Timeline Sunday 4 June 1944

Events on Sunday 4 June 1944 2

• 1944 Allies liberate Rome First Axis capital to fall Allied forces entered Rome on June 4, 1944, making it the first Axis capital to be liberated. The news was overshadowed two days later by the Normandy landings.
• 1944 Liberation of Rome Allied troops enter the Italian capital The US Fifth Army under Mark Clark entered Rome after the Germans withdrew without defending the city. Rome became the first Axis capital to fall to the Allies. News of the liberation was quickly overshadowed by the Normandy landings two days later.