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 | 1944-11-16 | Duren Destroyed | During 1944 and 1945, the protracted and bloody Battle for Hurtgenwald was fought on Duren's district area. Duren was completely destroyed by Allied air bombings. | Read about 'Duren Destroyed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Duren Destroyed' | |
| 1944-11-12 | Tirpitz Sunk | The Royal Air Force launches 29 Avro Lancaster bombers in one of the most successful precision bombing attacks of war and sinks the German battleship Tirpitz, with 12,000 lb Tallboy bombs off Tromso, Norway. | Read about 'Tirpitz Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tirpitz Sunk' | |
| 1944-11-04 | Bitola Liberated | September 1944, Bulgaria switched sides in the war and withdrew from Yugoslavia. Bitola was liberated by Macedonian Pro-Titoist Partisans, The 7th Macedonian Liberation Brigade. | Read about 'Bitola Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bitola Liberated' | |
| 1944-10-29 | Breda Liberated | A successful outflanking manoeuvre planned and performed by General Maczek, Polish 1st Armoured Division, allowed liberation of the city of Breda without any civilian casualties. | Read about 'Breda Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Breda Liberated' | |
| 1944-10-27 | Banska Bystrica Captured | German troops capture Banska Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising effectively ending all resistance. | Read about 'Banska Bystrica Captured' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Banska Bystrica Captured' | |
| 1944-10-25 | Carei Liberated | Hungarian and German troops are forced out of Carei by Romanian and Soviet forces. This date has since become the Romanian Army Day. | Read about 'Carei Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Carei Liberated' | |
| 1944-10-24 | 1944-11-08 | Operation Infatuate | The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division is forced to fight it's away across the 40 metre wide Walcheren Causeway, a mile-long land bridge from South Beveland to the island. German troops hold the island until the 8th of November. | Read about 'Operation Infatuate' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Infatuate' |
| 1944-10-14 | Rommel commits suicide | Hitler understood the major scandal if it came out that Rommel had been involved in the Operation Valkyrie plot. He therefore decided that Rommel should have the choice of either committing suicide or formal expulsion and trial. | Read about 'Rommel commits suicide' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rommel commits suicide' | |
| 1944-10-13 | Soviets capture Riga | Soviet troops capture the Latvian capital. | Read about 'Soviets capture Riga' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Soviets capture Riga' | |
| 1944-10-02 | 1944-10-21 | Battle of Aachen | Between 221 October the First Army suffered roughly 5,000 casualties in Aachen, while the Germans lost an estimated 5,000 soldiers as casualties and another 5,600 as prisoners of war. Aachen was the first German city to fall in the west. | Read about 'Battle of Aachen' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Battle of Aachen' |
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