Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler Escape Birkenau Death Camp, April 10, 1944

World War II: The United States takes Eniwetok Atoll. Date: February 20, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Georgios Papandreou Leads Greek Government-in-Exile in Egypt, April 26, 1944Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler Escape Birkenau…

World War II: Nine German E-boats attack US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946. Date: April 28, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 28 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944U.S. Forces Land…

World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Date: October 24, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 24 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Greek People’s Liberation Army Attacks National and Social Liberation, Psarros…

IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I). Date: August 7, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 7 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944US and British Navies Bombard Cherbourg in…

World War II: Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war. Date: August 9, 1944…

World War II: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. Date: January 31, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944USAAF Begins Daylight Bombing of Berlin After Big…