Date: January 31, 1944
World War II: The Red Army begins the Uman–Botoșani offensive in the western Ukrainian SSR. Date: March 5, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Balvano Tunnel Train Disaster, 517 Dead from Carbon Monoxide, March…
World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured. Date: August 5, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in…
Freckleton air disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people. Date: August 23, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 23 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Anne Frank Family…
World War II: Operation Hailstone begins: U.S. naval air, surface, and submarine attack against Truk Lagoon, Japan's main base in the central Pacific, in support of the Eniwetok invasion. Date: February 17, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day…
World War II: The state funeral of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel takes place in Ulm, Germany. Date: October 18, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 18 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II: U.S. Takes Eniwetok Atoll, February 20,…
Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the Nazis by French forces. Date: August 12, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War…