1944: A SUMMARY OF THE YEAR.

Jan 8:   Kirovograd,USSR retaken by Soviets.
Jan 11:  First deep penetration raid into Germany with Mustang escorts.
Jan 17:  SHAEF established in London.
Jan 20:  First battle of Cassino,Italy.
Jan 22:  Anzio landings begin.
Jan 27:  Official end of the siege of Leningrad.
Jan 29:  Russia - two German corps surrounded in Cherkassy pocket.
Feb 7:   `Battle for the Factory` ,Anzio.
Feb 15:  Bombing of Monastery at Cassino.
Feb 20:  Air war over Germany - `Big Week` begins.
Mar 15:  Bombing of Cassino town.
Mar 24:  Soviet troops cross River Dniester.
Mar 24:  General Whingate killed in air crash in Burma.
Apr 10:  Fall of Odessa to Russians.
May 9:   German surrender at Sevastopol.
May 9:   RAF raids on Luftwaffe bases in France.
May 12:  Air raids on synthetic oil plants in Germany.
May 23:  Beginning of final Anzio breakout.
Jun 4:   Allies enter Rome.
Jun 6:   D-Day - Operation Overlord, Allied landings in Normandy.
Jun 7:   Bayeux liberated by the Allies.
Jun 13:  Battle of Villers-Bocage.Germans force allied retreat.
Jun 14:  1st US army begins Cotentin offensive.
Jun 19:  Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Jun 20:  Italy - Allies break through Albert Line.
Jun 22:  Burma - Siege of Imphal is lifted.
Jun 23:  Operation Bagration -Soviet offensive against Army Group
         Centre is launched.
Jun 29:  Cherbourg falls.
Jul 3:   Minsk is captured by Soviet troops.
Jul 7:   Caen is captured by the Allies.
Jul 17:  Rommel is wounded in Normandy by a fighter-bomber.
Jul 18:  St.Lo liberated by U.S forces.
Jul 18:  Normandy - Operation Goodwood begins.
Jul 20:  East Prussia - Bomb plot on Hitler`s life fails.
Aug 1:   Burma retaken from Japanese.
Aug 1:   Warsaw uprising.
Aug 8:   German counter offesnive in Warsaw.
Aug 15:  American and French troops begin landings at St.Tropez.
Aug 20:  Red Army opens offesnive against German Army Group South
         Ukraine.
Aug 21:  France - Germans surrounded as `Falaise Gap` is closed.
Aug 23:  Free French forces reach Marseille.
Aug 25:  Paris is entered by the Allies.
Aug 29:  Patton`s Third Army takes Reims in Eastern France.
Aug 30:  De Gaulle establishes provisional government in France.
Sep 1:   Eisenhower made Supreme Commander of Allied forces.Montgomery
         is promoted to Field Marshal.
Sep 3:   Brussels is liberated.
Sep 4:   Germans evacuate Antwerp.
Sep 5:   US forces cross the Meuse.
Sep 10:  US troops cross the German border.
Sep 12:  Italy - 8th army launches main offensive.
Sep 16:  Renewed Soviet offensives against Tallinn and Riga on the
         Baltic coast.
Sep 17:  `Operation Market Garden` - allied airborn assault to sieze
         Arnhem bridges.
Sep 27:  Third US army attacks Metz.
Oct 1:   First army (US) renew offensive against Germans.
Oct 2:   Polish home army surrenders in Warsaw and receive good treatment
         as POW`s.
Oct 6:   Russians renew offensive in Hungary.
Oct 19:  Belgrade falls to Russians.
Oct 20:  General MacArthur lands at Leyte.         
Oct 21:  Fall of Aachen.
Oct 23:  American submarines sink 2 heavy Japanese cruisers at Leyte.
Oct 25:  End of Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Nov 2:   Allies capture Zeebrugge.
Nov 22:  Germans surrender Metz.
Dec 3:   Third US army reaches the Saar,Germany.
Dec 16:  Start of German counter offesnive in the Ardennes - the `Battle
         of the Bulge`
Dec 26:  Bastogne relieved by US.   
Dec 29:  8th Army offensive in Italy is halted.