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1944 was a leap year ... Argentina, killing an estimated 10,000 people, in the worst natural disaster in Argentina's history. ... D-Day: 155,000 Allied ...
October 23–26 – World War II: Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines – In the largest naval battle in history by most criteria and the last naval battle in history between battleships, [1] combined U.S. and Australian naval forces decisively defeat the Imperial Japanese Navy. [2]
27 November – RAF Fauld explosion: between 3,450 and 3,930 tons (3,500 and 4,000 tonnes) of ordnance explodes at an underground storage depot in Staffordshire leaving about 75 dead and a crater 1,200 metres (0.75 miles) across and 120 metres (400 ft) deep, one of the largest explosions in history and the largest on UK soil.
The Japanese hell ship Jun'yō Maru was sunk off Sumatra by the British submarine Tradewind with the loss of 5,620 lives, the worst maritime disaster in history up to that time. American B-17 bombers dropped 1,284 containers of supplies to the Home Army in Warsaw, but only 228 fell on Polish-controlled territory. This was the only major supply ...
6: D-Day begins with the landing of 155,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Normandy in France. The Allied soldiers quickly break through the Atlantic Wall and push inland in the largest amphibious military operation in history. 7: Bayeux is liberated by British troops.
Also, on this day, as part of the Japanese supported Axis forces led by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, fighting for India's liberation from British rule, Col. Shaukat Ali Malik of the Bahadur Group of the Indian National Army entered Moirang in present day Manipur in northeastern India and raised the flag of the Azri Hukumat e-Azad Hind for the ...
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On the first day, only 96 of 270 German aircraft reached their targets and some were shot down. [7] 648 aircraft of the RAF were sent to bomb Magdeburg overnight. [23] Australia and New Zealand signed the Canberra Pact, a treaty of mutual defense. The Japanese put down the Jesselton Revolt in Borneo. The Anzio landing force sailed from Naples. [7]