German Troops Massacre 335 Italian Civilians in Rome, March 24, 1944

First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287. Date: August 16, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944German Forces Capture Banská Bystrica, End Slovak National Uprising October 27, 1944Tulle Massacre:…

German troops massacre 335 Italian civilians in Rome. Date: March 24, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Allied Airborne Troops Launch Operation Market Garden in Netherlands, September 17, 1944World War II: Red Army Begins…

Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp. Date: April 10, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Battle of Carentan: 101st Airborne Secures Normandy Town, June 12, 1944Battle of the Bulge Malmedy…

World War II: The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater. Date: April 22, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 22 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅…

USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned. Date: June 11, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Georgios…

World War II: Navigation errors lead to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. Date: April 1, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II: Soviet Riga Offensive Captures Riga,…