01-1944

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 31, 1944: Air War Germany: 489 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 1,961t of bombs. Sea War Channel German E-boats attack Convoy CW.243 (2 […]

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 30, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army makes small breach in Gustav Line. At Anzio, US Rangers advance to Cisterna and British 3rd Division

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 29, 1944: Sea War Pacific: TF 58 attacks Marshall Islands (January 29-February 3) with 6,232 sorties (49 planes lost). Mediterranean: British cruiser Spartan sunk

WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 28, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: Two ‘wolf-packs’ (totalling 20 U-boats) totally prevented from interfering with Convoys OS.66, KMS.40 and ON.221 by RAF Coastal Command.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 27, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: SIEGE OF LENINGRAD ENDS after 872 days. Air War Germany: Most concentrated night raid of the war on

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 26, 1944: Home Fronts USSR: Soviet forensic medical commission on Katyn Massacre publishes a fake report; blames Germans. Pacific New Guinea: Elements of Japanese

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 25, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian 1st and 2nd UFs launch pincer movement west of Cherkassy and encircle 10 German divisions in the

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 24, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: French Expeditionary Corps attacks Monte Santa Croce. Hitler orders German troops to hold Gustav Line at all cost.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 23, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Japanese submarine RO 37 torpedoes tanker Cache – last success by a Japanese submarine in Southwest Pacific.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 22, 1944: Sea War Mediterranean – ANZIO LANDINGS: Allied 6th Corps lands near Anzio and Nettuno, south of Rome (Operation Shingle) in bold attempt

WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 21, 1944: Air War Britain – ‘LITTLE BLITZ’ ON LONDON (Operation Steinbock = ‘Ibex’): motley force of 447 aircraft (including He 177 heavy bombers)

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 20, 1944: Sea War Channel: British cross-Channel guns sink blockade-runner Muensterland off Cap Gris Nez. German guns bombard Dover, Deal, Folkestone and Ramsgate. Mediterranean

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 19, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: NOVGOROD CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS. Air War Mediterranean: Wing-Commander Lance Wade, American-born RAF fighter ‘ace’ (25 victories) killed in

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 18, 1944: Home Fronts Britain: Churchill returns from North Africa.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 17, 1944: Home Fronts USA: Lieutenant-General Omar N Bradley appointed to command US Army in the Field, under Eisenhower. Mediterranean Italy: British 10th Corps