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The goal of the how they tell it series on understanding the past is to allow you to relive the period between the end of World War I to the end of World War II. To say that a lot happened during this time would be a huge understatement so to make sense of it all I have created a fictional super-correspondant named Kona. Kona is amazing, she was at everything that happened during this period of time and has provided links to all the articles, videos and books that explains what was going on during that time. What better way to immerse yourself in this exicting period than to study what every event was that shaped that time?

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January

January

From : In where the Herzogenbusch concentration camp is going on resulting in a .

In Leningrad where as part of the siege of Leningrad there's an increased artillery bombardments.

January 1

The continuing story of the Battle of Stalingrad

January 3

In the Atlantic where U-507 sinks the British ship Baron Dachmont.

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State of the Union Address

January 8

In the Atlantic where U-507 sinks the British ship Yorkwood.

January 12

From : In where the Operation Iskra is going on resulting in a .

In Leningrad where as part of the siege of Leningrad Operation Iskra penetrates the siege by opening a land corridor along the coast of Lake Ladoga into the city. The blockade is broken.

January 13

From : In where the Ostrogozhsk–Rossosh offensive is going on resulting in a .

In the Atlantic where U-507 was sunk by the US PBY Catalina VP-83.

January 14

From : In where the Casablanca Conference is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Operation Ke is going on resulting in a .

January 15

The continuing story of the Battle of Stalingrad

January 17

In the Atlantic where U-268 sinks Vestfold from convoy HX 222.

January 24

From : In where the Voronezh–Kastornoye offensive is going on resulting in a .

January 26

In the Atlantic where U-358 sinks Nortind from convoy HX 223.

January 27

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the first World War II US mission flown against the German homeland bombs Kriegsmarine submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven.

January 28

From : In where the Shelling of Port Gregory is going on resulting in a .

January 29

From : In where the Battle of Rennell Island is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Wau is going on resulting in a .

January 30

The Berlin Trolls | When the RAF Ruined Goering's Parade!

February

February 2

In Stalingrad as part of the Battle of Stalingrad the German 6th army, having exhausted their ammunition and food, finally capitulated, making it the first of Hitler's field armies to surrender during World War II, after five months, one week, and three days of fighting.

In the Atlantic where U-223 sinks SS Dorchester from convoy SG 19 killing 675 men. U-456 sinks Inverilen and Jeremiah Van Rensselaer from convoy HX 224.

"Fighting a Lost War: The German Army in 1943" by Dr. Robert Citino

February 3 Suzdal Camp 160: The fate of the German officers captured at Stalingrad

February 4

From : In where the Malaya Zemlya is going on resulting in a .

February 7

In the Atlantic where U-boats sink nine ships from convoy SC 118.

February 8

From Independent State of Croatia: In Bosanska Krupa where the execution of Lepa Radić is going on.

Great women in WW2

February 10

From : In where the Operation Polar Star is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Krasny Bor is going on resulting in a .

In Leningrad where as part of the siege of Leningrad the unsuccessful Operation Polyarnaya Zvezda attempts to lift the siege.

February 14

From : In where the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid is going on resulting in a .

February 15

In the Atlantic where A new system of fast CU convoys is initiated to speed the flow of petroleum products from Caribbean Sea refineries to Liverpool.

February 18

From Germany: In the Berlin Sports Palace where Goebbels is giving the Totaler Krieg – Kürzester Krieg or "Total War – Shortest War" speech.

Goebbels Sportpalast Speech - 18 February 1943

February 19

From : In where the Battle of Kasserine Pass is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Third Battle of Kharkov is going on resulting in a .

February 22

From : In where the Munich-Allach concentration camp is going on resulting in a .

From Munich, Nazi Germany: In the Stadelheim Prison where the execution of Sophie Scholl is going on.

The HORRIFIC Execution Of Sophie Scholl - The Desecration Of The white Rose

Bestial Execution of Sophie Scholl - Cruel Fate for Defying Nazi Germany - The White Rose

Execution of Sophie Scholl, The German Student Who Defied Hitler | Brought To Life

March

March

From : In where the Kaiserwald concentration camp is going on resulting in a .

March 1

From : In where the Koriukivka massacre is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Operation Büffel is going on resulting in a .

March 2

From : In where the Battle of the Bismarck Sea is going on resulting in a .

In Berlin where as part of the bombing of Berlin 251 bombers, 17 lost, dropped 610 tons of bombs, 711 killed from the RAF dropped some bombs.

