Diary May 9, 1944
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 9, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: SEBASTOPOL CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS after 3 days’ heavy fighting. Air War Western Europe: Allied Air Forces begin large […]
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 9, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: SEBASTOPOL CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS after 3 days’ heavy fighting. Air War Western Europe: Allied Air Forces begin large […]
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 8, 1944: Western Front Britain: Eisenhower selects June 5 as ‘D-Day’ for Normandy invasion. Sea War Black Sea: Second phase evacuation of Axis forces
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 7, 1944: Air War Europe: US 8th Air Force despatches 1,500 planes to Berlin. US 9th Air Force B-26 Marauders and P-38 Lightnings attack
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 6, 1944: Home Front Japan: First flight of Mitsubishi A7M Reppu (designed to replace the Mitsubishi A6M5 Reisen and Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero). Technical problems,
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 5, 1944: Southeast Asia Burma: Slim’s 14th Army counter-attacks near Imphal. Air War Mediterranean: Torre Dam in Italy dive-bombed and smashed by RAF P-51
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 4, 1944: Air War Eastern Europe: RAF night raid on Budapest rail installations.
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 3, 1944: Air War Western Europe: 49 RAF bombers lost during night raids on tank-truck park at Mailly, near Rheims; Montdidier aircraft stores; ammunition
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 2, 1944: Occupied Territories France: Management of Aubert and Duval steel works at Ancizes co-operates with Resistance in complete shut-down. Politics Spain: Anglo-US-Spanish agreement
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 1, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: Zhukov and Vasilevsky begin detailed planning for decisive summer offensive against the ‘Byelorussian Salient’, lying between Smolensk and
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 30, 1944: Secret War Greece: General Kreipe (commander of ‘Fortress Crete’) kidnapped by Partisans (leaded by British Commandos) in Crete and taken by British
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 29, 1944: Sea War Pacific: TF 58 attacks Truk: 93 Japanese planes destroyed (26 US planes shot down). Occupied Territories France: Resistance cripples newly
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 28, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF bombs Friedrichshafen. Northern Europe: Avro Lancaster bombers raid Kjeller aircraft factory, Oslo (night April 28-29). Occupied Territories France:
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 27, 1944: Sea War Channel: 3 American LSTs, carrying out invasion exercise, are torpedoed by E-boats in Lyme Bay; 638 killed (night April 27-28).
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 26, 1944: Air War Germany: RAF night raid on Schweinfurt. Pacific New Guinea: Australians capture Alexishafen, west of Madang.
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 25, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: Cruiser Black Prince and 3 Canadian destroyers engage torpedo boats; T-29 sunk (136 killed), T-24 and T-27 damaged (night
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