Timeline Sunday 9 July 1944

Events on Sunday 9 July 1944 2

• 1944 Deportation of Hungarian Jews Over 430,000 sent to Auschwitz in eight weeks After Germany occupied Hungary, the Hungarian gendarmerie and Adolf Eichmann's unit organised the deportation of Jews from the provinces. Most of those deported were murdered on arrival at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Regent Horthy halted the deportations in early July under international pressure.
• 1944 Battle of Saipan US forces capture a key Mariana island US Marines and Army troops captured Saipan after three weeks of heavy fighting. Nearly the entire Japanese garrison died, and many civilians killed themselves rather than surrender. The island brought the Japanese home islands within range of B-29 bombers, and its loss led to the fall of Tojo's government.