March 5

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the first raid of the Battle of the Ruhr flew RAF Bomber Command's 100,000th sortie of World War II, with 160 acres destroyed and 53 Krupps buildings bombed at Essen.

Watch some videos about Oboe, a British bomb aiming system.

March 6

From : In where the Battle of Medenine is going on resulting in a .

March 7

In the Atlantic where U-boats sink seven ships for convoy SC 121.

March 10

From : In where the Convoy HX 228 is going on resulting in a .

In the Atlantic where U-boats sink four ships from convoy HX 228.

March 16

From : In where the Battle of the Mareth Line is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Convoys HX 229 is going on resulting in a .

In the Atlantic where The largest convoy battle of World War II begins around convoys HX 229 and SC 122.

March 20

From : In where the Mao Zedong is going on resulting in a .

March 22

From : In where the Khatyn massacre is going on resulting in a .

March 23

Berlin Zeughaus: Address to the Heldengedenktag

From : In where the Battle of El Guettar is going on resulting in a .

March 27

From : In where the Battle of the Komandorski Islands is going on resulting in a .

March 28

In the Atlantic where U-boats sink four ships from convoy SL 126.

April

April

From : In where the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp is going on resulting in a .

The TERRIFYING Female Guards Of Bergen-Belsen

One Day In Auschwitz

April 4

In the Atlantic where U-boats sink three ships from convoy HX 231.

April 5

From : In where the Operation Flax is going on resulting in a .

April 12

In the Atlantic where U-563 sinks three ships from convoy HX 232.

April 13

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the Eighth Air Force's largest mission to date (115 B-17s) destroys half of the Focke-Wulf factory buildings in Bremen

April 14

From Russia: In Lubyanka (4th and 6th floors) Moscow, where SMERSH is going on.

April 16

From : In where the Battle of the Cigno Convoy is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe a force of 327 Lancasters and Halifaxes set out to destroy the Skoda arms factory at Plzeň, in German occupied Czechoslovakia. 271 aircraft raided Mannheim as a diversion the same night. The force mistook the mental hospital near Dobřany to be the factory at Plzeň. The raid sustained the heaviest losses until that point in the air war.

April 17

In the Atlantic where U-boats sink Fort Rampart from convoy HX 233.

April 18

From : In where the Operation Vengeance is going on resulting in a .

Operation Vengeance

April 19

From : In where the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is going on resulting in a .

April 22

From : In where the Battle of Longstop Hill is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Salamaua–Lae campaign is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Mubo is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Bobdubi is going on resulting in a .

In the Atlantic where U-306 sinks Amerika from convoy HX 234.

From : In where the Operations Vulcan and Strike is going on resulting in a .

April 27

From : In where the Battle of Hill 609 is going on resulting in a .

April 28

From nazi Germany: In where the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) is going on resulting in a .

Ukrainian SS Memorials UK

April 29

From : In where the Black May is going on resulting in a .

May

May 2

From : In where the Raid on Darwin is going on resulting in a .

Fireside Chat 24: On the Coal Crisis

May 3

From : In where the Battle of the Campobasso Convoy is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe Ramrod 16 bombing of steelworks at IJmuiden

May 5

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe Republic P-47 Thunderbolts are first used for escorting bombers.

May 6

From : In where the Operations Vulcan and Strike is going on resulting in a .

In the Atlantic where The battle for convoy ONS 5 reaches a climax with the destruction of seven U-boats.

May 7

In the Atlantic where U-89 sinks Laconikos from convoy SL 128MK.

May 8

From : In where the Operation Retribution is going on resulting in a .

May 11

From : In where the Battle of Attu is going on resulting in a .

In the Atlantic where U-402 sinks Antigone and Grado from convoy SC 129.

May 12

From : In where the Battle of West Hubei is going on resulting in a .

May 16

From : In where the Bombing of Rome in World War II is going on resulting in a .

May 17

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe Operation Chastise bouncing bombs breached the Möhne and Eder Dams

June

June 1

From : In where the Sochy massacre is going on resulting in a .

June 3

From : In where the French Committee of National Liberation is going on resulting in a .

June 11

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the first two Operation Pointblank raids included a successful mass trial of H2S radar on Münster

June 13

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the heaviest fighter attacks to date against the Eighth Air Force claim 26 B-17s bombing Bremen and Kiel U-boat facilities.

