18 Jun 1944
  • Carrier Shokaku sailed in company with flagship Taiho and sister ship Zuikaku for the Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Shokaku | CPC]
  • US First Army isolated Cherbourg, France. ww2dbase [Normandy Campaign, Phase 1 | TH]
  • US 83rd Infantry Division arrived in Normandy, France. ww2dbase [CPC]
  • USS Mingo departed Manus, Admiralty Islands for her fourth war patrol. ww2dbase [Mingo | CPC]
  • Gurkha troops of the Chindits made contact with Chinese troops at the village of Lakum in northern Burma. ww2dbase [Operation Thursday | CPC]
China
  • In China, the strategic city of Changsha, 200 miles south of Hankou, fell to the Japanese, having successfully defied them three times before. ww2dbase [Operation Ichigo | Changsha, Hunan | CPC, AC]
France Germany Hawaii Italy Japan
  • The keel of landing ship No. 138 was laid down by Kawanami Kogyo. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
Mariana Islands New Hebrides Pacific Ocean
  • USS New Mexico escorted transports out of the Mariana Islands area. ww2dbase [New Mexico | CPC]
  • Submarine USS Tinosa sank a 400-ton sailing vessel in the Tsushima Strait by tossing fuel oil and hand grenades onto the deck. ww2dbase [Tinosa | Tsushima Strait | DS]
United Kingdom
  • A V-1 flying bomb struck the Guards Chapel across from Buckingham Palace in London, England, United Kingdom during worship services, killing 119. ww2dbase [Vergeltungswaffe 1 | V-Weapons Campaign | London, England | TH]
  • Winston Churchill impressed on Dwight Eisenhower that there must be no change of plans as a result of the V-1 attacks; London and the South-east would endure the bombardment as long as was necessary. ww2dbase [Winston Churchill | V-Weapons Campaign | AC]
  • Glenn Miller arrived in England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Glenn Miller | England | AC]
United States Photo(s) dated 18 Jun 1944
American soldiers constructing a landing ramp as part of the Mulberry A artificial harbor at Omaha Beach, Normandy, circa mid-Jun 1944Wrecked German Tiger I heavy tank near Rome, Italy, 18 Jun 1944Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. in his Jeep StuG III assault gun of German 303 Assault Gun Brigade in Finland, Lappeenranta, Finland, circa Jun 1944
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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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