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20 October 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 12 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Yugoslavia
Belgrade falls under combined blows of Third Ukrainian Front and Marshal Tito’s Yugoslav Army. Yugoslavs announce capture of Dalmatian port of Dubrovnik.
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Egypt
Prime Minister Churchill arrives in Cairo from Moscow and discusses strategy for southeast Asia with Adm Mountbatten.
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The Battle of Leyte: U.S. forces land on Leyte, Philippines. MacArthur lands and states: "I have returned".
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The Red Army and Yugoslav partisans under the command of Josip Broz Tito liberate Belgrade.
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American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he comes ashore during the Battle of Leyte.
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The Soviet Red Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 99 Allied sorties (24 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-10-20, 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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