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 | 1944-01-22 | 1944-06-05 | Operation 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. | Read about 'Operation Shingle' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Shingle' |
| 1944-01-17 | 1944-05-18 | Monte Casino | The Gustav line was assaulted four times by Allied troops. For the last of these the Allies gathered 20 divisions for a major assault along a twenty mile front and drove the German defenders from their positions but at a high cost. | Read about 'Monte Casino' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Monte Casino' |
| 1944-01-04 | Carpetbagger | General term used for the aerial resupply of weapons and supplies to resistance fighters in France, Italy and the Low Countries by the U.S. Army Air Forces. | Read about 'Carpetbagger' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Carpetbagger' | |
| 1944-01-03 | Boyington Shot Down | Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Zero. | Read about 'Boyington Shot Down' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Boyington Shot Down' | |
| 1943-12-05 | Operation Crossbow | Allies launch a concerted campaign to counter Axis long range weapon programs, the V-1 and V-2 "flying bombs". | Read about 'Operation Crossbow' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Crossbow' | |
| 1943-12-02 | Bari Air Raid | 105 German Junkers Ju 88 bombers of Luftflotte 2, achieving complete surprise, bombed Allied shipping and personnel operating in support of the Allied Italian campaign, sinking 17 cargo and transport ships in Bari harbor. | Read about 'Bari Air Raid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bari Air Raid' | |
| 1943-11-16 | Vemork Heavy Water Bombed | American bombers strike a hydro-electric power facility and heavy water factory in German-controlled Vemork, Norway. 143 B-17 bombers drop 711 bombs, of which at least 600 missed the plant. The damage, however, was quite extensive. | Read about 'Vemork Heavy Water Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Vemork Heavy Water Bombed' | |
| 1943-11-03 | Wilhelmshafen Harbor | 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany. | Read about 'Wilhelmshafen Harbor ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Wilhelmshafen Harbor ' | |
| 1943-11-01 | 1943-11-02 | Empress Augusta Bay | The naval battle was a result of Allied landings on nearby Bougainville in the first action in the Bougainville campaign of World War II | Read about 'Empress Augusta Bay' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Empress Augusta Bay' |
| 1943-10-22 | Kassel Bombed | RAF conducts an air raid on the city of 236,000 people, killing 10,000, rendering 150,000 homeless. Second firestorm raid in Germany. | Read about 'Kassel Bombed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kassel Bombed' |
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