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6 August 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.
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FRANTIC
Returning from USSR to Italian bases, fighters of U.S. Fifteenth Air Force raid rail targets in Bucharest-Ploesti area of Rumania.
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Italy
AAI: Issues orders for preliminary operations before assault on the Gothic Line.
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Battle for Caen
For Operation Windsor, the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade was reinforced.
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Battle for Caen
The Cameron Highlanders attacked Saint-André-sur-Orne but were repulsed.
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Battle for Caen
None of the extant records of Heeresgruppe B and the 7th Army show any understanding that the Mulberries had freed the Allies from the need to capture Cherbourg quickly.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 171 Allied sorties (36 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-08-06, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force. Targets included BURMA, CHINA.
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 177 Allied sorties (19 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-08-06, flown by USAAF 8th Air Force, 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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