World War II: Red Army Begins Uman–Botoșani Offensive, March 5, 1944
Date: March 5, 1944
Date: March 5, 1944
The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space. Date: June 20, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II: German Counteroffensive…
World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria. 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 from 1944RAF Bomber Command Suffers Greatest WWII Loss in Nuremberg Raid, March…
World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. Date: April 16, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre: 643 Killed in…
World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end. Date: October 12, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944First Kamikaze Attack Damages HMAS Australia, Battle of Leyte Gulf Begins, October 21,…
World War II: In Anzio, Italy, German forces launch a counteroffensive during the Allied Operation Shingle. Date: February 7, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German Forces, August…
Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII. Date: October 30, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)…