June 15

From Germany: In where the first flight of the Arado Ar 234, the world's first operational turbojet-powered bomber is going on.

The Lone German Jet That Spied On Operation Overlord | Arado Ar 234 D-Day 1944

June 20

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe Operation Bellicose targets Würzburg radar production and is the first bombing of a V-2 rocket facility.

June 23

From : In where the Operation Chronicle is going on resulting in a .

June 26

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe a 100 BG B-17 surrendered and then escaped.

June 29

Diary Of A Japanese Officer. The Battle for The Islands In The Pacific Ocean.

June 30

From : In where the Landing at Nassau Bay is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the New Georgia campaign is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Landings on Rendova is going on resulting in a .

July

July 1

From : In where the An Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus is going on resulting in a .

July 5

From : In where the Battle of Kursk is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Operation Citadel is going on resulting in a .

July 6

From : In where the Battle of Kula Gulf is going on resulting in a .

July 9

From : In where the Allied invasion of Sicily is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Operation Ladbroke is going on resulting in a .

July 10

From : In where the Italian campaign is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Gela is going on resulting in a .

Watch a story of a tank commander during the battle of Kursk

July 12

From : In where the Operation Kutuzov is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Prokhorovka is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Michniów massacre is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Kolombangara is going on resulting in a .

July 13

From : In where the Operation Fustian is going on resulting in a .

July 14

From : In where the Operation Bodyguard is going on resulting in a .

July 16

From : In where the Battle of Mount Tambu is going on resulting in a .

July 17

From : In where the Operation Scylla is going on resulting in a .

July 19

From : In where the Warsaw concentration camp is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe The first Allied World War II bombing of Rome drops 800 tons of bombs on Littoro and Clampino airports, causing immense damage and 2000 deaths

July 20

From : In where the Battle of Lababia Ridge is going on resulting in a .

July 21

From : In where the Battle of Roosevelt Ridge is going on resulting in a .

July 24

From : In where the Fall of the Fascist regime in Italy is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe after the US developed an airborne radar immune to Window, the first use of the countermeasure (40 tonnes—92 million strips) were dropped during a Hamburg bombing mission.

July 25

From : In where the Pietro Badoglio is going on resulting in a .

In Germany and hitler just gave Directive 48 Command and defence measures in the southeast

In Germany and hitler just gave Directive 49 Believed to be a contingency plan to seize Italian positions in the event of their withdrawal from the war. Did not survive?

July 28

Fireside Chat 25: On the Fall of Mussolini

July 29

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the first use of unguided air-to-air rockets against American combat box formations of heavy bombers by JG 1 Oesau and JG 11, attacking with Bf 109Gs and Fw 190As each armed with pairs of Werfer-Granate 21 rocket ordnance, developed from the 21 cm Nebelwerfer 42 ground barrage rocket system.

July 31

From : In where the Battle of Troina is going on resulting in a .

In the Atlantic where In a coordinated action, one American and two Brazilian maritime patrol aircraft sink the then modern U-199.

August

August

From : In where the Vaivara concentration camp is going on resulting in a .

August 1

From : In where the Chiang Kai-shek is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe flying from North Africa Operation Tidal Wave bombs the oil refineries at Ploiești. A large number of the bombers are lost for little strategic benefit. Five Medals of Honor are awarded to American aircrew.

In British Burma where the State of Burma puppet state is going on.

PLOESTI RAID: WW2 B-24 Navigator Describes Having TWO Engines from the Same Wing Blown Up

August 3

From : In where the Belgorod–Kharkov offensive operation is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Belgorod–Bogodukhov offensive operation is going on resulting in a .

August 4

From : In where the Mulberry harbour is going on resulting in a .

August 6

From : In where the Battle of Vella Gulf is going on resulting in a .

August 7

From : In where the Smolensk operation is going on resulting in a .

August 13

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the first Ninth Air Force raid on Austria bombed the Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory

In Wiener Neustadt where as part of the bombing of Wiener Neustadt 61 B-24 Liberators in the first Ninth Air Force raid on Austria (using bombers on loan from the 8AF surviving from Operation Tidal Wave) targeted the Wiener-Neustadt aircraft factory as part of the B-24 part of Operation Juggler postponed from August 7.

From Western Australia: In Exmouth Gulf where the Operation Jaywick is going on resulting in a sinking of a bunch of ships.

