Graphic Year of 
1944
| Graphic Year of |
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| 1944 |
| Jan 6: Red Army advances into Poland 22: Allied forces land at Anzio, Italy 27: Red Army breaks 900-day siege of Leningrad Jan. 31 American forces invade Kwajalein |
Feb 15:Allied bombers destroy 400-year-old Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino 16: German 14th Army counter-attacks at Anzio 18-22: American forces take Eniwetok |
Mar |
| Apr 8: Red Army begins offensive in the Crimea |
May 9: Soviet troops recapture Sevastopol 12: German forces in the Crimea surrender |
June 5: Allied forces enter Rome 6: D-Day: Allies land at Normandy 9: Red Army advances into Finland 13: Germans begin using V-1 rockets against London 15: American marines invade Saipan 19-20: "Marianas Turkey Shoot" results in destruction of over 200 Japanese aircraft 22: Red Army begins massive summer offensive 27: American forces liberate Cherbourg |
| July 3: Soviet forces recapture Minsk 9: Allied troops liberate Caen 18: American troops liberate St Lô 20: Hitler survives assassination attempt 24: Soviet forces liberate concentration camp at Majdanek 25-30: Allied forces break-out of Normandy encirclement in "Operation Cobra" 28: Red Army recaptures Brest-Litovsk |
Aug 1: Polish Home Army begins revolt against Nazis in Warsaw 15: Allies invade Southern France 19-20: Soviet forces invade Romania 23: Rumania capitulates to Soviets 25: Paris liberated 31: Red Army takes Bucharest |
Sept 3: Brussels liberated 4: Antwerp liberated 8: Soviets and Finns sign peace treaty Sept. 13 American troops reach the Siegfried Line in western Germany Sept. 26 Red Army occupies Estonia |
| Oct 2: Nazis brutally crush revolt in Warsaw; Allies advance into Germany 5: British invade Greece 14: British liberate Athens; Rommel forced to commit suicide for alleged involvement in July assassination plot 20: Belgrade falls to Soviet forces 23-26: U.S. naval forces destroy remnants of Japanese Navy at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval engagement in history |
Nov 7: Roosevelt elected to fourth term |
Dec 3: Civil war erupts in Greece; Japanese retreat in Burma 15: American forces invade Phillipine island of Mindoro 16: German Army launches "Battle of the Bulge" offensive on the Western Front 17: Waffen SS executes 81 American prisoners of war in "Malmedy Massacre" |
1944