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 | 1944-07-20 | Valkyrie | Hitler survies an attempted assassination when an explosive device is detonated at his East Prussia headquarters (Wolfsschanze). The failure of the assassination and planned coup led to the arrest of over 7000 people by the Gestapo. 4,980 are executed. | Read about 'Valkyrie' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Valkyrie' | |
| 1944-06-29 | 1944-07-04 | Minsk Offensive | Soviet troops recapture Minsk from retreating German troops during Operation Bagration. The city had been captured by German Army Group Center in June 1941. | Read about 'Minsk Offensive' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Minsk Offensive' |
| 1944-06-26 | 1944-06-30 | Operation Epsom | 15th Scottish Infantry Division, supported by tanks from the 31st Tank Brigade are involved in heavy fighting to secure a foothold across the River Odon. | Read about 'Operation Epsom' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Epsom' |
| 1944-06-16 | Battle of Villers Bocage | British 7th AD made an attempt to drive into the German flank through a gap in the front line and seize the town of Villers-Bocage. British were forced to withdraw after encountering heavy armored resistance. | Read about 'Battle of Villers Bocage' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Villers Bocage' | |
| 1944-06-13 | V-1 Flying Bombs | Eight civilians are killed in the first V-1 flying bomb attack on London. | Read about 'V-1 Flying Bombs' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'V-1 Flying Bombs' | |
| 1944-06-10 | Oradour-sur-Glane | Troops from the 1st battalion, 4th Waffen-SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiment led by Sturmbannfuhrer Adolf Diekmann murder 190 men, 247 women and 205 children in retaliation for "partisan activity". | Read about 'Oradour-sur-Glane' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Oradour-sur-Glane' | |
| 1944-06-10 | Distomo Massacre | 218 greek men, women and children are murdered in their homes by troops from 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division under the command of Fritz Lautenbach. | Read about 'Distomo Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Distomo Massacre' | |
| 1944-06-10 | 1944-06-14 | Carentan | Troops from the 101st airborne division drive 6th Parachute regiment, Ost battalion and other German troops out of Carentan and then successfully defend, with help from the CCA, the town from an armored counter attack by 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division. | Read about 'Carentan' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Carentan' |
| 1944-06-09 | Tulle Reprisals | Troops from the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich arrest, torture and hang 99 people in Tulle in reprisal for resistance activity in the area. 213 residents of Tulle are killed over the following days. | Read about 'Tulle Reprisals' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tulle Reprisals' | |
| 1944-06-07 | Abbey Ardennes Massacre | 18 captured Canadian soldiers of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the 27th Canadian Armoured Regiment were taken to Ardennes abbey and killed by members of the 12th SS Panzer Division. | Read about 'Abbey Ardennes Massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Abbey Ardennes Massacre' |
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