World War 2 timeline
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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
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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
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Ernest Hemingway Reports on World War II
In late August of 1944 Hemingway and his band of irregular soldiers entered Paris. Hemingway was always fond of saying he was the first to enter... Read more
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Liberation of Rome
The people of Rome have crowded onto the streets to welcome the victorious Allied troops. The first American soldiers, members of the 5th Army,... Read more
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Operation Tonga Begins
Operation Tonga was the codename given to the airborne operation undertaken by the British 6th Airborne Division between 5 June and 7 June 1944 as... Read more
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American Forces Land at Utah Beach through Operation Overlord
Utah Beach was the codename for the right flank or westernmost of the Allied landing beaches during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, as part of... Read more
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The Allied Invasion of Normandy Begins with the D-Day Landings
Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force. You are about to embark upon the great crusade, toward which we have striven these... Read more
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American Forces Land at Omaha Beach through Operation Overlord
Omaha Beach is the code name for one of the main landing points of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on June 6... Read more
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US Army Rangers Attack Pointe du Hoc through Operation Overlord
Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop location on the coast of Normandy in northern France. It lies 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Omaha Beach, and stands on 100... Read more
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British and Free French Forces Land at Sword Beach in Operation Overlord
Sword Beach was the codename of one of the five main landing beaches in Operation Neptune, which was the initial assault phase of Operation... Read more
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British Forces Land at Gold Beach During Operation Overlord
Gold Beach was the code name for one of the central D-Day landing beaches that Allied forces used to invade German-occupied France on June 6, 1944,... Read more
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Canadian and British Forces Land at Juno Beach through Operation Overlord
Juno Beach was one of the five main landing sites of the Allied invasion of the coast of Normandy on D-Day during World War II. It was situated... Read more
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Brécourt Manor Assault
The Brécourt Manor Assault (June 6, 1944) during the U.S. parachute assault of the Normandy Invasion of World War II is often cited as a classic... Read more
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British Forces Initiate Operation Perch to Capture German-Occupied Caen
Operation Perch was a Second World War British offensive that took place between 7–14 June 1944, during the Battle of Normandy. The offensive was... Read more
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Battle of Ushant, aka Battle of Brittany (1944)
The British flotilla were moving westward down the Channel when the German ships were detected by radar just after 1 am on 9 June. Jones turned his... Read more
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Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive
At the Karelian Isthmus front there were on average 120 Red Army artillery pieces for every kilometer, with up to 220 artillery pieces per... Read more
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Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre
The attack was carried out by soldiers of the Der Führer Regiment of the 2nd Waffen-SS Panzer Division Das Reich. On that day they killed a total... Read more
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RAF Successfully Knocks Out Panzer Group West's La Caine Headquarters
During the Battle of Normandy, the headquarters of Panzer Group West was established in the Chateau at La Caine. On 9 June 1944, three days after... Read more
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US Army Fights Across Douve River Toward Carentan
Leading the attack of the 502nd, the 3rd Battalion (3rd/502nd PIR) under Lt Col. Robert G. Cole found Bridge No. 2 (the Douve bridge) unrepaired... Read more
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Distomo Massacre
At that point the tragedy of Distomo begins. The residents, that did not accomplish to slip from Diaskelo earlier, the only unguarded crossing... Read more
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Cole's Charge in the Battle of Carnetan
During the night German fire subsided. Company H crept through the opening in the obstacle, and when it did not suffer any casualties, at 04:00... Read more
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Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry
The Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry was the last major combat operation conducted by Canadian land forces in Normandy during the month of June 1944. The... Read more
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US Army Captures Carnetan
To complete the capture of Carentan, Gen. Courtney Hodges of First Army created a task force under Gen. Anthony McAuliffe to coordinate the final... Read more
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Battle of Bloody Gulch
At dawn on June 13, the 101st Airborne was about to attack the German line when it was attacked by tanks and assault guns. Two battalions of the... Read more
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Battle of Villers-Bocage
The Battle of Villers-Bocage took place during the Second World War on 13 June 1944, one week after the Allies landed in Normandy to begin the... Read more