Year 1944

WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 21, 1944: Air War Western Europe: 4,500 t bombs dropped on 4 rail junctions; Cologne, La Chappelle (Paris), Lens and Ottignies (Brussels) by RAF […]

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 20, 1944: Sea War Mediterranean: Germans use Neger (‘Negro’) human torpedoes against shipping off Anzio; 37 launched from beaches (24 lost) without result (night

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 19, 1944: Sea War Indian Ocean: British Eastern Fleet planes attack Sabang harbour and airfields (Sumatra). Black Sea: Red fleet bombards Sebastopol. Air War

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 18, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 4th UF besieges Sebastopol. Panzers and Hungarian troops, with air support, begin series of counter-attacks between rivers Dniester

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 17, 1944: Air War Eastern Europe: B-17 Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers attack Belgrade and Sofia. Sea War Channel and North Sea: 7,000 mines

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 16, 1944: Occupied Territories Hungary: Eichmann begins systematic concentration of 800,000 Hungarian Jews in ghettos prior to their deportation to Auschwitz. Concentration phase completed

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 15, 1944: Air War Southeast Europe: 15th US Air Force sends 500 sorties to Bucharest and Ploesti.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 14, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 1st and 2nd UFs capture Tarnopol (southeast of Lvov) and reach the Carpathians – driving massive wedge between

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 13, 1944 Air War Western Europe: US and British TAFs carry out heavy attacks on German coastal batteries in Normandy. Germany: 2,000 USAAF bombers

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 12, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: 3rd Ukrainian Front captures Tirasapol, 97 km northwest of Odessa. Occupied Territories Italy: King Victor Emmanuel announces his

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 11, 1944: Home Fronts Southern Sector: Russians advance on Simferopol (Crimea). Air War Western Europe: 6 RAF de Havilland Mosquito bombers destroy Central Population

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 10, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: ODESSA CAPTURED by Russian 3rd Ukrainian Front and Partisans. Sea War Atlantic: U-boats U-515 and U-68 sunk by

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 9, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Bukovina region completely occupied by Russians. Occupied Territories France: Giraud appointed Inspector-General of Free French Army.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 8, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian 4th Ukrainian Front launches Crimean offensive. 1st Ukrainian Front reaches Czech border.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 7, 1944: Home Fronts Germany: Goebbels appointed ‘City President of Berlin’, superseding Oberbuergermeister (Lord Mayor). Eastern Front Southern Sector: German forces encircled near Tarnopol