Battle of Carentan: 101st Airborne Secures Normandy Town, June 12, 1944

World War II: The 872-day Siege of Leningrad is lifted. Date: January 27, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II Monte Cassino Assault Begins February 15, 1944Hitler Survives Assassination Attempt by Claus…

World War II: During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy. Date: January 31, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)…

World War II: Largest Banzai charge of the Pacific War at the Battle of Saipan. Date: July 7, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Polish Committee of National Liberation Manifesto Begins Communist Rule in…

World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France. Date: June 10, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 10 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Hitler Survives Assassination Attempt by Claus von Stauffenberg, July 20, 1944WWII…

World War II: Commencement of Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the…