Air Operations, Bonin and Volcano Islands

VB-109 PB4Ys, now based at Isely Field on Saipan, attack Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima, and Haha Jima airfields.

Air Operations, CBI

• 49 10th Air Force P-40s attack Japanese Army positions around Myitkyina.
• 38 P-47s and P-51s attack targets in the Hopin and Myitkyina areas, bridges at four locations, a supply dump, and a rice mill.

• 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack roads around Tengchung.
• B-25s and 14th Air Force P-40s attack rail facilities at Siangsiang.
• B-25s and fighter-bombers attack a fighter strip near Changsha, artillery batteries at Leiyang, river traffic, and a number of occupied towns.
• 5th CACW Fighter Group P-40s down 2 Ki-43 'Oscar' fighters over the airfield at Paluichi at 0735 hours.
• 5th CACW Fighter Group P-40s down a Ki-48 'Lily' bomber and a transport over the airfield at Sinsiang at 1210 hours.
• 76th Fighter Squadron and 118th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron P-51s down 3 Ki-43 'Oscar' fighters over Tanchuk during a late-afternoon engagement.

Air Operations, East Indies

• 380th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack barges and artillery batteries at Lautem, Timor.
• 74 3rd and 312th Light Bomb group A-20s staging through the Mokmer airfield on Biak mount extremely low-level attacks against the Boela airfield on Ceram and oil wells and fuel storage facilities at Boela.

Air Operations, Europe

• 19 Lancasters of No. 8 Group attack the flying bomb site at St Philbert Ferme through thick cloud and 4 Mosquitos fly Ranger patrols over northern Germany and Denmark.
• There are no losses.

• 242 Lancasters and 11 Mosquitos of Nos. 1, 5 and 8 Groups attack railway yards at Revigny and Villeneuve. The raid on Villeneuve is successful though much of the bombing falls east of the target. The raid to Revigny is not carried out because the target can not be identified.
• 7 Lancasters are lost on the Revigny raid.
• 101 Halifaxes, 10 Mosquitos and 4 Lancasters of Nos. 4, 6 and 8 groups attack V-weapons sites at Anderbelck and Les Landes. Anderbelck is accurately bombed in good visibility, but the Les Landes site is bombed through 10/10th cloud.

• 132 aircraft make a diversionary sweep over the North Sea, 42 Mosquitos are sent to Hannover, 8 Stirlings lay mine off the Biscay ports, and there are 56 Mosquito patrols and 35 RCM sorties.
• 1 Mosquito of No. 100 Group is lost.

Air Operations, Marianas

• 318th Fighter Group P-47s attack Tinian.
• A 6th Night Fighter Squadron P-61 crew downs a G4M 'Betty' bomber near Saipan at 2225 hours.

Air Operations, New Guinea

• V Bomber Command B-25s attack a barge terminal at Kokas.
• A-20s attack the airfield at But and Japanese Army ground troops at Sauri.
• V Fighter Command fighter-bombers support Allied ground forces in the Aitape area and attack Japanese Army troops near Afua.
• Night-fighters attack airfields on the Vogelkop Peninsula.

Burma-India

Gen Walter Lentaigne asks for the few platoons of Chindits in Morris Force, of the 3rd Indian Div, to be withdrawn west of the Irrawaddy, but the British headquarters refuses to give the necessary authority.

In India, the British XXXIII Corps completes the encirclement along elimination of enemy forces along the Ukhrul-Imphal road. The IV Corps, whose advance on Tiddim over the Burma frontier has been firmly held up by the Japanese, manages to weaken the enemy's resistance through a series of attacks by the 5th and 17th Indian Divs.

Eastern Front

The central and southern fronts of the Red Army are once more on the move. Konev's 1st Ukraine goes over to the offensive in Poland, north and south of Brody, in the region east of Lvov. Further north, forces of the 1st Belorussian Front take Pinsk, east of Brest-Litovsk. Pinsk is the last major German stronghold in the Pripet Marshes. 5 Russian armies are now concentrated in the drive toward Warsaw. For the first time the Russians clearly dominate the skies, employing thousands of aircraft in support of their ground forces.

The 61st Army and elements of the 28th Army take Pinsk. The 31st Army reaches the Niemen at Grodno and crosses to threaten the East Prussian border. Grodno itself is fiercely defended by the SS Totenkopf Division.

The 1st Ukrainian Front develops its offensive, the 2nd and 8th Air Armies clearing the 4th Air Fleet from the skies. Joining the offensive, the left wing of the 1st Belorussian Front hits the northern wing of the 4th Panzer Army.

The 3rd Guards and 13th Armies resume their attacks against the junction of the 2 German panzer armies, the XIII Corps being crushed as the 13th and 38th Armies advance more thatn 10 miles into its rear. The 60th and 38th Armies develop their attacks toward Lvov but are embroiled in a strong German defensive position. The XLVIII Panzer Corps tries to launch a counterattack but suffer heavy casualties to constant Soviet air attacks.

Italy

The 34th Div continues its advance toward Leghorn, while the 442nd Regt taking San Pieve di Luce and the 133rd approaching Usigliano. Units of the American 89th(?) Div seize Chianni, meeting with no resistance. The Germans have also abandoned Terricciola. Units of the French Expeditionary Corps capture Poggibonsi and push on toward Certaldo.

New Guinea

Japanese counterattacks on the Driniumor, in the Aitape area, are driven off.

Over the next 2 weeks the Japanese positions near Aitape between Yakamul and But are bombarded on many occasions by the ships of Commodore John Collins' TF 74. There are 2 cruisers and 6 destroyers involved in these operations, mostly Australian ships.

Occupied France

Vichy announces the death of Georges Mandel, former Minister of the Interior. He was murdered by the Milice, the Vichy Secret Police.

Pacific

The Japanese submarine I-6 is sunk by the US destroyer escort William C. Miller (DE-259) in the Marianas Islands area.

Western Front

The 4 corps of the US 1st Army still advance south, meeting firm resistance all the time from the German 7th Army. In particular, units of the 30th Div of XIX Corps capture Pont-Hébert after a bitter struggle, while the 35th Div reaches the road joining Pont-Hébert and St Lô.

Images from July 14, 1944

B-17 of US 94th Bomb Group drops supplies to French Resistance in Vercors region, 14 July 1944. (USAAF photo)

B-17 of US 94th Bomb Group Drops Supplies

Soldiers of the US 3rd Armored Division standing in front of a hedgerow, holding a sign shaped like a German Cross that says, 'Soldiers surrender - you are surrounded.' Northwest of Saint-Lô, 14 July 1944.

3rd Armored Division Soldiers

Generals Juin (Fr), Alexander (UK) and Clark (USA) in the Siena Campo for the Bastille Day Parade, 14 July 1944

Bastille Day Parade

Bombardment of Guam before the Battle, as Seen from the New Mexico, 14 July 1944

Allies Crossing an Orchard between Hedgerows, 14 July, 1944

Aid Station and Rest Point in a Captured Farmhouse, during the Battle of the Hedgerows, 14 July 1944

This bazooka team takes a second look at the German Panzer they took care of on their first look, 14 July 1944

Knocked-out a German Panzer

US Destroyer Escort Vance helped to fight off a German air attack against an Allied convoy off Oran, 14 July 1944

US Destroyer Escort Vance