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SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day
18 April 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.
6 of 7 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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New Guinea
TF PERSECUTION begins voyage to Aitape from Finschhafen and joins TF RECKLESS vessels moving toward the Admiralties.
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USSR
Red Army continues to gain ground in the Crimea, where Balaklava is overrun.
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 36476, page 1784, published 1944-04-18: "his Order be forthwithregistered by the Registrar of the said Diocese ofBristol.E. C. E. Leadbitter.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 147 Allied sorties (38 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-04-18, 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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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 8 Allied sorties (1 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-04-18, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force. Targets included ITALY.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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18 April in other years 19401941194219431945
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