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27 June 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.
7 of 10 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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USSR
Red Army overruns Orsha, NE of Minsk, and envelops Bobruisk.
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France
21 Army Group: In U.S.
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Mogaung is the first place in Burma to be liberated from the Japanese by British Chindits, supported by the Chinese.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 16 Allied sorties (4 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-06-27, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 10th Air Force. Targets included CHINA, 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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European Theater
THOR mission records show at least 1,004 Allied sorties (64 recorded unit missions) in the European Theater on 1944-06-27, flown by RAF, USAAF 8th Air Force. Targets included FRANCE.
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 474 Allied sorties (30 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-06-27, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force, USAAF 15th Air Force.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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27 June in other years 19401941194219431945
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