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22 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.
5 of 7 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Leyte
U.S. Sixth Army: In X Corps area, 7th Cav of 2d Brig, 1st Cav Div, mops up Tacloban and takes rest of hill to SW. 8th Cav is placed under control of 2d Brig and takes up positions W of 7th Cav, except for Tr C, which moves to Anibong Pt.
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Mediterranean
Lt Gen Joseph T. McNarney replaces Gen Devers as head of NATOUSA. ITALY-AAI: In U.S. Fifth Army area, S African 6th Armd Div continues toward crest of M. Salvaro in drenching rain.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 118 Allied sorties (21 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-10-22, 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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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 261 Allied sorties (51 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-10-22, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, USAAF 7th 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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22 October in other years 19391940194119421943
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