| |
| 1944 |
| January
12th |
 |
General
Juin (Free French) attacked near Cassino. |
|
| January
19th |
|
The
Russians captured Novgorod. |
|
| January
22nd |
|
The
Allies landed at Anzio. The operation was to cut off any German
retreat from Cassino. |
|
| January
27th |
|
The
siege of Leningrad is broken. Leningrad has been under siege
since September 1941. An estimated 1.5 million are believed
to have perished from shelling, starvation and the extreme cold. |
|
| January. |
|
The
first 52 V2 rockets left the "Mittelwerk". In the
same month 679 prisoners have died or were killed. |
|
| February
15th |
|
The
Cassino monastery was totally destroyed. |
|
| February
16th |
|
Kesselring
launched counter attack at Anzio against the Allied bridgehead,
Italy. |
|
February
17th - 18th |
|
The
United States destroyed Truk base. |
|
| February
22nd |
|
The
United States captured Kwajalein, Engebi, Eniwetok and Parry. |
|
| February. |
|
The
construction of the crematorium began at camp Dora. |
|
| March
18th |
|
The
Royal Air Force raid on the city of Hamburg, Germany. 3000 tons
of bombs were dropped on the city. |
|
| March
29th |
|
British
and Japanese troops clashed at the Battle of Imphal (India). |
|
| April
2nd |
|
The
Russians entered Romania. |
|
| April
17th |
|
Japan
renewed offensive in China. |
|
| May
9th |
|
The
Russians captured Sebastopol, in the Crimea. |
|
| May
18th |
|
Polish
troops captured Cassino monastery (Italy). |
|
| June
2nd |
|
The
Chinese besieged Myitkyina. |
|
| June
3rd |
|
The
Battle of Kohima ends. |
|
| June
4th |
|
The
capital of Italy, Rome, fell to the Allied forces. |
|
| June
6th |
|
The
D-day Invasion, 'Operation
Overlord'. (Northern France). Allied forces invaded
mainland from southern England. The Allied landings were focused
on the Normandy beaches of northern France. |
|
| June 13th |
|
The
V1 'Doodlebug'. Hitler's first of his secret
weapons were unleashed on the unsuspecting people of
London and southern England. |
|
| June
15th |
|
United
States marines landed on Saipan. |
|
| June
18th |
|
The
British 8th Army took Assisi. The Russians broke through the
Mannheim Line. |
|
| June
27th |
|
The
Americans captured Cherbourg (France), giving the Allies their
first main port since the landing on June 6th. The port will
continue a non-stop supply needed to maintain the Allied invasion. |
|
| July
3rd |
|
The
Russians captured Minsk. |
|
| July
4th |
|
The
British defeated the Japanese at Imphal (India). |
|
| July
9th |
|
| July
18th |
|
United
States troops reached St. Lo. Prime Minister Tôjô
and the Japanese Cabinet resigned. |
|
| July
20th |
|
'The
July Plot'. The attempted assassination on the Nazi Führer
Adolf Hitler. Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg detonated a bomb
at Hitler's HQ in East Prussia (Wolf's Lair). He is later executed
for his actions. |
|
| July
20th |
|
Surviving
the assassination attempt, Hitler met the Italian leader Mussolini. |
|
| July
21st |
|
United
States marines landed on Guam. |
|
| July 24th |
|
United
States marines landed on the island of Tinian, South Pacific,
1500 miles from mainland Japan. Work began on the island to
accommodate B29 bombers from the 509th squadron. Tinian became
the launch point for the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki. |
|
| July
31st |
|
The
number of prisoners at Dora reached 11,675. |
|
| August 24th |
|
General
von Choltitz surrendered Paris to Leclerq. |
|
| August 25th |
|
Paris
was liberated. General De Gaulle entered Paris. |
|
| August 27th |
|
The
Chindits were evacuated to India. |
|
| August 31st |
|
The
Russians captured Bucharest. |
|
| August. |
|
The
production of the secret
weapon, the V1 missile began in Kohnstein. |
|
| September
3rd |
|
The
capital of Belgium, Brussels, was liberated by Allied troops. |
|
| September
4th |
|
The
port of Antwerp, Belgium, was liberated by Allied troops. An
important port which allowed the Allies to shorten the supply
line to the advancing front line, as the Allies pushed the Germans
back. |
|
| September
5th |
|
Russia
declared war on Bulgaria. |
|
| September
8th |
|
The
Nazis started the next generation of secret
weapons attacks as the first V2 rockets struck the French
and English capitals, Paris and London. |
|
| September
17th |
|
| October
1st |
|
Dora
grew large enough to be considered a concentration camp and
was given the name Dora-Mittelbau and 30 sub-camps are built. |
|
| October
2nd |
|
Warsaw
patriots surrendered to the Nazis in Poland. The Polish capital
Warsaw was levelled. |
|
| October
14th |
|
The
Allies liberated Athens. |
|
| October
14th |
|
Field
Marshal Erwin Rommel was forced to commit suicide. Rommel took
cyanide and allowed Hitler to hide the fact that Rommel was
part of the 'July 20th Plot'. Hitler used the funeral for Nazi
propaganda. |
|
| October
20th |
|
United
States landed in the Philippines. Russian troops and Tito's
partisans entered Belgrade. |
|
October
23rd - 26th |
|
United
States and Japanese troops clashed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
The Russians entered East Prussia. |
|
| November
18th |
|
The
Allies crossed the German border and entered into the Nazi's
'Fatherland'. |
|
| December
16th |
|
The
Battle of the Bulge. German counter offensive. The attempt to
repeat the success of the German offensive in 1939, cutting
off the Allied supply line and trapping the bulk of the Allied
force. |
|
| December
26th |
|
General
Patton relieved Bastogne. |
|
| December. |
|
Further
armament programs were transferred to the "Mittelwerk"
death factory. |
|
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