07-1944

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 16, 1944: Russian Front: Germans launch fruitless counterattack against 3rd BRF’s bridge-heads over river Niemen.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 15, 1944: Russian Front: Russians halt in Karelian Isthmus. Italy: British 8th Army breaks through at Arezzo and reaches river Arno (July 15-16). 5th

WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 14, 1944: Russian Front: Russians capture Pinsk. Occupied France: Vichy announces death of Georges Mandel, former Minister of Interior; murdered by the Milice (Vichy

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 13, 1944: Secret War Britain: Pilot of Ju 88 G night fighter equipped with special radar and radio homing equipment lands by mistake at

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 12, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Brigade-General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., CGM, dies of heart attack.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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:

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.