Year 1944

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

War Diary for Tuesday, November 21, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Japanese Battleship Kongo sunk by US submarine Sealion II, near Formosa. Air War Germany: 247 RAF night bombers breach Dortmund-Ems

War Diary for Monday, November 20, 1944: Western Front Tanks of French 1st Army drive through Belfort Gap and reach upper Rhine. Sea War Pacific: Kaiten ‘suicide torpedo’ sinks US

War Diary for Sunday, November 19, 1944: Western Front British and US troops capture Geilenkirchen, north of Aachen. Occupied countries Albania: Hodja’s Partisans liberate Tirana. Home Fronts USA: Cost of

War Diary for Saturday, November 18, 1944: Air War Germany: 291 RAF bombers attacking Münster and dropping 1,694 t of bombs. Home Fronts USA: Cost of living has risen 29%

War Diary for Friday, November 17, 1944: Western Front 1st US Army captures Gressenich, 16 km east of Aachen. Sea War Pacific: Japanese aircraft carrier Shinyo sunk by US submarine