16 Sep 1944




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- British troops landed unopposed on the island of Kythera in the Peloponnese peninsula in Greece. ww2dbase [TH]
- A speech by Goebbels called for resistance by all Germans with utmost fanaticism. ww2dbase [Joseph Goebbels | TH]
- US 803rd Tank Destroyer Battalion captured Simpelveld in the Netherlands. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Roza Shanina was awarded the Order of Glory 2nd Class. ww2dbase [Roza Shanina | CPC]
- Soviet troops entered Sofia, Bulgaria. ww2dbase [Bulgaria Switched Sides | Sofia | TH]
- Destroyers Z28 and Z36 escorted the passenger ship Monte Rosa, with refugees aboard, from Paldiski (German: Baltisch-Port), Estonia to Gotenhafen, Germany (occupied Gdynia, Poland). ww2dbase [Z28 | Z36 | Paldiski | CPC]
- Anglo-Indian troops began crossing the Manipur River in India toward Burma. ww2dbase [Assam | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 140 was launched at Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan. ww2dbase [Sasebo Naval Arsenal | No. 101/103-class | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 141 was launched at Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan.,Nagasaki, ww2dbase [Sasebo Naval Arsenal | No. 101/103-class | Sasebo, Nagasaki | CPC]
- Landing ship No. 159 was completed. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
- 13 He III bombers of I/KG53 of the German Air Force from Varelbusch, near Bremen, Germany took off to launch V-1 flying bombs, one crashed and exploded on take off killing the crew. 3 of the aircraft were intercepted and shot down over the sea. Royal Naval gunners hitting 2 and the other by a Mosquito aircraft of 96 Squadron flown by Lieutenant Ian Dobie. As they crossed the British coast 2 more were shot down by a Tempest aircraft flown by Flight Officer Bud Miller USAAF of 501 Squadron. Of the bombs launched, one hit a water tower at Saffron Walden, a market town in Essex. The tower was at the end of the runway of nearby Debden airfield and shook the men of 4th Fighter Group billet there. General Sir Fredrick Pile in charge of Britain's anti-aircraft defences noted that after an interval the attacks were being stepped up and he was having trouble shifting the guns into places where they could combat the bombs being launched by aircraft. ww2dbase [V-Weapons Campaign | Vergeltungswaffe 1 | Debden, England | HM]
- Saint Paul was launched at Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, sponsored by the wife of John J. McDonough. ww2dbase [Saint Paul | Quincy, Massachusetts | CPC]
- Soviet troops, Bulgarian troops, and Yugoslavian partisans defeated Chetnik fighters and Serbian Frontier Guards and captured Vlasotince, Yugoslavia. ww2dbase [Belgrade Strategic Offensive Operation | Vlasotince, Serbia | CPC]




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