Year 1944

WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 14, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Canadians and Americans push towards Falaise, from North and South, supported by RAF.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 13, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Americans reach Argentan. AIR WAR Western Europe: 1,000 Allied heavy bombers attack roads leading to river Seine, from Paris to

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 12, 1944: WESTERN FRONT German 7th Army with­drawing from Mortain-Vire sector towards Argentan and Falaise. PLUTO pipeline in operation between Island of Wight and

WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 11, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Americans capture Angers and Nantes. ITALY German forces evacuate Florence. SEA WAR Germans scuttle 26 warships and 28 merchant vessels

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 10, 1944: NEW GUINEA Japanese withdraw from Aitape sector towards Wewak. AIR WAR: PACIFIC USAAF begins 7 month bombardment of Iwo Jima. MARINAS Americans

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 9, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Americans capture Le Mans. AIR WAR Captain A de Saint-Exupery disappears during reconnaissance mission from Corsica over occupied France; aged

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 8, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Canadians push towards Falaise, supported by 600 US bombers. HOME FRONT: GERMANY FM von Witzle­ben and 7 other ‘July Plotters’

WW2 War Diary for Monday, Augfust 7, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Panzers counter-attacking east of Avranches are decimated by Allied bombers and rocket-firing Typhoons; but Germans continue attacking. Canadian 1st Army

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 6, 1944: WESTERN FRONT German Panzers counter-attack US forces in Mortain-Vire sector (begins night August 6- 7). AIR WAR: PACIFIC B-24 Liberators bomb Davao

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 5, 1944: WESTERN FRONT US Armour reaches Redon (Brittany). British capture Villers Bocage. AIR WAR: EUROPE RAF blast open U-boat pens at Brest, using

WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 4, 1944: WESTERN FRONT British 2nd Army tanks reach Villers Bocage, for second time since ‘D-Day’. AIR WAR Gloster Meteor jet fighter in combat

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 3, 1944: WESTERN FRONT US tanks reach Rennes (Brittany). BURMA Chinese capture Myitkyina (Northeast Burma). SEA WAR: PACIFIC US carrier planes attack shipping in

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 2, 1944: WESTERN FRONT Americans reach Vire, south of Caumont. SEA WAR ‘Linse’ (‘Lentil’) ‘explosive boats’ sink destroyer ‘Quorn’ (night August 2-3) DIPLOMACY Turkey

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 1, 1944: OCCUPIED POLAND WARSAW RISING: Polish ‘Home Army‘ (Armija Krajawa) begins heroic 53-day struggle against German garrison. RUSSIAN FRONT 3rd Belorussian Front captures

WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 31, 1944: WESTERN FRONT US 1st Army breaks through at Avranches. RUSSIAN FRONT Red Army 1st Belorussian Front reaches outskirts of Warsaw. 3rd Belorussian

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 30, 1944: SEA WAR: PACIFIC Operation Globe Trotter: Americans land at Sansapor, to complete , occupation of New Guinea northern coastline.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 29, 1944: Russian Front 3rd Belorussian Front crosses river Niemen. Air War Germany: 612 RAF bombers attacking Stuttgart and dropping 1,940t of bombs.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 28, 1944: Russian Front 1st Belorussian Front establishes 2 bridgeheads over river Vistula, south of Warsaw (July 28-August 2). Panzers and Luftwaffe carry out

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 27, 1944: Russian Front 2nd Byelorussian Front captures Rezekne rail junction; 1st Byelorussian Front captures Daugavpils (Latvia).

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, Juyl 26, 1944: Marianas Heavy artillery barrage heralds successful US attack on jungle­-covered Orote Peninsular on Guma. Marines smash Japan­ese counter-attack on northern beachhead. Home