World War II: Allies Attack German Forces in Battle of San Marino, September 17, 1944
Date: September 17, 1944
Date: September 17, 1944
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 1944Battle of Meligalas Begins: Greek…
World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties. Date: January 17, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 17 📅…
Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring. Date: November 7, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944U.S. Forces…
World War II: The Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery. Date: September 15, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events…
World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops. 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 1944ASNOM Birth of Socialist Republic of Macedonia, Day…
World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece. Date: April 24, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1944Operation Carpetbagger Begins: Arms and Supplies Dropped to Resistance Fighters,…