1944
January 1944.
5th.	Red Army enters Poland.
10th.	Allied Forces push forward in Burma.
12th	Churchill meets the troops and de Gaulle in Morocco.
19th	Red Army breaches Leningrad siege line. Huge casualties. 20,000 Germans killed and 1,000 captured.
22nd.	Allies land at Anzio.
30th	1,800 Allied prisoners of war left to drown in battened down holds of a torpoed Japanese ship. Allies launch assault on the Marshall islands.
FEBRUARY 1944	Churchill relaxed by painting in oils - he took up painting to quieten his distress at the loss of life in the First World War. He only ever thought of it as a hobby - but if you click on the above image it will enlarge and you will see for yourself his extraordinary talent. 'Painting is a friend who makes no undue demands, excites no exhausting pursuits, keeps faithful pace even with feeble steps, and holds her canvas as a screen between us and the envious eyes of Time and the surly advance of Decrepitude. Happy are the painters for they shall not be lonely Light and colour, peace and hope, will keep them company to the end of the day. Winston Churchill.
12th.	Churchill angry over deadlock at Anzio.
15th.	The total destruction of Monte Casino . . . and yet German soldiers still held the position. The 700 year old Monte Casino destroyed by the Allies.
17th	A US Navy seaplane landing alongside a warship, while sailors watch from the deck. US Navy Force attacks Japanese naval base at Truk in the Caroline Islands and destroys 275 enemy planes, 15 warships, and 25 merchant ships.
March 1944.
	Churchill visits the D Day Commandos
19th.	Large glider borne Allied force lands behind enemy lines in Burma.
	Gestapo police in Rome execute 336 civilians to avenge partisan bombing of a SS parade.
28th.	Churchill loved King George VI
31st.	545 RAF pilots and 95 planes lost in single raid on Nuremburg.
	USAAF B17 Flying Fortress.
APRIL 1944.	London bans visitors going within 10 miles of southern England coastline.
7th.	Klaus Barbie announced the destruction of a Jewish children's home France. His report read "captured . . 41 children between 3 and 10 years of age and 10 attendants . . . the transport will leave for Drancy tomorrow" Drancy was their only pause on the way to gas death camp Birkenau. Second allied landing behind Japanese lines in Burma. Day and night bombing of Germany continues.
16th	The Red Flag flies again - but over a totally destroyed Stalingrad Red Army clears Germans from the Crimea.
24th.	Allied landings on Dutch New Guinea.

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The purpose of these pages is to tell the story of Churchill's life - not to give a detailed account of the wars he was involved in, for that is a vast subject.

To obtain an idea of the cause and magnitude of the war, examine the monthly calendar for each year - they include many photographs.

It is important to remember that heavy censorship of news took place throughout them, and therefore knowledge of many of these events was not available until long after they happened - or until after the wars had ended.

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CHURCHILL'S SPEECHES The Full Texts from 1936 to 1946.

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Short biography of The Japanese War Lords

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