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 | 1944-06-06 | Utah Beach | Utah Beach, about 5 km long, was the westernmost of the five landing beaches, located between Pouppeville and the village of La Madeleine, which became the right flank anchor of the Allied offensive along the western bank of the Douve river estuary. | Read about 'Utah Beach' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Utah Beach' | |
| 1944-06-06 | 1944-08-06 | Caen | A combination of the Orne River and Caen Canal, a road hub and open surrounds made Caen a vital Allied objective and German defensive point. It was an objective for the British 3rd Infantry on D-Day and was a focal point untill it fell in August. | Read about 'Caen' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Caen' |
| 1944-06-06 | 1944-06-30 | Battle of Cherbourg | US 4th, 9th and 79th infantry divisions advance along the Cotentin peninsula and eventually take the strategically vital port. German defenders wrecked and mined the port so thoroughly that it was not used until mid August. | Read about 'Battle of Cherbourg' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Cherbourg' |
| 1944-06-04 | Rome falls | Missing an opportunity to cut off and destroy a large part of the German 10th Army retreating from the Gustav Line, allied forces move along the coast to Rome. The first Axis capital to fall is captured after the German army declare it an 'open city'. | Read about 'Rome falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rome falls' | |
| 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' | |
| 1944-05-27 | 1944-06-22 | Biak | In a departure from previous defensive tactics, Japanese troops executed their first major tactical ambush. The change resulted in much higher allied casualties and a much longer campaign. | Read about 'Biak' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Biak' |
| 1944-05-15 | 1944-05-18 | Wakde | 759 Japanese troops are killed during the capture of Wakde island by US troops from the 163rd Regimental Combat Team of the 41st Infantry Division (supported by naval task force 77). 40 American troops are killed during the operation. | Read about 'Wakde' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Wakde' |
| 1944-05-10 | USS Cod sinks Karukaya | US Submarine Cod attacks a convoy of 32 freighters. She sinks a freighter and the Japanese destroyer Karukaya before being driven off by a massive depth charge barrage. | Read about 'USS Cod sinks Karukaya ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'USS Cod sinks Karukaya ' | |
| 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' |
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