August 15

From : In where the Battle of Vella Lavella is going on resulting in a .

August 16

From : In where the Białystok Ghetto uprising is going on resulting in a .

August 17

From : In where the First Quebec Conference is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the double-strike USAAF Schweinfurt-Regensburg mission was the third shuttle bombing. British aircraft operate diversionary attacks. The Operation Hydra bombing of V-2 facilities at Peenemünde began Operation Crossbow.

August 18

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the counterattack against Operation Hydra included the first operational use of Schräge Musik by German fighters

August 23

In Berlin where 727 Lancasters, Halifaxes, Stirlings and Mosquitos set out, with 70 turning back before reaching target. 57 aircraft (7.8%) lost from the RAF dropped some bombs.

August 25

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the first use of a guided anti-ship missile in wartime occurs over the Bay of Biscay, as HMS Bideford and HMS Landguard are damaged by Luftwaffe-deployed Henschel Hs 293 rocket-boosted, MCLOS-guidance glide bombs.

Les bombardiers de l'Axe : Allemand, italiens, japonais

August 26

From : In where the Battle of the Dnieper is going on resulting in a .

August 27

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the first mission against a "Heavy" Crossbow site bombed the Watten V-2 rocket bunker

August 28

From Germany: In Nordhausen where the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp is going on resulting in a .

August 31

In Berlin where 613 heavy bombers and 9 Mosquitos. 47 aircraft (7.6%) lost from the RAF dropped some bombs.

September

September

From : In where the Operation Cockade is going on resulting in a .

From Germany: In the Owl Mountains where Project Riese is going on resulting in a .

September 3

From : In where the Allied invasion of Italy is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Armistice of Cassibile is going on resulting in a .

In Berlin where 316 Lancasters dispatched with four Mosquitos carrying out diversionary laying of flares to distract defences.[56] 22 aircraft (6.9%) lost from the RAF dropped some bombs.

September 4

From : In where the Landing at Lae is going on resulting in a .

September 5

From : In where the Landing at Nadzab is going on resulting in a .

September 7

From England: In Westward Ho!, Devon where the testing of the Panjandrum is going on resulting in a .

September 8

From : In where the Dodecanese campaign is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Operation Achse is going on resulting in a .

In the Atlantic where Italy surrenders, and Britain starts to redeploy their Mediterranean destroyers to the Atlantic.

Fireside Chat 26: On the Armistice in Italy

September 9

From : In where the Operation Slapstick is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Rhodes is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the Luftwaffe's KG 100 bomber wing is involved with the world's first successful use of a precision-guided munition in modern military history, through their sinking of the Italian battleship Roma, using the Fritz X armored gravity-propulsion PGM munition.

September 12

From : In where the Gran Sasso raid is going on resulting in a .

September 14

In Italian Albania where the Kingdom of Albania puppet state is going on.

September 15

From : In where the Kauen concentration camp is going on resulting in a .

September 19

From : In where the Operation Concert is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Markham, Ramu and Finisterre campaigns is going on resulting in a .

September 22

From : In where the Huon Peninsula campaign is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Landing at Scarlet Beach is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Finschhafen is going on resulting in a .

September 23

In parts of the Kingdom of Italy where the Italian Social Republic puppet state is going on.

September 26

From : In where the Battle of Leros is going on resulting in a .

September 27

From : In where the Four Days of Naples is going on resulting in a .

September 28

In Germany and hitler just gave Directive 50 Concerning the preparations for the withdrawal of 20th Mountain Army to Northern Finland and Northern Norway

October

October

From : In where the Battle of Northern Burma and Western Yunnan is going on resulting in a .

From the Soviet Union: Near the town of Orsha where the Führerhauptquartier Olga is being abandoned.

October 1

In Wiener Neustadt where as part of the bombing of Wiener Neustadt 73 B-24's based at Oudna Air Base outside of Tunis, Tunisia, temporarily on loan from the Eighth Air Force bombed the Wiener Neustadt Bf 109 factory.

October 3

From : In where the Battle of Kos is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Volturno Line is going on resulting in a .

October 6

From : In where the Battle of Vella Lavella is going on resulting in a .

October 9

In the Atlantic where U-645 sinks Yorkmar from convoy SC 143.

October 10

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe as a result of the June "surrender/escape" of a 100 BG B-17, out of the 13 B-17s of 100 BG attacking a railyard in Münster, only the B-17F of Robert Rosenthal survives to return safely to RAF Thorpe Abbotts in England.

