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 | 1944-06-04 | U-505 | An American task force consisting of the escort aircraft carrier USS Guadalcanal and five destroyers, damage and then capture U-505. The capture allowed Allied cryptanalysts to break the special "coordinate" code in enciphered German messages. | Read about 'U-505' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'U-505' | |
| 1944-05-07 | 8th AF attacks Berlin | One thousand, five hundred bombers from the 8th air force attack Berlin. | Read about '8th AF attacks Berlin' on WikiPedia | Discuss '8th AF attacks Berlin' | |
| 1944-04-28 | Lyme Bay | 946 soldiers are killed and 200 wounded when nine German E-Boats based in Cherbourg raid a convoy of LSTs that were part of a D-Day training exercise. | Read about 'Lyme Bay' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Lyme Bay' | |
| 1944-03-24 | The Great Escape | 76 prisoners of Stalag Luft III escape. 73 are subsequently recaptured and 50 are murdered by the Gestapo on Hitler's orders. | Read about 'The Great Escape' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Great Escape' | |
| 1944-03-24 | Ardeatine massacre | 335 civilians are led to a system of caves a rural suburb of Rome and murdered by SS troops. The massacre was in reprisal for a partisan attack on the previous day. | Read about 'Ardeatine massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Ardeatine massacre' | |
| 1944-02-20 | 1944-02-25 | The Big Week | A series of bombing missions intended to lure the Luftwaffe into a decisive battle. By defeating the Luftwaffe, the Allies would achieve air superiority and the invasion of Europe could proceed. | Read about 'The Big Week' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Big Week' |
| 1944-02-13 | 1945-05-06 | Festung Breslau | A three month long siege of the city that ended the day before the general surrender of German forces. It was the last major German city to surrender. During the siege the Luftwaffe made more than 2000 sorties with supplies and food. | Read about 'Festung Breslau' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Festung Breslau' |
| 1944-02-07 | German Counteroffensive | Germany forces launch a counteroffensive on the Allied foothold at Anzio. | Read about 'German Counteroffensive' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'German Counteroffensive' | |
| 1944-02-05 | Stettin Bombed | 358 RAF bombers attack Stettin. | Read about 'Stettin Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Stettin Bombed' | |
| 1944-02-02 | 1944-07-26 | Narva Bridgehead | The first stage in the battles for the strategically important Narva Isthmus. After the Red Army captured the town of Narva, German defenders withdrew to prepared positions along the Tannenberg line. | Read about 'Narva Bridgehead' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Narva Bridgehead' |
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