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30 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 13 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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U.K.
Prime Minister Churchill promises President Roosevelt that he will investigate the matter of the Calcutta-Assam LOC.
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CBI
GO 13, Hq USAF CBI, directs that XX BC be under command of Gen Stilwell, on whose behalf Gen Stratemeyer will exercise control. In Burma, 65th Regt, Ch 22d Div, gains control of Taro Plain; overruns Taro.
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U.S. Navy shelling and carrier bombing began in the Marshall Islands, preliminary to invasions the following day.
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At Anzio, Italy the disastrous Battle of Cisterna took place, as MG John P. Lucas sent Darby's Rangers to begin the breakout from the beachhead.
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The Brazzaville Conference begins in French Equatorial Africa. During the conference (which lasts until 8 February), the French Committee of National Liberation (CFLN) agrees to major reforms to the French colonial empire.
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The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 21 Allied sorties (5 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-01-30, flown by RAF, USAAF 10th Air Force. 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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