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February 1944. 1st. 15th. 1: U.S. Marines mop up on Roi and Namur in the northern part of the Kwajalein atoll in the Marshall Islands. 2: The Narva front near the east border of Estonia is formed between the Soviet and German forces. : Germans defeat American troops in the Battle of Cisterna near Anzio. [2]
November 7. U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt wins reelection over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey, becoming the only U.S. president elected to a fourth term. A passenger train derails in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, due to excessive speed on a declining hill; 16 are killed, 50 injured.
Timeline of the Battle of France (1939–1940) Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940) Timeline of the Norwegian campaign (1940) Timeline of the North African campaign (1940–1943) Timeline of the Eastern Front of World War II (1941–1945)
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
4: Finland declares war on Germany, backdated to September 15, 1944. 6: Germans launch an offensive against Soviet forces in Hungary. 7: The Battle of Remagen: When German troops fail to dynamite the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine, the U.S. First Army captures the bridge and begins crossing the river. The Army also takes Cologne, Germany. [1] [3]
1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1944th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 944th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade.
August 23: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression agreement and a secret protocol dividing eastern Europe into spheres of influence. September 1: Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. September 3: Honoring their guarantee of Poland’s borders, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
21 October — World War II: Aachen, the first German city to fall, is captured by American troops. 25 October — World War II: The Red Army liberates Kirkenes, the first town in Norway to be liberated. 30 October — Holocaust: The last gassings take places at Auschwitz. 25 November — Holocaust: Himmler orders the destruction of the ...
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