Diary February 19, 1944

02-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

Ju 88G night fighters — One of the new, outstanding Ju 88 G night fighters with Lichtenstein SN-2 radar and deadly armament, in Luftwaffe service from early 1944 on.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, February 19, 1944:

Air War

Germany: First heavy defeat of Royal Air Force in a night raid on Germany. RAF loses 79 night bombers (out of 730) during operations against Leipzig (2,290t bombs dropped). Germans loose 17 night fighters.

Mediterranean

Italy – Anzio: German onslaught wilts under ceaseless Allied air and artillery bombardment and they withdraw from ‘Flyover’.

Sea War

Atlantic: First German U-boat to be fitted with ‘Schnorkel’ equipment (U-264) sunk by sloops Starling and Woodpecker.

Occupied Territories

France: Resistance attacks Arsenal National, near Paris, crippling production of light artillery.

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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.