Date: March 3, 1944
World War II: American forces take Saipan, bringing the Japanese archipelago within range of B-29 raids, and causing the downfall of the Tojo government. Date: July 9, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 9 ๐ Events on this day in 1944 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World…
World War II: The Soviet Red Army recaptures Krivoi Rog. Date: February 22, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 22 ๐ Events on this day in 1944 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Junkers Ju 287 First Jet Flight with Forward-Swept Wings, August 16, 1944Polish Insurgents Liberate Gฤsiรณwka…
Rudolf Vrba and Alfrรฉd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp. Date: April 10, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 10 ๐ Events on this day in 1944 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Battle of Cisterna Begins in Operation Shingle, Central Italy, January 30, 1944Krazy Kat Final Comic…
World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Force ammunition dump in Staffordshire kills seventy people. Date: November 27, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 27 ๐ Events on this day in 1944 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1944End of Axis Occupation of…
World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France. Date: August 21, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 21 ๐ Events on this day in 1944 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Vyborg-Petrozavodsk Offensive Ends in Stalemate, August 9, 1944Battle of…
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Korematsu v. United States supporting Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 which cleared the way for the incarceration of nearly all 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, born and raised in the United States. Date: December 18, 1944 Read more on…