World War II: German V-2 Rocket Hits Woolworth’s in New Cross, London, November 26, 1944

World War II: The Royal Air Force sink the German battleship Tirpitz, moored off Tromsø, Norway. Date: November 12, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944RAF Bombing Raid on Darmstadt Firestorm Kills 11,500 -…

World War II: The Great Raids Against Helsinki begins. Date: February 6, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 6 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Liberation of Paris: French Resistance and Allied Troops, August 19, 1944World War II: Soviet Riga Offensive…

World War II: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich. Date: October 25, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 25 📅 Events on this day in 1944…

World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties. Date: January 17, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅…

World War II: US flying ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Date: January 3, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 3 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

World War II: In a raid on Nuremberg, RAF Bomber Command suffers its greatest loss of the war, losing 95 bombers from a force of 795. Date: March 30, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…