Diary April 3, 1944

04-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading / By Kretaner

Battleship Tirpitz under attack by Fairey Barracudas in Alta Fjord.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 3, 1944:

Sea War

Arctic – Operation Tungsten: 41 FAA Fairey Barracudas (4 lost), escorted by 41 fighters, score 14 hits on Battleship Tirpitz in Alta Fjord (438 German casualties).

Air War

Eastern Europe: 1,100 t bombs dropped on Budapest rail targets and industrial sections by B-17 Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers of 15th AF; strong fighter opposition. Follow-up night raid by RAF Liberators and Wellingtons. Attacks necessitate closure of all city’s stations and large-scale evacuation of civilians, from April 7.

Home Front

USA: Supreme Court rules that Negroes have right to vote in Texas.

About The Author

Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.

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