October 12

From : In where the Battle of Lenino is going on resulting in a .

October 14

From : In where the Escape from Sobibor is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the Second Raid on Schweinfurt (Black Thursday) resulted in 122 damaged bombers and 650 MIA/KIA.

In Philippines where the Second Philippine Republic puppet state is going on.

Black Thursday: The End of Daylight unescorted bombing Over the Reich

October 20

From : In where the Air attack on the fortress of Koepenick is going on resulting in a .

October 21

In British India where the Provisional Government of Free India puppet state is going on.

October 22

From : In where the 8Eles is going on resulting in a .

October 27

From : In where the Battle of the Treasury Islands is going on resulting in a .

October 28

From : In where the Raid on Choiseul is going on resulting in a .

October 31

In the Atlantic where U-262 sinks Hallfried from convoy SL 138MK.

November

November

From : In where the Kerch–Eltigen operation is going on resulting in a .

November 1

From : In where the Bougainville campaign is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Barbara Line is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe a Combined Bomber Offensive progress report estimates that 19/19/9 German towns & cities have been virtually destroyed/severely damaged/more effectively damaged – another report claims 10% of German war potential had been destroyed

November 2

From : In where the Battle of Changde is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the USAAF 12th Air Force conducted the first large Allied aerial attack against Zadar, Italy. A raid targeting the Wiener Neustadt Messerschmitt plant damaged the nearby Raxwerke V-2 rocket facility.

In Wiener Neustadt where as part of the bombing of Wiener Neustadt the first mission by the US Fifteenth Air Force targeting the nearby Messerschmitt plant, including the 99th Bombardment Group on a 1,600 mile round trip, dropped 312 tons and hit the Raxwerke.

November 3

In Germany and hitler just gave Directive 51 Preparations for a two-front war

From : In where the Battle of Kiev is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe a Wilhelmshaven raid is the first Eighth Air Force blind-bombing mission to completely destroy the aiming point, the Eighth's first 500-plane mission, and the first use by the US of H2X radar

November 11

Breslau Jahrhunderthalle: Address to 10,000 officer cadets

November 17

From : In where the Battle of Sattelberg is going on resulting in a .

The Battle of Sattelberg - November 1943

November 18

From : In where the Battle of Berlin is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the "Battle of Berlin" aerial campaign bombing began

In Berlin where the main target, was attacked by 440 Avro Lancasters and 4 de Havilland Mosquitos. They bombed the city, which was under cloud. Diversionary raids on Mannheim and Ludwigshafen by 395 other aircraft. Mosquitos attacked several other towns. In all 884 sorties. 32 aircraft (3.6%) lost from the RAF dropped some bombs.

November 20

From : In where the Battle of Tarawa is going on resulting in a .

November 22

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe the largest force sent to bomb Berlin to date (764 aircraft) conducted the most effective World War II raid on Berlin

In Berlin where as part of the bombing of Berlin the main target. 469 Lancasters, 234 Handley Page Halifaxes, 50 Short Stirlings, 11 Mosquitos. Total 764 aircraft. This was the most effective raid on Berlin of the war. Most of the damage was to the residential areas west of the centre, Tiergarten and Charlottenburg, Schöneberg and Spandau. Because of the dry weather conditions, several 'firestorms' ignited. 175,000 people were left homeless and the ruins of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church (Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedächtniskirche) are now a monument in Berlin. Several other buildings of note were either damaged or destroyed, including the British, French, Italian and Japanese embassies, Charlottenburg Castle and Berlin Zoo, as well as the Ministry of Weapons and Munitions, the Waffen SS Administrative College, the barracks of the Imperial Guard at Spandau. Several factories employed in the manufacture of material for the armed forces and 26 aircraft (3.4%) were also lost from the RAF dropped some bombs.

November 23

In Berlin where the main target, was attacked by 365 Lancasters, 10 Halifaxes, 8 Mosquitos (383 aircraft) from the RAF dropped some bombs.

November 24

In Berlin where in a small raid, was attacked by 6 Mosquitos, 1 Mosquito lost from the RAF dropped some bombs.

November 25

From : In where the Battle of Cape St. George is going on resulting in a .

In Berlin where 3 Mosquitos to Berlin from the RAF dropped some bombs.

