Jan 11 Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established

Jan 17 Corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean

Jan 18 The first Chinese naturalized US citizen since repeal of exclusion acts

Jan 03 Helicopter Mercy Mission a HNS-1 helicopter, made an emergency delivery of 40 units of blood plasma from lower Manhattan Island to Sandy Hook where the plasma was administered to survivors of an explosion on the destroyer Turner (DD 648)

Jan 07 Air Force announces production of first US jet fighter, the Bell P-59

Jan 28 Leonard Bernstein's "Jeremiah," premieres in Pittsburgh

Jan 17 Corvette Violet sinks U-641 in Atlantic Ocean

Jan 31 Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June

Jan 31 U-592 sunk off Ireland

Jan 12 Failed resistance raid on distribution office of Borgerstraat Amsterdam

Jan 01 The first feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City NY

Jan 27 Leningrad liberated from Germany in 880 days with 600,000 killed

Jan 16 Gen. Dwight Eisenhower arrived in London to assume command of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe.

Jan 31 U.S. forces begin their invasion of Kwajalein Atoll and the Marshall Islands, during WWII.

Jan 18 The seige of Lenningrad, in the USSR, by the Germans ends after over two years

Jan 16 General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London

Jan 31 Operation-Overlord (D-Day) postponed until June

Jan 28 683 British bombers attack Berlin

Jan 03 Top Marine ace MAJ Boyington captured after shooting down 28 aircraft

Jan 14 Soviet army begins offensive at Oranienbaum/Wolchow

Jan 29 HMS Spartan sunk a 5.25in-armed "Bellona" class AA cruiser. Lost off Anzio, Italy

Jan 20 RAF drops 2300 ton bombs on Berlin

Jan 28 U-271 &U-571 sunk off Ireland

Jan 02 First use of helicopters during warfare (British Atlantic patrol)

Jan 01 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army

Jan 29 285 German bombers attack London

Jan 11 Aircraft from USS Block Island make first aircraft rocket attack on German submarine

Jan 04 Ralph Bunche appointed first Negro official in US State Department

Jan 21 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg

Jan 03 Top Marine ace MAJ Boyington captured after shooting down 28 aircraft

Jan 31 U.S. forces begin their invasion of Kwajalein Atoll and the Marshall Islands, during WWII.

Jan 31 US forces invade Kwajalein Atoll

Jan 01 The first feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City NY

Jan 22 Allied forces begin their beach assault at Anzio, Italy, during WWII.

Jan 12 Churchill &de Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakesh

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