Year 1944

WW2 War Diary for Monday, June 5, 1944: Air War Western Europe – ‘Transportation Plan’: In preparation for D-Day, Allied Air Forces have flown 200,000 sorties delivering 200,000 t bombs […]

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, June 4, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US ARMY ENTERS ROME. MAAF fighter-bombers decimate German columns retreating north along Highways 1, 2 and 3, destroying or

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 3, 1944: Mediterranean ltaly: German forces evacuate Rome. Southeast Asia Burma: Japanese rearguard leaves Kohima. Air War Atlantic: Ju 290 lands in North Greenland

WW2 War Diary for Friday, June 2, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Americans capture Velletri and Valmontone; 2 German bastions south of Rome. Nearby stronghold of Lanuvio is hammered by US artillery.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, June 1944: Air War Mediterranean: ‘G Force Air HQ’ formed at Bari, Italy (renamed Balkan Air Force, June 7). Western Europe: RAF night raid on

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 31, 1944: Sea War Pacific – Operation Kon: Japanese despatch 3 troop convoys to Biak, but only one lands troops (May 31-June 12). Merchant

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 30, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army breaks through ‘Adolf Hitler’ Line at Valmontone. Eastern Front Southern Sector: Germans make tactical gains north of

WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 29, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: US escort carrier Block Island sunk by U-boat U-549. Air War Germany: 8th USAAF attacks 5 Focke-Wulf and 2

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, May 28, 1944: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF attacks Leuna and Koenigsborn Panzer (tank) depot (Magdeburg).

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, May 27, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Germans repel US 5th Army attacks on ‘Adolf Hitler‘-Line at Valmontone and dig in. Sea War Pacific: Americans land on

WW2 War Diary for Friday, May 26, 1944: Far East China: MAJOR JAPANESE OFFENSIVE AGAINST US AIR BASES in the Southeast (Operation Ichigo): 620,000 troops, divided between 11th and 23rd

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, May 25, 1944: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Tito narrowly escapes capture when German airborne force, supported by Stukas, attacks his secret HQ in Bosnian mountains. France:

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, May 24, 1944: Air War Mediterranean: RAF Spitfires shoot down 8 FW 190 fighter-bombers north of Rome. Mediterranean Italy: Canadian 5th Armored Division establishes bridgehead

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, May 23, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Allied 6th Corps breaks out of Anzio bridgehead (Operation Buffalo). British 8th Army attacks ‘Adolf Hitler‘ Line. Far East China:

WW2 War Diary for Monday, May 22, 1944: Occupied Territories France: Resistance blows up hydroelectric station at Bussy.