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23 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.

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Greece

Br Special Boat Sq, Mediterranean, is dropped on Araxos, on NW coast of the Peloponnesus, to seize airfield from which retreating enemy can be harassed and to occupy Patras.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
Italy

AAI: In U.S. Fifth Army’s II Corps area, 34th Div, with capture of Montepiano by 133d Inf, is through Gothic Line. 91st Div rests in preparation for its next task-clearing M. Oggioli, W of Radicosa Pass.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
Morotai

Work is begun on another airfield, called Pitoe Drome, about 1,200 yards N of Wama Drome.

Source US Army CMH chronology (opens external site)
Americans take Ulithi atoll in the Caroline Islands; it is a massive atoll that will later become an important naval base.

Source Wikipedia (opens external site)
China-Burma-India Theater

THOR mission records show at least 121 Allied sorties (27 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-09-23, 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.
Mediterranean Theater

THOR mission records show at least 617 Allied sorties (49 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-09-23, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force, USAAF 15th Air Force. Targets included ITALY.

Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)

THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
Pacific Theater

THOR mission records show at least 131 Allied sorties (27 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-09-23, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 13th 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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Entries

Br Special Boat Sq, Mediterranean, is dropped on Araxos, on NW coast of the Peloponnesus, to seize airfield from which retreating enemy can be harassed and to occupy Patras.

AAI: In U.S. Fifth Army’s II Corps area, 34th Div, with capture of Montepiano by 133d Inf, is through Gothic Line. 91st Div rests in preparation for its next task-clearing M. Oggioli, W of Radicosa Pass.

Work is begun on another airfield, called Pitoe Drome, about 1,200 yards N of Wama Drome.

Americans take Ulithi atoll in the Caroline Islands; it is a massive atoll that will later become an important naval base.

THOR mission records show at least 121 Allied sorties (27 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-09-23, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 10th Air Force. Targets included CHINA, BURMA.

THOR mission records show at least 617 Allied sorties (49 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1944-09-23, flown by USAAF 12th Air Force, USAAF 15th Air Force. Targets included ITALY.

THOR mission records show at least 131 Allied sorties (27 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-09-23, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force.

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