1944
Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1870)
Thomas Sturge Moore was a British poet, author and artist.
Thomas Sturge Moore, English author, poet, and playwright (born 1870)
The 1940s
Explore 3063 historical events from 1940–1949.
1944
Ludwig Beck, German general (born 1880)
Ludwig August Theodor Beck was a German general who served as Chief of the German General Staff from 1933 to 1938. Beck was one of the main conspirators of the 20 July plot to assa…
Ludwig Beck, German general (born 1880)
1944
Mildred Harris, American actress (born 1901)
Mildred Harris was an American stage, film, and vaudeville actress during the early part of the 20th century. She began her career in the film industry as a child actress at age 10…
Mildred Harris, American actress (born 1901)
1944
Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler (born 1907)
Claus Philipp Maria Justinian Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German army officer who is best known for his failed attempt on 20 July 1944 to assassinate Adolf Hitler at the Wol…
Claus von Stauffenberg, German soldier who attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler (born 1907)
1944
World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek
1944
World War II: U
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: U
1944
Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake parachuted into Auvergne, France, becoming a liaison between the Special Oper
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake parachuted into Auvergne, France, becoming a liaison between the Special Oper
1944
World War II: The Japanese Take Ichi convoy arrived at Halmahera in the Dutch East Indies after losing many ships and th
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: The Japanese Take Ichi convoy arrived at Halmahera in the Dutch East Indies after losing many ships and th
1944
The Soviet Union forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Crimean Tatars to the Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in the country
During the Sürgünlik, 'exile' at least 191,044 Crimean Tatars were subjected to ethnic cleansing and cultural genocide through deportation carried out by Soviet Union authorities f…
The Soviet Union forcibly deported hundreds of thousands of Crimean Tatars to the Uzbek SSR and elsewhere in the country
1944
The Wehrmacht and their collaborationist allies launched Operation Rösselsprung, a failed attempt to assassinate the Yug
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe. The designation "Wehrmach…
The Wehrmacht and their collaborationist allies launched Operation Rösselsprung, a failed attempt to assassinate the Yug
1944
World War II: A United States Navy task group captured German submarine U-505 (pictured)
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: A United States Navy task group captured German submarine U-505 (pictured)
1944
World War II: Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history, began with Allied troops landing
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history, began with Allied troops landing
1944
Second World War: At the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann destroyed around 30 Allied veh
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
Second World War: At the Battle of Villers-Bocage, German tank commander Michael Wittmann destroyed around 30 Allied veh
1944
Second World War: The British Army abandoned its attempt to capture the German-occupied city of Caen
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
Second World War: The British Army abandoned its attempt to capture the German-occupied city of Caen
1944
World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began the first air raid of its strategic bombing campaign against the J
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: The United States Army Air Forces began the first air raid of its strategic bombing campaign against the J
1944
The Holocaust: After a closely supervised visit to Theresienstadt Ghetto in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, Red Cross of
The Holocaust, known in Hebrew as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. From 1941 to 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered ar…
The Holocaust: After a closely supervised visit to Theresienstadt Ghetto in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, Red Cross of
1944
World War II: U
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and air…
World War II: U
1944
Second World War: Canadian troops defeated the last German counterattacks against Carpiquet, Normandy, France.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. World War II …
Second World War: Canadian troops defeated the last German counterattacks against Carpiquet, Normandy, France.
1944
Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing…
The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion of the ship SS E. A. Bryan on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United State…
Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing…
1944
World War II: In opposition to the government-in-exile based in London, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National…
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. World War II …
World War II: In opposition to the government-in-exile based in London, the Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National…
1943
The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden
The Easter Riots is the name given to a period of unrest in Uppsala, Sweden, during the Easter of 1943. The fascist group Swedish Socialist Union held its national congress in Upps…
The Easter Riots break out in Uppsala, Sweden
1943
World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia
Operation Vulcan was one of the last ground attacks by the Allied forces of the First Army against the Italian and German forces in Tunisia in the last Axis bridgeheads in North Af…
World War II: Operations Vulcan and Strike force the surrender of the last Axis troops in Tunisia
1943
World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland
AHS Centaur was a hospital ship which was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on 14 May 1943. Of the 332 medical personnel and civilia…
World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks AHS Centaur off the coast of Queensland
1943
World War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins
The Battle of Porta was fought on 8–9 June 1943 at the Porta and Mouzaki passes in western Thessaly, between the partisans of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS) and the Roya…
World War II: The two-day Battle of Porta between the Royal Italian Army and the Greek People's Liberation Army begins