yards in Western Germany. Freiburg severely damaged in night raid. Pacific: Second

War Diary for Sunday, November 26, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF attacks Misburg oil plant (Hanover), Hamm marshalling yards and Bielefeld railway viaduct; claims 138 fighters destroyed for loss

War Diary for Saturday, November 25, 1944: Air War Germany: Massive 8th USAAF raids on Leuna oil plant and Bingen marshall­ing yards. Britain: V-2 hits crowded Woolworth department store in

War Diary for Friday, November 24, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: RCN corvette Shawinigan sunk by German U-boat U-1228 in Cabot Straits (between C. Breton Island and Newfoundland). 91 killed; no

War Diary for Thursday, November 23, 1944: Western Front French and American forces enter Strasbourg. Russian Front Russians take Cop (Slovakia). Sea War Pacific: British Eastern Fleet abolished. Older ships

War Diary for Wednesday, November 22, 1944: Western Front Americans secure Metz. US 1st and 9th Armies capture Eschweiler. Air War Germany: 237 RAF bombers attacking Aschaffenburg and dropping 1,360