Progress

2013-06-06 02:08:39 AM

I hope eventually that the project approaches one data point per day for the period of the war (Sept 1939 to Sept 1945). I have a long way to go.

Overall Progress38% complete
Number of Data Points839
Number of Tags92
First Data Point1912-06-23
Last Data Point1946-12-13
Average points per day (Sept 1939 - Sept 1945)0.38275547445255
Average points per day0.066634897942975

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1944-01-30Majuro

U.S. Troops invade and occupy the previously Japanese held island.

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1945-01-30Wilhelm Gustloff

Wilhelm Gustloff sunk after being hit by three torpedoes fired by the Soviet submarine S-13. Over 9000 lives were lost when the ship went down in icy Baltic waters, the worst maritime disaster in history.

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1943-01-291943-01-30Rennell Island

Japanese air attacks on a U.S. task force sink a heavy cruiser and damage a destoryer. The rest of the U.S. task force was forced to retreat from the southern Solomons area. As a result Japanese forces were able to safely evacuate Guadalcanal.

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1944-01-29Koniuchy massacre

Soviet partisan units attacked the village of Koniuchy. Men, women and children were massacred indiscriminately. According to the findings of the Institute of National Remembrance at least 38 people were killed and about a dozen injured

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1944-01-301944-02-02Battle of Cisterna

803 men are killed or captured when an attempt by US ranger units to infiltrate and capture Cisterna is discovered and ambushed by a large Panzer unit.

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1945-01-28Burma Road Open

Supply trucks begin to reach China over the newly re-opened Burma road.

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1942-02-03Timimi falls

As part of Rommel's second offensive, DAK troops advance through Cyrenaica until they reached Timimi. The DAK stayed here until the 26th of May when Rommel launched his attack to outflank the defenders of Tobruk on the Gazala line.

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1942-01-29Benghazi falls

Rommel's DAK advances towards Tobruk during his second offensive.

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