June 1944
month of 1944
The following events occurred in June 1944:
June 1, 1944 (Thursday)
The American submarine Herring was sunk by Japanese coastal batteries on Matua Island.
British troops captured Frosinone, Italy.
60 men of the British 2nd Parachute Brigade began Operation Hasty, a mission behind German lines in Italy.
Adolf Hitler dissolved the Abwehr and transferred its functions to the Reich Security Main Office under Heinrich Himmler.
The BBC broadcast a coded message based on the Paul Verlaine poem Chanson d'automne to inform the French Resistance that the invasion of France was imminent. The Germans understood the intent of the message but failed to bring up sufficient forces.
Two K-class blimps of the United States Navy completed the first transatlantic crossing by non-rigid airships, from the United States to French Morocco, in 80 hours.
A general election was held in Cuba, in which Ramón Grau was elected president.
José María Velasco Ibarra became President of Ecuador for the second time.
Born: Robert Powell, actor, in Salford, Lancashire, England
June 2, 1944 (Friday)
Allied forces overran the Caesar C line south of Rome.
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