Table of Data Points

Tag : Combat

1944-02-07German Counteroffensive

Germany forces launch a counteroffensive on the Allied foothold at Anzio.

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1944-02-05Hansa Bay Bombed

Seventy B-25s and A-20s attack Japanese positions in the Hansa Bay area.

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1944-02-05Stettin Bombed

358 RAF bombers attack Stettin.

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1944-02-04Truk Recon

Under cover of freak tropical storms, Major James Christonson and Captain James Yon flew liberator scout planes 850 miles from Torakina airfield to Truk. Taking aerial recon photos of Truk, they find the IJN combined fleet at anchor.

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1944-02-021944-07-26Narva 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.

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1944-02-01Expanding the Beachhead

The US 3rd Division captured ground up to three miles deep on a seven-mile wide front, but failed to break through or capture Cisterna.

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1944-01-311944-02-03Battle of Kwajalein

American forces land and defeat Japanese defenders of Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. U.S. troops overcame the beach line defense and subsequent islands were defended in depth, with many more casualties.

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1944-01-301944-02-02Battle of Cisterna

803 men are killed or captured when an attempt by US ranger units to infiltrate and capture Cisterna is discovered and ambushed by a large Panzer unit.

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1944-01-30Majuro

U.S. Troops invade and occupy the previously Japanese held island.

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1944-01-221944-06-05Operation Shingle

The allied operation intended to outflank the German winter line and open up an offensive on Rome. The resulting battle is commonly known as the Battle of Anzio.

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