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9 May 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 11 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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FRANCE-BELGIUM
U.S. Eighth Air Force begins large-scale attacks on airfields, striking at Laon, Florennes, Thionville, St Dizier, Juvincourt, Orleans, Bourges, and Avord.
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New Guinea
Planners meeting at ALAMO Force hq decide to undertake the Wakde-Biak operation as proposed by Gen MacArthur with forces originally assigned to the Wakde-Sarmi operation. D Day for Wakde is set for 17 May and Z Day for Biak for 27 May.
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Sevastopol in the Crimea is retaken by Soviet forces.
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The Japanese Take Ichi convoy arrived at Halmahera in the Dutch East Indies after losing many ships and thousands of troops to Allied attacks while attempting to carry two divisions of troops from China to New Guinea.
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UK Parliament
Vote of Credit (Supplementary) 1944 (Expenditure Arising Out of the War) (House of Commons)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1944-05-09: "Vote of Credit (Supplementary) 1944 (Expenditure Arising Out of the War)." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 66 Allied sorties (10 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-05-09, 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 244 Allied sorties (10 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-05-09, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force, RAF. Targets included ITALY, GREECE.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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