WW2 1944 By prydejo Jun 13, 1944 First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain. First aircraft to use a pulse jet for power Jun 15, 1944 Marines invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands Jun 19, 1944 Mariana Turkey Shoot occurs as U.S. Carrier-based fighters shoot down 220 Japanese planes, only 20 American planes are lost Jul 3, 1944 Soviets capture Minsk in Normandy at the Battle of Hedgerows Jul 18, 1944 U.S. troops reachSt. Lo, France. Located in Northwestern France Jul 19, 1944 U.S. Marines invade Guam in the Marianas Jul 24, 1944 Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempt to assassinate Hitler by blowing him up in his wolf den Jul 24, 1944 Soviet troops liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek Jul 24, 1944 U.S. Marines invade Titian Aug 4, 1944 The Gestapo, Hitler's secret police, arrest Anne Frank and her family in Amsterdam, Holland Aug 25, 1944 Liberation of Paris occurs Period: Sep 1, 1944 to Sep 4, 1944 Allies liberate Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville, Antwerp, and Brussels France: Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville Belgium: Antwerp, Brussels Sep 13, 1944 U.S. troops reach the Siegfried Line in Western Germany Oct 11, 1944 U.S. air raids begin against Okinawa Oct 14, 1944 Allies liberate Athens, Rommel commits suicide Period: Oct 20, 1944 to Oct 24, 1944 Battle of of Leyte Gulf occurs, largest naval battle ever Oct 30, 1944 Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz Nov 11, 1944 U.S. Navy begins to bombard the island of Iwo Jima Period: Dec 16, 1944 to Dec 27, 1944 Battle of the Bulge occurs in the Ardennes Dec 17, 1944 U.S. Air Force begins preparations for the atomic bombs Dec 26, 1944 General Patton, Senior officer of the U.S. Army, relieves Bastogne