WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 11, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: Elimination of trapped German 4th Army. 70,000 killed since late June, 35,000 captured. Pacific New Guinea: 6,000 Japanese […]
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 10, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector – Great Russian offensive into Baltic States: 2nd BF attacks northwest of Vitebsk (July 10); 3rd BF attacks
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 9, 1944: Western Front Normandy: British 2nd Army takes Caen. Eastern Front Northern Sector: Russians cross river Vuoksi in Karelian Isthmus. Pacific Marianas: Americans
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 8, 1944: Western Front Normandy: ‘Titanic’ artillery barrage precedes major attack by British-Canadian 2nd Army northwest of Caen, which advances up to 5 km
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 7, 1944: Pacific Marianas: 3,000-strong rearguard of Saipan garrison storms US positions (night July 7-8) – before suffering annihilation. General Saito and Admiral Nagumo
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 6, 1944: Air War Pacific: First purpose-built US night fighter – Northrop P-61 Black Widow – destroys Japanese Mitsubishi G4M Betty bomber over Saipan.
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 5, 1944: Sea War Channel: Neger (Negro) type U-boats begin operations off Normandy. In 3 night operations they sink 4 light warships and cripple
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 4, 1944: Western Front Normandy: British 2nd Army takes Carpiquet, west of Caen. Air War Western Europe: V-1 storage depots in limestone caverns at
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World War One Diary for Monday, July 3, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: 100,000-strong German 4th Army encircled at Minsk. Mediterraneany Italy: Siena captured by Free-French troops. Sea War Channel:
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 2, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Americans land on Noemfoor Island, west of Biak. Crew of Japanese submarine I-8 murders survivors of SS Jean Nicolet.
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 1, 1944: Sea War Pacific: US submarine Cobia sinks 6 ships in Japanese home waters during July; submarine Ray torpedoes 5 ships in Philippines-East
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 30, 1944: Air War Western Europe: 250 Avro Lancaster bombers drop 1,000 t bombs on 2nd SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich and 9th SS Panzer Division,
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 29, 1944: Western Front Normandy: AMERICANS CAPTURE CHERBOURG. Eastern Front Central sector: Russians encircle German forces at Bobruisk. Pacific New Guinea: Australians reach river
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 28, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: 3rd BRF and supporting tank army, begin crossing river Berezina. Field Marshal Busch dismissed from Army Group Centre;
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, June 27, 1944: Sea War Channel: German armed trawlers M.4611 and V.213 gallantly engage destroyers Eskimo and Huron off Jersey (night June 27-28).
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