Year 1944

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.

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

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,

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

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;

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).

WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 26, 1944: Western Front Normandy: Americans capture General Schlieben, Cherbourg fortress commander and Rear Admiral Henneke, naval commander. British 2nd Army attacks west of

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 25, 1944: Eastern Front Central Sector: Russians trap 40,000 Germans west of Vitebsk. Northern Sector: Finns forced back 0.8 km at Tali, north of

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 24, 1944: Occupied Territories France: Resistance blows up hydroelectric station, near Limoges. Home Fronts Britain: Sidney Keyes (war poet killed in Tunisia) posthumously awarded

WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 23, 1944: Sea War Channel: British MTBs virtually destroy German convoy near Cherbourg. Eastern Front Central Sector: GREAT RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN BYELORUSSIA. Northern Sector:

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 21, 1944: Air War Germany: 2,500 USAAF bombers attacking Berlin and the surrounding area while dropping 2,000t of bombs. Eastern Front Northern Sector: Russian