Video: 'Ten Days to D-Day 2/7' (May 30, 1944, at 12:13)
(Tuesday, May 30, 1944, 9:00 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/3:00 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); 7 days before the Normandy landings on the Western Front of World War II) — The American 82nd Airborne have reached their final staging post at Cottesmore airfield in the English Midlands by today for the upcoming invasion of Europe. Continue reading American 82nd Airborne have reached final staging post 70 years ago this hour (May 30 1944)
Video: 'Ten Days to D-Day 1/7' (May 29, 1944, at 10:01)
(Monday, May 29, 1944, 8:00 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/2:00 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); 8 days before the Normandy landings on the Western Front of World War II) — U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in charge of the D-Day landings, perfects his golf swing, chain smokes and thinks about his family back home while at his headquarters at his headquarters near the south coast of England. Continue reading Eisenhower deals with strain of planning D-Day 70 years ago this hour (May 29 1944)
Video: 'World War II Food Rationing: "Prices Unlimited" 1944 Office of War Information 11min'
(Wednesday, May 3, 1944; during World War II) — U.S. wartime rationing of most grades of meats ended today. However, rationing returned by year’s end.
Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Apr. 15, 1944, at 19:56)
(Saturday, April 15, 1944, 9:30 p.m. local time; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — On Anne Frank’s 650th day in hiding in a secret apartment behind her father’s business in German-occupied Amsterdam, the 14-year-old girl received her first kiss while on a “date” with Peter van Pels.
Video: '24 3 1944 Le Fosse Ardeatine silvia nascetti'
(Thursday, March 23, 1944; during World War II) — In occupied Rome, the Nazis executed more than 300 civilians today in reprisal for an attack by Italian partisans the day before that had killed 32 German soldiers.
Video: 'Battlefield S5/E3 - The Battle for Monte Cassino' (Mar. 15, 1944, at 1:21:50)
(Wednesday, March 15, 1944, 8:30 a.m. CET; during the Battle of Monte Cassino, part of the Winter Line and the battle for Rome of the Italian Campaign of World War II) — Allied bombers again raided German-held Monte Cassino today. Continue reading Allied bombers raid German-held Monte Cassino again 70 years ago this hour (Mar 15 1944)
Video: 'U.S. Bombers in First Daylight Raid on Berlin - 1944'
(Wednesday, February 23, 1944; during World War II) — American bombers today launched their first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin, the capital of Hitler’s Reich. The price they paid for their audacity was high: 69 heavy bombers and 11 escort fighters failed to return, the highest number in any raid mounted by the 8th Air Force. Continue reading American bombers launch first large-scale daylight raid on Berlin 70 years ago today (Mar 6 1944)
Video: 'WW2: U.S. Marines Take Eniwetok (1944)'
(Wednesday, February 23, 1944; Part of World War II, Pacific War) — U.S. forces secured Eniwetok Atoll today from the Japanese, with 262 Americans killed in 7 days of fighting. The victory provided a forward base for the United States Navy for its later operations, including Allied attacks on the Mariana Islands to the northwest.
Video: 'Nijmegen 1944, American bombs on the city'
(Tuesday, February 22, 1944; part of World War II) — American aircraft mistakenly bombed the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer today, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.
Video: ''Big Week' Allied Air Campaign - WW2 1944 - US Army Air Corps - Part 18'
(Sunday, February 20, 1944; part of World War II) — U.S. bombers began raiding German aircraft manufacturing centers in a series of attacks that became known as “Big Week.”
