Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_National_Day’]
Tag: 1944
29 November 1944
Albania is liberated by the Partisans during World War 2. After Italy was defeated by the Allies, Germany occupied Albania in September 1943, dropping paratroopers…
27 January 1944
The 900 day Siege of Leningrad is lifted. The Siege of Leningrad, also known as the Leningrad Blockade, was a prolonged military blockade undertaken from…
12 August 1944
Waffen-SS troops massacre over 560 people in Sant’Anna di Stazzema. On that day in 1944, four columns of Hitler’s crack 16th SS Panzer Grenadier Division,…
17 June 1944
Iceland declares independence from Denmark and becomes a republic. Iceland during World War II joined Denmark in asserting neutrality. After the German occupation of Denmark…
18 September 1944
Over 5000 are killes when the British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes the Jun’y? Maru.
4 January 1944
Arms and supplies are dropped to resistance fighters in Europe as Operation Carpetbagger begins.
24 March 1944
German troops murder 335 Italian civilians in Rome in what was known as the Ardeatine massacre.