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 | 1944-06-25 | 1944-06-26 | Mt Tapochau falls | Lt Col Tommy Tompkins and a platoon from the division scout company make the climb to the summit of Mt Tapochau. They hold an abandoned dugout against counter attacks and were then reinforced by Tompkins battalion. | Read about 'Mt Tapochau falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Mt Tapochau falls' |
| 1944-06-24 | Iwo Jima Raid | Vice Admiral Joseph Clark's carrier force raids Iwo Jima destroying 95 fighters bombers at a loss of 6 hellcats. | Read about 'Iwo Jima Raid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Iwo Jima Raid' | |
| 1944-06-22 | 1944-08-19 | Operation 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. | Read about 'Operation Bagration' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Bagration' |
| 1944-06-19 | 1944-06-20 | Battle of Philippine Sea | The Imperial Japanese Navy lose 3 carriers and over 600 aircraft in the largest carrier battle in history. The IJN were unable to replace their losses and at Leyte Gulf, a few months later, their carriers were used solely as a decoy. | Read about 'Battle of Philippine Sea' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Philippine Sea' |
| 1944-06-19 | Shokaku sunk | The Japanese carrier Shokaku is sunk by three (or possibly four) torpedos, fired by the US submarine Cavalla (SS-244). Fires started by the explosion proved impossible to control. She sank very quickly, taking 1,272 of her crew with her. | Read about 'Shokaku sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Shokaku sunk' | |
| 1944-06-19 | Taiho Sunk | James Blanchard in command of the submarine USS Albacore manually (the targetting computer had failed) fires a spread of 6 torpedoes at the large carrier Taiho. A single torpedo struct and, as a result of failure to correctly vent fumes, exploded and sunk. | Read about 'Taiho Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Taiho Sunk' | |
| 1944-06-18 | Aslito Field | Having suffered heavy losses in counter attacks on the previous two nights and under pressure from 27th ID offensive, Lieutenant General Yoshitsugu Saito abandons the southern airfield. | Read about 'Aslito Field' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Aslito Field' | |
| 1944-06-17 | 9 Tank Regiment | At 3:30 in the morning the 9th tank regiment, supported by the 113th infantry regiment attacks the left of the US line, held by the 1st battalion, 6th marines. The attack was defeated with all but 12 tanks lost and 700 infantry killed. | Read about '9 Tank Regiment' on WikiPedia | Discuss '9 Tank Regiment' | |
| 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' | |
| 1944-06-16 | Counterattack | Buoyed by the promise of the imminent arrival of the combined fleet, Japanese troops counter attack the american beachhead. With overwhelming naval support the attack is repulsed with over 600 Japanese dead. | Read about 'Counterattack' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Counterattack' |
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