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23 November 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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Estonia
With elimination of enemy pocket on S Oesel I., Soviet forces now control entrance to Gulf of Riga.
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Hungary
Rail junction of Cop (Csap), which has changed hands several times during last few weeks, falls to Red Army.
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Metz, France is taken, and Strasbourg, in eastern France, is liberated by French troops.
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The Lotta Svärd Movement is disbanded under the terms of the armistice treaty in Finland after the Continuation War.
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Strasbourg
Liberation of Strasbourg.
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Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 36811, page 5392, published 1944-11-24: "his Order be forthwith registered by the Registrar of the said Dioceseof Exeter.E. C. E. Leadbitter.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 188 Allied sorties (41 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-11-23, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 10th 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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23 November in other years 19391940194119421943
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