1941 - Nazi siege of SevastopolSevastopol Sevastopol in Ukrainian; Akyar in Turkish), formerly known as Sebastopol is a port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of Crimean peninsula. It has a population of 328,600 (2004). Home of the former Soviet Black Sea Fleet, the city begins
1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin; - Western Defense Command issues proclamation ending requirement of Japanese internment.
1944Events World War II January January 4 The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munck January 17 British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin; - In the Malmédy massacreThe Malmedy massacre was a war crime committed by German troops during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. The Malmedy Massacre On December 17, 1944, near the hamlet of Baugnez, on the height half-way between the town of Malmedy and Ligneuville, in B around 80 American POW are executed by Waffen-SSThe Waffen-SS was the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel. Its roots lay with various German right-wing paramilitary organizations that formed the Freikorps and those of the Nazi party such as the SA and that were later absorbed into the SS-Verfugungstruppe a troops of Jochen Peiper’s Kampfgruppe.
