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22 Sep 1944
  • USS Gunnel ended her sixth war patrol. ww2dbase [Gunnel | CPC]
  • Submarine USS Growler entered the Indian Ocean from the Bali Sea via the Lombok Strait en route Fremantle, Australia. ww2dbase [Growler | DS]
  • The last Operation Frantic mission ended as 84 B-17s and 51 P-51s return to England from Italy. ww2dbase [Operation Frantic | P-51 Mustang | B-17 Flying Fortress | DS]
Estonia
  • Red Army units captured Tallinn and Reval, Estonia. ww2dbase [Tallinn | TH]
France
  • The German garrison in Boulogne, France surrendered to Canadian troops. ww2dbase [Boulogne, Nord-Pas-de-Calais | TH]
  • US Army 65th Infantry Regiment, consisted of Puerto Ricans, arrived France. ww2dbase [CPC]
Germany Italy
  • US troops captured the Il Giogo pass on the Gothic Line in Italy. ww2dbase [Gothic Line Offensive | CPC]
Japan
  • Destroyer Yukikaze departed Kure, Japan to escort battleships Fuso and Yamashiro to Lingga, Borneo. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | Kure, Hiroshima | CPC]
Pacific Ocean
  • USS Alabama escorted US carriers as carrier aircraft began attacking Japanese positions in the Manila Bay area in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Alabama | CPC]
Philippines
  • Irako departed Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands at 0300 hours with a deck load of reconnaissance floatplanes for Coron Bay, Calamian Islands, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Irako | Manila | CPC]
  • Kamoi arrived at Coron Bay, Palawan, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Coron Bay, Palawan | CPC]
Romania
  • The leading Divisions of Marshal Fedor Tolbukhin's 3rd Ukrainian Front commenced a crossing of the River Danube near Turnu Severin, Romania, meeting strong opposition from German Army alpine and German Waffen-SS troops under Field Marshal Maximilian Freiherr von Weich's command. ww2dbase [Jassy-Kishinev Offensive and Romania's Surrender | Mehedinti | AC]
Taiwan
  • The Taiwan Army was absorbed into the Japanese Tenth Area Army with General Rikichi Ando remaining as its commanding officer. ww2dbase [Rikichi Ando | CPC]
  • Haroki Isayama stepped down as the Chief of Staff of Japanese Army's Taiwan Army and was made the Chief of Staff of the newly formed 10th Area Army stationed in Taiwan. ww2dbase [Haruki Isayama | CPC]
United Kingdom
  • British scientists, returning from studying a German rocket research site at Blizna, Poland, found that the crates of rocket parts collected had been switched to ordinary aircraft parts, presumably by the Soviets who wished to retain the rocket parts for their own weapons research. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States Photo(s) dated 22 Sep 1944
Major General Robert E. Urquhart of UK 1st Airborne Division planting the airborne flag outside his headquarters near Arnhem, the Netherlands, 22 Sep 1944Bow view of USS Spot, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 22 Sep 1944Stern view of USS Spot, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 22 Sep 1944Port side view of USS Spot, off Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 22 Sep 1944

22 Sep 1944 Interactive Map

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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