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31 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 12 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Majuro Atoll
Atoll is secured without a fight as VAC scouts complete uneventful reconnaissance.
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Operation Flintlock began, as American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. United States troops also invade Majuro, Marshall Islands.
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Kwajalein Atoll
Under over-all command of Fifth Fleet (TF 50) commander, Adm Spruance, U.S. Joint Expeditionary Force (TF 51, commanded by Adm Turner) invades Marshalls at Kwajalein Atoll, opening Operation FLINTLOCK.
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During the Anzio campaign, the 1st Ranger Battalion (Darby's Rangers) is destroyed behind enemy lines in a heavily outnumbered encounter at Battle of Cisterna, Italy.
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American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.
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Free French resistance group (1944)
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 15 Allied sorties (7 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-01-31, 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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