World War II Timelines: 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945

1944

27-Jan-1944

Siege of Leningrad ends

The Novgorod Offensive, also known as the Leningrad-Novgorod Offensive, was a strategic offensive launched by the Red Army in January 1944 to lift the siege of Leningrad (now St Petersberg), ultimately succeeding in breaking the siege after 880 days.

4-Jun-1944

Rome liberated

The British 8th Army and the US 5th Army liberated from German occupation, marking a significant victory in the Italian campaign.

6-Jun-1944

Operation Overlord: Normandy Landings on D-Day

D-Day arked the start of the Allied invasion of Normandy where 130,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to liberate Nazi-occupied Europe. American forces landed at Utah and Omaha beaches, and British and Canadian forces landed at Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches.

Jun-1944

Home Guard Football Match

Worlington Home Guard plaled Lapford Home Guard at a football match at which they lost 5 goals to 2.

25-Aug-1944

Paris liberated

From August 19 to 25, 1944, the French Resistance forces and Allied troops drove out the remaining German garrison in Paris, ending four years of Nazi occupation of the French capital.

Nov-1944

Plans to lay mains water to East Worlington

Devon County Council apply to parliament toestablsih North Devon Joint Water Board. North Devon Water Board Bill outlines the provision for main water supply to villages.

16-Dec-1944

Battle of the Bulge

Aka the Ardennes Offensive was the last major German offensive on the Western Front took place from December 16, 1944, to January 25, 1945, in the Ardennes Forest.

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