27th January 1944, 27th January 1945 (1 Viewer)

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1944 The siege of Leningrad ends after 900 days and perhaps 900,000 deaths:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/27/newsid_3498000/3498330.stm

1945 The Auschwitz concentration camp is liberated, ater 1,500,000 deaths:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/27/newsid_3520000/3520986.stm

On the Western Front the debacle of the New Year's Day raids is becoming apparent - the Luftwaffe ceases to exist as a combat threat, and in the Pacific theatre the Philippines has been liberated.
 

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