1944

1944

February 12, 1944 - Americans take Rooke Island
February 15, 1944 - Allies bomb Monte Cassino
February 16, 1944 - Caroline Islands were invaded by the U.S.
March 24, 1944 - General Orde C. Wingate's plane crash and he was killed
July 20, 1944 - A plot was set to kill Hitler, but it didn't work
July 17, 1944 - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was seriously injured trying to get back to his troops
July 26, 1944 - Bradly took St. Lo-Perier's Road
May 11, 1944 - U.S. Fifth Army and the British Eighth Army crossed Ganigliano and Rapido Rivers
May 23, 1944 - Allies broke through the German line to advance to Liri Valley
June 4, 1944 - Rome is evacuated by the Germans
June 6, 1944 - Allies attack Normandy beach; also called D-Day
June 17, 1944 - Fifth Army reached Leghorn, which is heavily damaged by the Germans
June 19, 1944 - The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot Occurs(Plane Battle)
June 22, 1944 - Allies tok Cherbourg
July 20, 1944 - Americans invaded Guam
July 23, 1944 - Island of Taipan is conquered by the Americans
August 3, 1944 - Myitkyina airport was captured
August 4, 1944 - British reached Florence
August 7, 1944 - Americans took St. Milo
August 15, 1944 - Operation Dragoon is underway
August 22, 1944 - Canadians trapped Germans at Le Harre, Rouen, and Dieppe
August 25, 1944 - Ten thousands Germans surrendered in Paris
August 27, 1944 - Patton's Third Army reached Marne
August 31, 1944 - Americans took Laon and Sedan
August 31, 1944 - Montgomery's second army entered Amiens
September 1, 1944 - Canadians took Dieppe
September 5, 1944 - Allies had moved 2 million troops inside France by this time
September 7, 1944 - Allies moved on Grenoble and took Bisancon
September 8, 1944 - Canadians took Ostend
September 30, 1944 - Canadians took Calais
September 18, 1944 - U.S. Ninth Army took Brest along with 36,000 prisoners
September 18, 1944 - Canadians took Bologne
October 21, 1944 - Americans invaded Leyte Island
November 12, 1944 - Tirpitz is sank
December 15, 1944 - American troops landed on Mindao
December 16, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge begins
December 29, 1944 - Americans air lifted supplies to Bastogne