Year 1944

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, February 5, 1944: Russian Front Southern Sector: Russian 3rd and 4th UFs drive Germans from Nikopol Salient; then cross river Dnieper to free Nikopol and […]

WW2 War Diary for Friday, February 4, 1944: Southeast Asia Burma: JAPANESE LAUNCH MAJOR OFFENSIVE IN THE ARAKAN (Operation Ha-Go). Mediterranean Italy: Americans heavily engaged at Cassino.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, February 3, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: Germans counter-attack east and west of the Aprilia ‘model farm’ (the ‘Factory’) near Anzio bridgeheads.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, February 2, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Ships of TF 58 enter Majuro Atoll (soon to become a vital advanced base).

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, February 1, 1944: Sea War Pacific: AMERICANS LAND ON MARSHALL ISLANDS. 4th US Marines and 7th Infantry Division are landing on Majuro Atoll (January 30),

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 31, 1944: Air War Germany: 489 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 1,961t of bombs. Sea War Channel German E-boats attack Convoy CW.243 (2

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 30, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army makes small breach in Gustav Line. At Anzio, US Rangers advance to Cisterna and British 3rd Division

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 29, 1944: Sea War Pacific: TF 58 attacks Marshall Islands (January 29-February 3) with 6,232 sorties (49 planes lost). Mediterranean: British cruiser Spartan sunk

WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 28, 1944: Sea War Atlantic: Two ‘wolf-packs’ (totalling 20 U-boats) totally prevented from interfering with Convoys OS.66, KMS.40 and ON.221 by RAF Coastal Command.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 27, 1944: Eastern Front Northern Sector: SIEGE OF LENINGRAD ENDS after 872 days. Air War Germany: Most concentrated night raid of the war on

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 26, 1944: Home Fronts USSR: Soviet forensic medical commission on Katyn Massacre publishes a fake report; blames Germans. Pacific New Guinea: Elements of Japanese

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 25, 1944: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russian 1st and 2nd UFs launch pincer movement west of Cherkassy and encircle 10 German divisions in the

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 24, 1944: Mediterranean Italy: French Expeditionary Corps attacks Monte Santa Croce. Hitler orders German troops to hold Gustav Line at all cost.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 23, 1944: Sea War Pacific: Japanese submarine RO 37 torpedoes tanker Cache – last success by a Japanese submarine in Southwest Pacific.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 22, 1944: Sea War Mediterranean – ANZIO LANDINGS: Allied 6th Corps lands near Anzio and Nettuno, south of Rome (Operation Shingle) in bold attempt