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17 September 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 10 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Burma
11 Army Group: In Br Fourteenth Army’s 33 Corps area, Tuitum falls to Ind 5th Div.
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Palaus
Against strong resistance, 1st Marines on Peleliu begins clearing S end of central ridge sys- tem on W arm of island; elements start up West and East Roads, which skirt the ridges.
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Allied airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden and British XXX Corps advances into the Netherlands as the "Garden" half of the Operation.
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Beaugency
17 September 1944 episode during World War II.
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Operation Market Garden
1st Airborne Division, inside an RAF Dakota (C-47) during the flight to Arnhem, 17 September 1944 The 1st Airborne Division landed at 13:30 without serious incident but problems associated with the poor plan began soon after.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 108 Allied sorties (17 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-09-17, 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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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 223 Allied sorties (51 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-09-17, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 14th 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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17 September in other years 19391940194119421943
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