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26 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 251 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Italy
AAI: Heavy rains and flooding slow operations all along line. In U.S. Fifth Army area, S African 6th Div halts efforts to take M. Sole; elements on Hill 501 are virtually isolated.
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Western Europe
21 Army Group: In Cdn First Army’s 2 Corps area, brig of 52d Div makes amphibious assault on Beveland from Terneuzen landing on S coast near Baarland and establishing bridgehead. Cdn 2d Div continues to push W along Beveland Isthmus.
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The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory.
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
When Rear Admiral Gerald F. Bogan, commanding TG 38.2, radioed this information to Halsey's flagship, he was rebuffed by a staff officer, who tersely replied "Yes, yes, we have that information."
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
Shō-Gō 1 called for Vice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa's ships, known as the "Northern Force", to lure the American Fast Carrier Task Force away from Leyte.
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
The "Center Force" under Vice Admiral Takeo Kurita, by far the most powerful of the attacking Japanese forces, would pass through the San Bernardino Strait into the Philippine Sea, turn southwards, and then also attack the landing area.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 108 Allied sorties (23 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-10-26, 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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