LARGEST DISASTER OF WW2 that You Have Never Heard of: WW2 Veterans Describes His Unlikely Survival

The HMT Rohna Disaster: WW2 Vet Tells A Story Classified For Over 50 Years | Remember WWII

November 26

In Berlin where the main target, was attacked by 443 Lancasters and 7 Mosquitos. Most of the damage in Berlin was in the semi-industrial suburb of Reinickendorf. Stuttgart was a diversion, attacked by 84 aircraft. The total sorties for the night was 666. 34 aircraft (5.1%) lost from the RAF dropped some bombs.

November 27

From : In where the Battle of Wareo is going on resulting in a .

November 30

From : In where the Ivanci massacre is going on resulting in a .

December

December 1

From : In where the Bernhardt Line is going on resulting in a .

The Tehran Declaration

December 2

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe 100 Ju-88s bombed the port of Bari, sinking 28 ships including the American cargo ship SS John Harvey which was secretly carrying mustard gas. There were 83 military casualties from the poison. Autopsies indicated excess white blood cells, and the discovery led to the use of the gas to combat leukemia. Records were completely declassified in 1959.

In Berlin where Berlin, the main target, was attacked by 425 Lancasters, 18 Mosquitos, 15 Halifaxes. The Germans correctly identified that Berlin was the target. Unexpected cross winds had scattered the bomber formations and so German fighters found the bombers easier targets. 37 Lancasters, 2 Halifaxes, 1 Mosquito (8.7% of the force). Due to the cross winds the bombing was inaccurate and to the south of the city, but two more of the Siemens factories, a ball-bearing factory and several railway installations were damaged from the RAF dropped some bombs.

December 4

From : In where the Moro River Campaign is going on resulting in a .

December 5

From : In where the Battle of Sio is going on resulting in a .

As part of the air operations during the Battle of Europe B-26s of the Ninth Air Force attacked three V-1 ski sites near Ligescourt, the first No-Ball missions.

December 8

From : In where the Battle of San Pietro Infine is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the battle of san pietro is going on resulting in a .

December 13

From : In where the Kalavryta massacre is going on resulting in a .

December 15

From : In where the New Britain campaign is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Operation Dexterity is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Arawe is going on resulting in a .

December 16

In Berlin where Berlin was the main target. It was attacked by 483 Lancasters and 15 Mosquitos. German night fighters were successfully directed to intercept the bombers. The damage to the Berlin railway system was extensive. 1,000 wagon-loads of war material destined for the Eastern Front were held up for 6 days. The National Theatre and the building housing Germany's military and political archives were both destroyed. The cumulative effect of the bombing campaign had now made more than a quarter of Berlin's total living accommodation unusable. Two Bristol Beaufighters and 2 Mosquitos of No. 100 Group equipped with Serrate radar detector patrolled the route for German nightfighters. A Bf 110 was damaged, the first time these hunter killers had been on a successful Serrate patrol. 25 Lancasters, 5.2% of the Lancaster force, were lost over enemy occupied territory, with a further 29 aircraft lost on landing in England due to very low cloud from the RAF dropped some bombs.

December 20

From : In where the Battle of Ortona is going on resulting in a .

December 21

In Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, the Soviet Union where the The Belarusian Central Rada puppet state is going on.

December 23

From : In where the Operation Stonewall is going on resulting in a .

In Berlin where Berlin was attacked by 364 Lancasters, 8 Mosquitos and 7 Halifaxes. German fighters encountered difficulty with the weather and were able to shoot down only 16 Lancasters, 4.2% of the force. Damage to Berlin was relatively small from the RAF dropped some bombs.

December 24

From : In where the Dnieper–Carpathian offensive is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Zhitomir–Berdichev offensive is going on resulting in a .

Fireside Chat 27: On the Tehran and Cairo Conferences

December 26

From : In where the Landing on Long Island is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of Cape Gloucester is going on resulting in a .

From : In where the Battle of the North Cape is going on resulting in a .

In the Atlantic where Ships of the Royal Navy sink the German battleship Scharnhorst off Norway's North Cape.

December 28

From : In where the Battle of the Bay of Biscay is going on resulting in a .

December 29

In Berlin where Berlin was the main target. 457 Lancasters, 252 Halifaxes and 3 Mosquitos (712 aircraft), RAF losses were light, at 2.8% of the force. Heavy cloud cover frustrated the RAF and damage was light from the RAF dropped some bombs.

December 31

From : In where the Operation Postage Able is going on resulting in a .