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American forces land on the beaches in Dulag, Leyte, accompanied by Filipino troops entering the town, and fiercely opposed by the Japanese occupation forces. The combined forces liberate Tacloban . An LNG explosion destroys a square mile (2.6 km 2 ) of Cleveland, Ohio .
American and Filipino troops (with Filipino guerrillas) begin the Battle of Leyte in the Philippines. American forces land on Red Beach in Palo, Leyte, as General Douglas MacArthur returns to the Philippines with Philippine Commonwealth president Sergio Osmeña and Armed Forces of the Philippines Generals Basilio J. Valdes and Carlos P. Romulo.
13: American troops reach the Siegfried Line, the west wall of Germany's defence system. Waves of paratroops land in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. 14: Soviet Baltic Offensive commences. 15: American Marines land on Peleliu in the Palau Islands; a bloody battle of attrition continues for two and a half months.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf in 23–26 October 1944, was a decisive American victory that sank virtually the entire remaining Japanese fleet in arguably the largest naval battle in history. Although the Japanese came surprisingly close to inflicting a major defeat on the Americans, at the last minute the Japanese panicked and lost.
1944 – G.I. Bill; 1944 – D-Day (also known as Operation Overlord) 1944 – Bretton Woods Conference; 1944 – Battle of Peleliu; 1944 – Battle of Leyte; 1944 – Battle of the Bulge; 1944 – U.S. presidential election, 1944: Franklin D. Roosevelt reelection for a fourth term, becomes the only U.S. president elected four times.
The King, Queen and Prince of Wales joined veterans to mark the Normandy landings' 80th anniversary.
As 1944 began, the frontrunners for the Republican nomination appeared to be Wendell Willkie, the party's 1940 nominee, Senator Robert A. Taft from Ohio, the leader of the party's conservatives, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, the leader of the party's moderate eastern establishment, General Douglas MacArthur, then serving as an Allied ...
On this day in history, September 2, 1944, George H.W ... - AOL