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The stoves and water heaters in the combat zone were designed to burn liquid fuel, so the major user was the Communications Zone. Nonetheless, the monthly requirement of the 12th Army Group and the Ninth Air Force in the winter of 1944–1945 was 81,000 long tons (82,000 t).
However, February 1945 saw a steady increase in the discharge rate, which rose to over 50,000 long tons (51,000 t) per day, an increase of 20,000 long tons (20,000 t) per day over what had been achieved in December 1944 and January 1945, and the shipping crisis finally appeared to be resolved.
The Siegfried Line campaign was a phase in the Western European campaign of World War II, which involved engagments near the German defensive Siegfried Line.. This campaign spanned from the end of Operation Overlord and the push across northern France, which ended on 15 September 1944, and concluded with the opening of the German Ardennes counteroffensive, better known as the Battle of the Bulge.
By 1 December 1944, the only sector of the front where the Western Allies were not on the offensive was along the Ardennes. [1] In late July 1944, Allied forces in fighting in Normandy were able to break out of the Normandy beachhead in Operation Cobra, [2] forcing a general eastwards retreat of German forces. [3]
Battle of Aachen; Aarhus Air Raid; Action of 11 January 1944; Action of 14 February 1944; Action of 17 July 1944; Action of 1 November 1944; Operation Adder; Admiralty Islands campaign; Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947; Air war during Operation Overlord; Landing at Aitape; Aitape–Wewak campaign; American airborne landings in Normandy ...
The Great Snowstorm of 1944 [a] was a disruptive winter storm that brought high winds and between 12 and 30 inches (30 and 76 centimetres) of snow to the eastern Great Lakes region of North America between Sunday, December 10, and Wednesday, December 13, 1944.
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. Battle of Leyte begins – General MacArthur returns to the Philippines, October 20, 1944. Battle of Leyte Gulf between United States and Japan, October 23 ...