WW2 Events
January 06, 1944
// Soviet troops advance into Poland.
// Soviet troops advance into Poland.
January 17, 1944
// First attack toward Cassino, Italy.
// First attack toward Cassino, Italy.
January 22, 1944
// Allies land at Anzio.
// Allies land at Anzio.
January 27, 1944
// Leningrad relieved after a 900-day siege.
// Leningrad relieved after a 900-day siege.
February 15, 1944
// Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino.
// Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino.
March 04, 1944
// First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies.
// First major daylight bombing raid on Berlin by the Allies.
March 15, 1944
// Second Allied attempt to capture Monte Cassino begins.
// Second Allied attempt to capture Monte Cassino begins.
March 18, 1944
// British drop 3000 tons of bombs during an air raid on Hamburg.
// British drop 3000 tons of bombs during an air raid on Hamburg.
April 08, 1944
// Soviet troops begin an offensive to liberate Crimea.
// Soviet troops begin an offensive to liberate Crimea.
May 09, 1944
// Soviet troops recapture Sevastopol.
// Soviet troops recapture Sevastopol.
May 11, 1944
// Allies attack the Gustav Line south of Rome.
// Allies attack the Gustav Line south of Rome.
May 12, 1944
// Germans surrender in the Crimea.
// Germans surrender in the Crimea.
May 15, 1944
// Germans withdraw to the Adolf Hitler Line.
// Germans withdraw to the Adolf Hitler Line.
May 25, 1944
// Germans retreat from Anzio.
// Germans retreat from Anzio.
June 06, 1944
// Normany landings (D-Day).
// Normany landings (D-Day).
June 09, 1944
// Soviet offensive against the Finnish front begins.
// Soviet offensive against the Finnish front begins.
June 10, 1944
// Nazis liquidate the town of Oradour-sur-Glane in France.
// Nazis liquidate the town of Oradour-sur-Glane in France.
June 13, 1944
// First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain.
// First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain.
June 22, 1944
// The Soviet summer offensive begins.
// The Soviet summer offensive begins.
June 27, 1944
// U.S. troops liberate Cherbourg.
// U.S. troops liberate Cherbourg.
July 03, 1944
// Battle of the Hedgerows in Normandy.
// Battle of the Hedgerows in Normandy.
// Soviets capture Minsk.
July 04, 1944
// Allies enter Rome.
// Allies enter Rome.
July 09, 1944
// British and Canadian troops capture Caen.
// British and Canadian troops capture Caen.
July 18, 1944
// Operation Cobra (U.S. troops break out west of St. Lô).
// Operation Cobra (U.S. troops break out west of St. Lô).
July 24, 1944
// Soviet troops liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek.
// Soviet troops liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek.
July 25, 1944
// Operation Cobra (U.S. troops break out west of St. Lô).
// Operation Cobra (U.S. troops break out west of St. Lô).
July 28, 1944
// U.S. troops take Coutances.
// U.S. troops take Coutances.
// Soviet troops take Brest-Litovsk.
August 01, 1944
// U.S. troops reach Avranches.
// U.S. troops reach Avranches.
August 04, 1944
// Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo.
// Anne Frank and family arrested by the Gestapo.
August 07, 1944
// Germans begin a major counter-attack toward Avranches.
// Germans begin a major counter-attack toward Avranches.
August 15, 1944
// Operation Dragoon begins (the Allied invasion of Southern France).
// Operation Dragoon begins (the Allied invasion of Southern France).
August 19, 1944
// Resistance uprising in Paris.
// Resistance uprising in Paris.
// Soviet offensive in the Balkans begins with an attack on Romania.
August 25, 1944
// Liberation of Paris.
// Liberation of Paris.
August 29, 1944
// Slovak uprising begins.
// Slovak uprising begins.
August 30, 1944
// German troops withdrew from Bulgaria.
// German troops withdrew from Bulgaria.
// Slovakian resistance fighters captured Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia.
August 31, 1944
// Soviet troops take Bucharest.
// Soviet troops take Bucharest.
September 01, 1944
// Begin the liberation by Allies of Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville, Antwerp and Brussels.
// Begin the liberation by Allies of Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville, Antwerp and Brussels.
September 04, 1944
// Finland and the Soviet Union agree to a cease-fire.
// Finland and the Soviet Union agree to a cease-fire.
September 13, 1944
// U.S. troops reach the Siegfried Line.
// U.S. troops reach the Siegfried Line.
September 17, 1944
// Operation Market-Garden begins (Allied airborne assault on Holland).
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// Operation Market-Garden begins (Allied airborne assault on Holland).
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September 19, 1944
// Soviet offensive in Balcans begins.
// Soviet offensive in Balcans begins.
September 26, 1944
// Soviet troops occupy Estonia.
// Soviet troops occupy Estonia.
October 10, 1944
// Soviet troops capture Riga.
// Soviet troops capture Riga.
October 14, 1944
// Allies liberate Athens.
// Allies liberate Athens.
October 21, 1944
// Massive German surrender at Aachen.
// Massive German surrender at Aachen.
November 24, 1944
// French capture Strasbourg.
// French capture Strasbourg.
December 04, 1944
// Civil War in Greece with Athens placed under martial law.
// Civil War in Greece with Athens placed under martial law.
December 16, 1944
// Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.
// Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.
December 17, 1944
// Waffen-SS murder 81 U.S. POWs at Malmedy.
// Waffen-SS murder 81 U.S. POWs at Malmedy.
December 27, 1944
// Soviet troops besiege Budapest.
// Soviet troops besiege Budapest.
