What Happened in May 1944

"Going My Way" Is Released

Going My Way, a 1944 film directed by Leo McCarey. It is a light-hearted musical comedy/drama about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a... Read more

"Gaslight" Is Released

Gaslight is a 1944 mystery-thriller film adapted from Patrick Hamilton's play Angel Street. It was the second version to be filmed; the first,... Read more

Allied Forces Launch Operation Diadem to Break German Defenses on the Winter Line

Operation Diadem, also referred to as the Fourth Battle of Monte Cassino was an offensive operation undertaken by the Allies (U.S. Fifth and... Read more

Polish Reconnaissance Mission Discovers Monte Cassino Abbey to have been Abandoned by Axis Forces, Officially Marking the End of the Battle

On May 15 British 78 Division came into the XIII Corps line from reserve passing through the bridgehead divisions to execute the turning move to... Read more

West Loch Disaster

A second major tragedy at Pearl Harbor became the Navy's best-kept wartime secret when powerful explosions wracked the amphibious staging area at... Read more

Hitler Delivers Address at Platterhof

This is an important speech, perhaps the most meaningful of Adolf Hitler's entire political career. He not only recapped his entire life's work in... Read more

Japan Launches Fourth Offensive on Changsha

The Battle of Changsha (1944), (also known as the Battle of Hengyang or Campaign of Changsha-Hengyang) was an invasion of the Chinese province of... Read more