Diary June 14, 1944

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

This later pic shows B-29 in front of Mount Fuji.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, June 14, 1944:

Air War

Pacific – FIRST B-29 Superfortress RAID ON JAPAN: 48 planes (4 lost) carry out ineffective night attack on Yawata iron and steel works from bases in China.
Western Europe: In heavy raids on Le Havre and Boulogne (nights June 14-15 and 15-16) 600 Avro Lancaster bombers sink 49 light naval craft; including 3 Torpedo boats and 14 E-boats.

Sea War

Pacific: 7 old US battleships bombard Saipan, which is then invaded by 5th Amphibious Corps (night June 14-15).

Eastern Front

Northern Sector: Russians break through ‘VT Line’ at village of Kuuterselka. Sole Finnish armored division counter-attacks (night June 14-15) and briefly recaptures heights near village, but Russians recapture them next morning.

Occupied Territories

France: De Gaulle appoints administrators for liberated areas.

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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.