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American forces push back the Germans in Saint-Lô, capturing the city. June 16 – George Stinney , a 14-year old African-American , is executed for being accused of killing two white girls in his hometown, Alcolu, South Carolina .
1942 – Japanese American internment, German American Internment, and Italian American Internment begin, per executive order by President Roosevelt; the order also authorizes the seizure of their property. 1942–1945 – Automobile production in the United States for private consumers halted. 1942 – Casablanca released
American money and manufactured goods flooded into Europe, South Korea, and Japan and helped in their reconstruction. US manufacturing dominance would be almost unchallenged for a quarter-century after 1945. The American economy grew dramatically in the post-war period, expanding at a rate of 3.5% per year between 1945 and 1970.
December 1944 events in North America (3 C) C. 1944 events in Canada by month (5 C) M. 1944 events in Mexico by month (1 C) T. 1944 events in the United States by ...
1944 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1944 disestablishments in the United States ... 1944 American novels (34 P) P. 1944 in American politics (4 C, 2 P) S.
October 1944 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P) November 1944 events in the United States (2 C, 35 P) December 1944 events in the United States (1 C, 1 P)
American troops advance towards San Jose on Leyte Island, October 20, 1944. Light aircraft carrier USS Princeton afire, east of Luzon , October 24, 1944. Volkssturm founded in October 1944.
: Germans defeat American troops in the Battle of Cisterna near Anzio. [2] 3: American planes bomb Eniwetok in the Marshalls, later to be a major B-29 base. 4: Kwajalein, the world's largest atoll and a major Japanese naval base, is secured. 5: The American Navy bombards the Kuril Islands, northernmost in the Japanese homelands.