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 | 1944-02-01 | Expanding 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. | Read about 'Expanding the Beachhead' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Expanding the Beachhead' | |
| 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' |
| 1944-01-10 | Kuma Sunk | HMS Tally-Ho fired a seven-torpedo salvo from 1,900 yards. Kuma was hit starboard aft by two torpedoes, setting the ship on fire. Kuma sank by the stern, detonating her own depth-charges. | Read about 'Kuma Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kuma Sunk' | |
| 1943-12-26 | Scharnhorst | A total of 55 torpedoes and 2,195 shells are fired at German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst. At 19:45 hours she sinks, her propellers still turning. Of a total complement of 1,968 men, only 36 survived. | Read about 'Scharnhorst ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Scharnhorst ' | |
| 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' | |
| 1943-11-22 | 1943-11-26 | Cairo Conference | President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States, Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China meet to discuss the war against Japan and postwar Asia. | Read about 'Cairo Conference' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Cairo Conference' |
| 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' | |
| 1943-08-17 | Peenemunde Raid | 324 Lancasters, 218 Halifaxes, and 54 Stirlings attacked v-2 rocket development center. 40 aircraft were lost, 29 in the last wave to German fighters. The center was relocated to underground facilities at Mittelwerk. | Read about 'Peenemunde Raid' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Peenemunde Raid' |
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