Diary June 10, 1944

06-1944, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1944 / 1 minute of reading

D-Day — US tank landing ships (LSTs) disgorge the fully panoply of Allied might onto the Normandy beaches.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, June 10, 1944:

Western Front

Normandy: Montgomery establishes HQ in Normandy. US 2nd Armored Division begins landing at ‘Omaha’.

Occupied Territories

France – ORADOUR SUR GLANE MASSACRE: Detachment of 2nd SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich murders 642 inhabitants of village near Limoges; 200 women and children burned to death in church.
Greece: A company of the 4th SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division commits during the hunt for Partisans unauthorized the massacre of Distomo, where 218 uninvolved villagers are brutally slaughtered.

Eastern Front

Northern Sector: 3 Russian divisions annihilate 1 Finnish regiment (of 10th Division) and advance 10 km in Karelian Isthmus.

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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.

Western Front

Occupied Territories

Eastern Front

About The Author

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