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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.
Rome liberated
The British 8th Army and the US 5th Army liberated from German occupation, marking a significant victory in the Italian campaign.
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.
Home Guard Football Match
Worlington Home Guard plaled Lapford Home Guard at a football match at which they lost 5 goals to 2.
Paris liberated
Frrom 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.
V2 Flying Bombs
The V-2 rocket, developed by the Germans was the world’s first large-scale liquid-propellant rocket and precursor to modern rockets and missiles. The first attacks on Britain came on 8 September and lasted for 6 months. In total more than 9,000 rockets were launched with nearly half being destroyed before impact: over 2,500 Londoners were killed in the following six months.
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.
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.