The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-29
Major Events Of World War II In 1914 A Chronology of Most Important Events of the Year.

summer offensive with powerful thrust toward Poland and the Baltic.
 June 27 -U. 8. troops capture Cherbourg.
 July 3+Allied paratroopers land on Nunfor Island, west of Biak. July 8EU. s. troops complete occupation of Saipan.
 July 1S - Allied troops capture the great Italian port of Leghorn 150 miles north of Rome.
 July 19-Soviet troops enter Ger man-held Poland, driving within nine miles of Lowow and 95 of Warsaw.
 July 20- Assassination attempt fails to kill Hitler, who initiates purge of the German army.
 July 20-U. s. assault troops land on Guam, south of Saipan, 1886 miles from Tokyo.
 Aug. 1-Patton's Srd Army bursts out of Normandy peninsula onto the plains of Brittany.
 Aug. A. Allied troops capture Florence, 16O miles north of Rome. Aug. 1O-Marines complete capture of Guam.
 Aug. 15-U. s. and French troops land on southern coast of France.
 Aug. 25-Paris is liberated.
 Aug. 25-Romania declares war on Germany; Bulgaria Surrenders internationally to Allies.
 Aug. 30-Soviet troops capture Romanian oil city of Ploesti and capital of Bucharest.
 Sept. 2-U. s. troops cross Belgian border.
 Sept. 5-Allies enter Holland.
 Sept. 11-RooSevelt and Churchill arrive at Quebec for conference.
 Sept. 11-American troops invade Germany.
 Sept. 11-U. s. troops land at Morotai in the Halmaheras, 300 miles south of the Philippines and at Palau, 560 miles to their east.
 Sept. 17-Allied airborne army lands behind German lines in Hol- land.
 Sept. Russo Finnish armisticc signed.
 Sept. 2O-Brest falls to Ameri- cans.
 Sept. 2O-21-U. S. carrier planes hit Manila area for first time, 105 Japanese ships hit, 405 planes de- stroyed or damaged.
 Sept. 20-U. s. Army completes occupation of Angaur, in Palau islands.
 Sept. 22-Russians capture Tal- linn, capital of Estonia.
 Sept. 22-U. s. Seventh Army gains bridgehead across the Mo- selle.
 Sept. 25-German robot bombs hit England for 10th straight night.
 Sept. 25-2,000 survivors of British airborne division quit Arnhem, Netherlands, after holding pocket for nine days.
 Sept. -Superfortresses attack Anshan, Manchukuo.
 Sept. 26-American virtually end Japanese resistance on Peleliu island.
 Sept. 27-1,10O U. 8. bombers raid Germany.
 Sept. 28-Prime Minister Church ill sees war extending into 1945.
 Oct. 2-Gen. Henry H. Arnold re- veals that as of Sept 1, American airmen had dropped 100000 tons of bombs on the enemy.
 Oct. 3-U. S. troops break through the Siegfried line north of Aachen.
 Oct. 6-Russians invade Hungary.
 Oct. 6-American bombers give Berlin its 168th bombing.
 Oct. 7-In greatest" assault by American Air Forces, 2,200 bombers and 1,200 fighters strike Germany and Austria.
 Oct. S-U. S. Third Fleet bom- bards Marcus island. Oct. 9-Carrier planes of Adm. William F. Halsey's Third Fleet at- tack the Ryukyu islands, innermoSt guardians of the Japanese home- land.
 Oct. ll-U. s. First Army starts reducing Aachen after German au- thorities refuse to capitulate.
 Oct. 11-12-U. S. carrier task force attacks Formosa, sinks 27 ships and destroys 396 planes. 45 American planes lost.
 Oct. 1S-Russians take Riga.
 Oct. i5-Germans announce death of Field Marshal Gen. Erwin Rom- mel.
 Oct. 16-B-20s blast targets on Formosa.
 Oct. l7--Japanese fleet turns tall after approaching U. s. Navy forces on Formosa.
 Oct. i7--American mop up Ger man forces in Aachen.
 Oct. i8-Hitler decrees formation Of German Home Guard. Heinrich Hlmmler placed in charge.
 Oct. i8-U. 6. submarines sink 52 more Japanese vessels, bringing their war-long haa to eol shins