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workers from Ger-occupied countries, forced to don uniform under duress, guard defenses, Normandy
Russians open new offensive against Finland in Lake Onega sector; advance northward along Aunus Isthmus on 75-mi front between Lakes Ladoga and Onega; aim to free Leningrad-Murmansk ry link seen; Govoroff's troops continue drive on Karelian Isthmus above Viborg
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sends message, 5th Av war loan drive dedication as Av of Allies
12 US bombers forced down or crash on Berlin mission
1944Peter Asher, English singer, guitarist, and producer[†]
Peter Asher is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the pop music vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a manager and record producer, helping to foster the recording careers of James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt among others. As of 2018, he tours alongside Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy in a new duo, Peter and Jeremy, who perform hits from both of their respective catalogues. In 2019, Asher published a book The Beatles from A to Zed about his personal reminiscences about the band.
1944Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)[†]
Helmut Dietl was a German film director and author from Bad Wiessee.
1944World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.[†]
Operation Bagration was the codename for the 1944 Soviet Byelorussian strategic offensive operation, a military campaign fought between 22 June and 19 August 1944 in Soviet Byelorussia in the Eastern Front of World War II, just over two weeks after the start of Operation Overlord in the west. It was during this operation that Nazi Germany was forced to fight simultaneously on two major fronts for the first time since the war began. The Soviet Union destroyed 28 of the divisions of Army Group Centre and completely shattered the German front line. The overall engagement is the largest defeat in German military history, with around 450,000 German casualties, while setting the stage for the subsequent isolation of 300,000 German soldiers in the Courland Pocket.
1944U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.[†]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America's involvement in World War II.