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30 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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N France
21 Army Group: In Cdn First Army’s Br I Corps area, 51st and 49th Divs, latter with Royal Netherlands Brig, begin crossing the Seine. In 2 Corps area, 2d Div crosses into Seine bridgehead, having cleared W bank of the river.
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S France
In U.S. Seventh Army area, on Mediterranean coast, elements of 1st ABTF drive through Nice to Beaulieu without opposition.
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The Allies enter Rouen, in northwestern France.
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Operation Overlord
Many in the Normandy area were Ostlegionen (eastern legions), conscripts and "volunteers" from Turkestan, Russia, Mongolia, and elsewhere.
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Operation Overlord
The coastline of Normandy was divided into seventeen sectors, with code-names using a spelling alphabet, from Able, west of Omaha, to Roger on the east flank of Sword.
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Operation Overlord
The Bobbin tank unrolled matting over the soft surface, leaving it behind as a route for ordinary tanks.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 69 Allied sorties (15 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-08-30, 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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