Table of Data Points

Tag : Europe

1944-06-251944-07-09Tali-Ihantala

Approximately 50,000 Finish troops successfully defend against 150,000 Soviet troops, convincing the Soviets that an invasion of Finland would be hard and allowing Finland to conclude the war with relatively favourable terms.

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1944-06-221944-08-19Operation Bagration

The 1st Baltic, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian fronts embark on an offensive to strike into the "strategic depths" of the German line, to reach the Vistula river and Warsaw and put the red army within striking distance Berlin.

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1944-06-16Battle 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.

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1944-06-13V-1 Flying Bombs

Eight civilians are killed in the first V-1 flying bomb attack on London.

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1944-06-10Oradour-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".

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1944-06-10Distomo 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.

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1944-06-101944-06-14Carentan

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.

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1944-06-09Tulle 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.

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1944-06-09Soviets Invade Karelia

The Soviet 30th Guards Corps opened the offensive across the Karelian Isthmuswith an assult on the Finnish 10th Division on the "Main Line" Valkeasaari sector. Soviet artillery fired over 80,000 rounds along the front.

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1944-06-07Abbey 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.

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