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January 22, 1944- Allied landings in Anzio

January 27, 1944 - End of siege of Leningrad

February 15-18 - Allies bomb the monastery at Monte Cassino

March 19th - Hungary occupied by German Army

April 10th - Soviets capture Odessa

May 12, 1944 - Germans surrender in the Crimea

May 25, 1944 - Germans retreat from Anzio

June 5, 1944 - Allies enter Rome

June 6, 1944 - D-Day landings on the northern coast of France - Operation Neptune/Overlord

June 27, 1944 - US Army captures Cherbourg

July 3, 1944 - Soviets re-capture Minsk

July 9, 1944 - Allies capture Caen

July 20, 1944 - German assassination attempt on Hitler fails

July 21, 1944 - US landings on Guam

July 25, 1944 - Operation Cobra - Allied breakout from Normandy begins

August 15, 1944 - Operation Dragoon begins (the Allied invasion of Southern France)

August 25, 1944 - Allies liberate Paris

August 30, 1944 - Germans abandon Bulgaria

August 31, 1944 - Soviets capture Bucharest

September 22, 1944 - Boulogne liberated

September 26, 1944 - Estonia occupied by Soviets

September 28, 1944 - Calais liberated

October 14, 1944 - Athens liberated - Rommel commits suicide

October 20, 1944 - Belgrade liberated

October 23, 1944 - Soviets enter East Prussia

November 4, 1944 - Surrender of Axis forces in Greece

December 16, 1944 - German attack through Ardennes - Battle of the Bulge begins

December 26, 1944 - Patton relieves Bastogne


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