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The British government has banned all civilians from leaving the country, putting an immediate halt to any foreign travel. The “temporary measure” is intended to preserve military secrecy ahead of major planned operation this summer: the Allied invasion of France.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^27, ^2022
22:03 UTC
Eichmann calls his proposals Blut gegen Waren, or "blood for goods": "I am prepared to sell you one million Jews. You can take them from any country you like, wherever you can find them – Hungary, Poland, the Ostmark, from Theresienstadt, from Auschwitz, wherever you like."
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^26, ^2022
22:06 UTC
Eichmann knows Brand & network of Zionist rescue workers are smuggling Jews out of Nazi-occupied Europe. In exchange for Jewish lives he demands 10,000 trucks, 200 tons of tea, 800 tons coffee, 2 million case of soap- to be negotiated from Western Allies by Jewish go-betweens.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^26, ^2022
22:06 UTC
Jewish Hungarian Joel Brand meets Adolf Eichmann, newly arrived in Budapest to organise deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. High-ranking Nazi offers the member of the Jewish underground a deal to spare 1 million Jews if Brand can arrange Western goods delivered to Germany
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^26, ^2022
22:01 UTC
In Hungary, newly occupied by Germans, Nazi SS plan to deport all Jewish Hungarians to Auschwitz & other concentration camps. Aided by Hungarian police, Nazis force Jews to wear Star of David & gather in "Yellow Star Houses" for ease of arrest.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^25, ^2022
21:09 UTC
US Food Distribution Administration, in charge of rationing & central control of food supplies, declares this "Egg Week" due to over-production of hen's eggs. Americans asked to eat as many as possible; New York Times plans a weekly diet of 28 eggs between 2 adults & 1 child:
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^24, ^2022
21:37 UTC
British & Indian troops fighting in Burma have smashed through Japanese siege of Imphal, leaving devastation in their wake.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^23, ^2022
22:10 UTC
From his base in Algeria, Free French leader General de Gaulle has passed a decree announcing that French women will be allowed to vote in elections- when country is freed from Nazi occupation. France was one of only democratic European states not to allow female suffrage:
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^22, ^2022
20:48 UTC
From breaking Imperial Japanese Army radio codes, Allies know that West New Guinea is lightly defended, held by under 15,000 Japanese troops. Not expecting attack, Japanese barely resist American amphibious landings, letting them seize beaches of "Hollandia" target area.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^21, ^2022
21:11 UTC
In Pacific, Allied forces have launched two major ambitious landings, Operations Reckless & Persecution, with over 40,000 US troops landing in West New Guinea.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^21, ^2022
21:01 UTC
Today marks Adolf Hitler's 55th birthday, with top Nazi officials gathering near Salzburg to wish him well. To mark the occasion, Royal Air Force have set a new record for volume of bombs in one air raid, dropping 4,500 tons of explosives in a single night.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^20, ^2022
21:54 UTC
Now that Red Army have occupied almost the whole of Ukraine, Soviet forces are starting to push into Romania & Poland. New York Times map shows "Possible Russian moves to West" suggesting strikes towards Nazi-occupied Warsaw or vital Axis oilfields at Ploesti.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^19, ^2022
20:42 UTC
One target of Ichi-Go offensive are Allied air bases in south China, where American crews fly Liberator bombers to hit Japanese invaders; like this crew, piloting "the Nipponese Nemesis"
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^18, ^2022
21:20 UTC
Even in the midst of battle, American forces still mark Easter Sunday. In makeshift frontline chapels from Anzio, Italy to Bougainville Island, South Pacific, US Army Chaplains hold services for those soldiers who can leave their posts. More:
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^17, ^2022
20:33 UTC
Japanese invaders of China have launched Operation Ichi-Go, major offensive aiming to seize vital railways & airfields & link up Japanese-occupied areas. Imperial Japanese Army are forcing way south into Henan province, routing Chinese Nationalist opposition.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^17, ^2022
20:28 UTC
As Easter Sunday dawns, Red Army march into Crimean city of Yalta, joining up with partisans mopping up last pockets of German resistance. Guerrilla fighters, who have been locked in street battles with Nazi occupiers for over a week, greet Soviet troops with "Christ is risen!"
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^16, ^2022
21:06 UTC
As well as torpedoes & mines, SS Fort Stikine was carrying raw cotton bales, oil & timber. Captain Alexander Naismith described cargo as "just about everything that will either burn or blow up". He has been killed in the explosion. British govt. censors all news of the accident.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^15, ^2022
21:19 UTC
British-led forces (here, Gurkhas) are fighting to clear the road to Imphal & break Japanese encirclement before defenders are overwhelmed.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^15, ^2022
21:19 UTC
Heavy fighting is still raging in northeast India between British Indian Army & Japanese forces invading from Burma, trying to capture city of Imphal.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^15, ^2022
21:14 UTC
A colossal explosion has ripped through the harbour of Bombay, India, killing ~1000 people. A British freighter, SS Fort Stikine, carrying 1400 tons of explosives & ammunition, caught fire & has wrecked Victoria Dock & surrounding slums, leaving 80,000 people homeless.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^14, ^2022
21:42 UTC
Red Army have launched an assault on Nazi-occupied Crimea, smashing across narrow Perekop Isthmus & capturing town of Kerch as a beachhead. Soviet forces now pouring into Crimean peninsula, with German & Romanian defenders unable to escape except by sea.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^13, ^2022
22:05 UTC
British government has cordoned off the south coast of England; all non-residents now banned from coming within 10 miles- to ensure secrecy for Allied invasion forces assembling for planned landing in France this summer.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^12, ^2022
21:37 UTC
Petr Mikhin, Soviet artillery officer in Ukraine: "Exhausted by our advances, we now slowly stroll towards empty German trenches under bright spring sun. We spot a new line in the distance. I think to myself, 'How many more trenches will we have to take on our road to Berlin?'"
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^11, ^2022
22:04 UTC
Outnumbered & stretched in long defensive lines from Ukraine to Baltic, Axis forces are being forced back by the Red Army.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^11, ^2022
21:49 UTC
Red Army forces are now in Poland & Romania, pushing deeper into Axis nations of eastern Europe; New York Times map shows Soviet advances over the last week:
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^10, ^2022
20:33 UTC
Nicknamed “Night Witches” by Germans, the all-volunteer female crews fly Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes, repurposed training aircraft. Slow, fragile & unable to carry many bombs, “flying sewing machines” are agile & quiet- pilots cut engines on final glide, striking in absolute silence
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^9, ^2022
21:16 UTC
Soviet aviatrix Yevgeniya Rudneva, head navigator of the all-woman Night Bomber regiment, has been shot down & killed. In 2 years she flew 645 combat missions, guiding female pilots in obsolete biplanes to attack German forces under cover of darkness.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^9, ^2022
20:36 UTC
Red Army troops & Soviet partisans have captured the Black Sea port of Odessa, driving Nazi forces out of the Ukrainian city after two years' occupation.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^8, ^2022
20:03 UTC
Red Army troops have invaded Romania, with Soviet 2nd & 3rd Ukrainian Armies crossing border into Axis state at small town of Târgu Frumos.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^7, ^2022
21:50 UTC
IG Farben chemical factory- worked by slave labour from the Auschwitz concentration camp- is the main target. RAF pilots unaware of nearby death camp.
^- ^Second ^World ^War ^tweets ^from ^1944 ^(@RealTimeWWII) ^| ^April ^6, ^2022
21:41 UTC