July 1944

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The following events occurred in July 1944:

July 1, 1944 (Saturday)

July 2, 1944 (Sunday)

July 3, 1944 (Monday)

July 4, 1944 (Tuesday)

July 5, 1944 (Wednesday)

July 6, 1944 (Thursday)

July 7, 1944 (Friday)

  • Regent of Hungary Miklós Horthy ordered a stop to the deportation of Jews from the country. Even so, the Nazis declared all of Hungary except for Budapest free of Jews.[10]
  • Japanese destroyer Tamanani was torpedoed and sunk off Manila by the American submarine Mingo.
  • German submarine U-678 was sunk in the English Channel by Allied warships.
  • The horror film The Mummy's Ghost starring Lon Chaney Jr. was released.
  • The largest banzai charge on 7 July 1944 at the Battle of Saipan
  • Died: Georges Mandel, 59, French journalist, politician and French Resistance leader (executed by the Milice)

July 8, 1944 (Saturday)

July 9, 1944 (Sunday)

July 10, 1944 (Monday)

  • Because of the danger of the German flying bombs, over 41,000 mothers and children left London in the second wartime exodus from the city and returned to their former wartime billets in the country.[5]
  • The Battle of Vyborg Bay ended in defensive victory for the German/Finnish forces.
  • The Battle of Driniumor River began near Aitape in New Guinea.
  • The Axis troopship SS Duilio was sunk at Trieste by Allied aircraft.

July 11, 1944 (Tuesday)

July 12, 1944 (Wednesday)

July 13, 1944 (Thursday)

July 14, 1944 (Friday)

July 15, 1944 (Saturday)

July 16, 1944 (Sunday)

July 17, 1944 (Monday)

July 18, 1944 (Tuesday)

July 19, 1944 (Wednesday)

July 20, 1944 (Thursday)

July 21, 1944 (Friday)

July 22, 1944 (Saturday)

July 23, 1944 (Sunday)

July 24, 1944 (Monday)

July 25, 1944 (Tuesday)

July 26, 1944 (Wednesday)

July 27, 1944 (Thursday)

  • The Lwów Uprising ended in Polish victory and the liberation of the city from the Nazis, although the Polish fighters would shortly afterwards be arrested by the invading Soviets.
  • The Gloster Meteor, the first British jet fighter and the Allies' only operational jet aircraft of the war, entered active service with No. 616 Squadron RAF.
  • The
    Belostock Offensive
    ended in Soviet victory.
  • Operation Spring ended in German tactical success but Allied strategic victory.
  • The Soviet submarine V-1 (formerly HMS Sunfish) was bombed and sunk off Norway by an RAF Liberator when she dived instead of firing recognition signals that the submarine was friendly.

July 28, 1944 (Friday)

July 29, 1944 (Saturday)

July 30, 1944 (Sunday)

July 31, 1944 (Monday)

References

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  4. ^ "War Diary for Monday, 3 July 1944". Stone & Stone Second World War Books. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
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  6. ^ "Campaign Diary July 1944". The National Archives. Archived from the original on July 6, 2007. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
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