1944
Millennium: | 2nt millennium |
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Centuries: | 19t century – 20t century – 21st century |
Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s – 1940s – 1950s 1960s 1970s |
Years: | 1941 1942 1943 – 1944 – 1945 1946 1947 |
Year 1944 (MCMXLIV in Roman numerals) wis a leap year stairtin on Setturday (airtin will display the full calendar) o the Gregorian calendar.
Events
- Juin 6 – WWII – D-Day: 155,000 Allied truips shipped frae Ingland laund on the beaches o Normandy in northren Fraunce, beginnin Operation Overlord an the Invasion o Normandy. The Allied sauldiers quickly break throu the Atlantic Waw an push inland, in the lairgest amphibious militar operation in history. This operation helps liberate Fraunce frae Germany, an an aa weakens the Nazi hauld on Europe.