World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people
World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people
16 events found for 1944
World War II: Allied forces start bombing Belgrade, killing about 1,100 people
Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resi
The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat searc
World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated: Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area
World War II: In Greenland, the Allied Sledge Patrol attack the German Bassgeiger weather station
World War II: The SBS launches a raid against the garrison of Santorini in Greece
Georgios Papandreou becomes head of the Greek government-in-exile based in Egypt
Heinrich Kreipe is captured by Allied commandos in occupied Crete
World War II: Nine German E-boats attack US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings,
World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino: Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate
Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union
Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during World War II
Congress of Përmet occurs which establishes a provisional government in Albania in areas under partisan control, the fir
World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German Kriegsmarine submarine U-505: The firs
World War II: The United States Fifth Army captures Rome, although much of the German Fourteenth Army is able to withdra