Air Operations, Carolines

FEAF B-24s attack the airfield on Yap.

Air Operations, CBI

• 7 10th Air Force B-25s attack rail facilities at Mohnyin.
• 2 B-25s attack stores at Maingna.
• 14 P-40s attack Japanese Army ground forces near Myitkyina.

• 25 308th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack Changsha.
• More than 140 14th Air Force P-51s and P-40s attack numerous towns, troops, and transportation targets over a vast area.
• 31 P-51s and P-40s attack Tsingyun.

• 4 14th Air Force P-40s attack junks off the northeastern coast.

Air Operations, East Indies

V Bomber Command bombers attack Saumlakki.

Air Operations, Europe

• 48 Lancasters and 12 Mosquitos of No. 8 Group carry out 'Oboe leader' bombings of 4 V-weapon sites through 10/10ths cloud.
• There are no losses.
• 2 Mosquitos on Ranger patrols shoot up trains in Holland and Germany without a loss.

• 6 Lancasters lay mines in the Kattegat, 10 Halifaxes are on Resistance operations and there are 5 OTU sorties.
• There are no losses.

• In the only mission completed by 8th Air Force aircraft, 7 B-17s, escorted by 27 4th Fighter Group P-51s, drop leaflets over northwestern Germany.
• 2 P-51s are lost in operational accident, 1 pilot is killed

• Despite bad weather, two IX Bomber Command B-26 groups and one A-20 group attack a rail bridge and several fuel dumps. Escort for supply and evacuation aircraft and medium and light bombers is provided by the IX Fighter Command.
• During the late evening, four IX Fighter Command fighter-bomber groups conduct rail-interdiction missions.

• XII TAC A-20s are able to conduct several armed-reconnaissance missions and attacks on a munitions factory and motor vehicles.
• 12th Air Force B-25s are able to mount attack on three bridgtes.
• XII TAC fighter-bombers are able to strafe parked aircraft at Bergamo Airdrome and attack several gunm emplacements, road and rail bridges, motor vehicles, and trains north of the battle area.
• During the night, XII TAC A-20s strafe motor vehicles in the Po River Valley.

• 458 15th Air Force B-17s and B-24s attack an oil refinery at Ploesti or alternate rail targets at Orsova, Verciorova, and Kragujevac (Yugoslavia).
• On the 15th Air Force's second FRANTIC mission to the Soviet Union, 76 82nd Fighter Group P-38s and 58 31st Fighter Group P-51s damage or destroy an estimated 41 Axis aircraft on the ground and a confirmed 20 Axis aircraft in the air while strafing the Buzau and Zilistea Airdromes between 1015 and 1100 hours. Also destroyed during the all-fighter missions are 6 locomotives and several trucks encountered along the way.

Air Operations, Marianas

• The preinvasion air, naval, and artillery bombardment of Tinian continues.
• 318th Fighter Group P-47s make the first use of napalm in the Pacific War in attacks against Pagan and Tinian islands.

Air Operations, New Guinea

• V Bomber Command B-24s, B-25s, and A-20s, and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack shipping and port facilities throughout the Vogelkop Peninsula, the airfield at But, and various targets near Wewak.
• Following an air and artillery preparation, US Army ground forces clear the last organized Japanese Army pocket on Biak Island.

CBI

Gen Stilwell, in a radio message to Gen Hearn, his chief of staff, establishes policy on support of Chinese forces in eastern China. Stilwell says that Gen Chennault should admit his failure to stop the Japanese by air alone to Chiand Kai-shek, who would then decide what revision should be made in allocation of Hump tonnage.

Eastern Front

The Leningrad Front under Leonid Govorov and the Karelia Front under Kiril Meretskov reach the 1940 Russo-Finnish frontier. In Poland Konstantin Rokossovsky's 1st Belorussian Front take Chelm in their advance on Lublin. German forces in the Brody pocket are annihilated.

The 42nd Army captures most of Pskov, but German rearguards continue to fight in the town. Panevesus falls to the 51st Army as it pushes west toward Siauliai.

The Soviet 2nd Tank Army takes Chelm.

The isolated XIII Corps is destroyed in heavy fighting. More than 35,000 German soldiers are killed during the fighting and another 17,000 captured, 12,000 escaping rejoin the main combat line. Hauffe is captured during the final battle. To the west the 4th Tank Army fights its way into Lvov from the southeast.

Italy

In the British X Corps sector the 10th Indian Div enters Città di Castello. The troops of the New Zealand 2nd Div take Tavernelle. The South African 6th Arm Div advances on the heights near Greve capturing the summits of Monte Domini and monte Fili. The 4th Div reaches San Giovanni.[ITALY]

Marianas

The Marines repel counterattacks on both beachheads and then launch converging attacks in an attempt to link up. Both advance for about a mile despite heavy resistance. The 3rd Marine Division pushes the salient 1,000 yards inland toward Mt Chachao and seizes the Piti Navy Yard. In a shore-to-shore operation, elements begin clearing Cabras Island. The 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, reinforced by the 305th RCT, gains Mt Alifan and the final beachhead line on the south flank of the corps. Gen Geiger orders the 1st Provisional Brigade to clear the Orote Peninsula upon relief by the 77th Division. An advance party of the 306th Infantry, which is to accomplish the relief, arrives to prepare for landing the rest of the regiment.

New Guinea

In the Aitape area, the 2nd Battalion of the 169th Infantry, 43rd Division, moves to the right of the 125th Infantry, North Force, along the Driniumor. The Japanese make unsuccessful attacks against the North Force in an effort to regain a crossing of the Driniumor. The Japanese remain active in the Afua area. Efforts to relieve the isolated Troop C, 112th Cavalry, are futile, and the South Force is obliged to refuse its right flank, leaving Afua to the enemy and Troop C isolated.

At Biak, after air and artillery preparation, the 163rd Infantry eliminates the last Japanese defensive strongpoint, called the Ibdi pocket. Biak is won at a cost of 400 dead and 2,000 wounded.

Occupied France

The SS destroy the village of St Gingolph.

Western Front

The advance of the American 90th Div toward St-Germain-sur-Sèves is halted by strong resistance from units of the German 7th Army.

In the British 2nd Army's XII Corps area, the 43rd Division, in a limited attack, takes Maltot.

Images from July 22, 1944

Douglas A-20G Havoc Hit by Anti-aircraft Gunfire

The A-20 Continues to Roll Right

The Attack Bomber Hits the Water

Wreckage Explodes

Churchill and Montgomery with Troops

Lt-Gen Dempsey Pointing Out a Section of the Front

The Scene Outside the NAAFI

Forward Elements of the 10th Indian Division

Crossing the River Orne

Panther Ausf A in Normandy

Liberation of Poland Begins

75-mm Pack Howitzer Fires in Support of Marines