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

Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union. Date: May 18, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944SBS Raid on Santorini Garrison, April 24, 1944RAF Bomber Command Suffers Greatest WWII Loss in Nuremberg Raid,…

World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units. Date: January 29, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)…

World War II: Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete. Date: April 26, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 26 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Greek People’s Liberation Army Attacks National and Social Liberation, Psarros Murdered, April…

World War II: Battle of Carentan: American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan, Normandy, France. Date: June 12, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944World War II: U.S. Takes…

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 1944Fragheto Massacre: German 356th Infantry…

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)…