1944

Jan. 6:
Soviet troops advance into Poland.

Jan. 27:
Leningrad relieved after 900-day siege.

June 6:
D day landings.

June 9:
Soviet offensive against Finnish front begins.

July 20:
German assassination attempt on hitler fails.

July 24:
Soviet troops liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek.

Aug. 8:
U.S. troops complete capture of the Marianas Islands.

Aug. 15:
The Allied invasion of southern France, Operation Dragoon(Anvil), begins.

Aug. 25:
Liberation of Paris.

Oct. 25:
First Japanese kamikaze attacks on U.S. warships.

Dec. 16-27:
Battle of the Bulge in Ardennes.