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22 January 1944
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
8 of 145 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Admiralty Is.
Preinvasion air attacks begin with B-25 strike on shipping off the coast. Photo planes obtain photographs of Lorengau and Momote.
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Allies begin Operation Shingle, the landing at Anzio, Italy, commanded by American Major General John P. Lucas.
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The Allies commence Operation Shingle, an assault on Anzio and Nettuno, Italy.
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Battle of Anzio
Initially Shingle was to release these assets by January 15.
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Battle of Anzio
The Anzio beachhead is located at the northwestern end of a tract of reclaimed marshland, formerly the Pontine Marshes, now the Pontine Fields (Agro Pontino).
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Battle of Anzio
Invading armies from the south had the choice of crossing the marsh or taking the only other road to Rome, the Via Latina, running along the eastern flanks of the Monti Laziali, risking entrapment.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 81 Allied sorties (11 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-01-22, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, RAF. Targets included BURMA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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