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Timeline 1944 - month by month
Pre-D Day
Formation and training, in Britain, before entering Europe.
June 1944
D Day and clearing the Cotentin peninsula.
July 1944
Participation in Operation Cobra - the Normandy breakout.
August 1944
The race east across France to the outskirts of Paris.
September 1944
Continuing east, from north of Paris and into Belgium.
October 1944
Crossing Belgium to the German border and coming to a virtual halt at the Siegfried Line.
November 1944
Bogged down in Germany. Hürtgen Forest & Operation Queen.
December 1944
Hürtgen Forest, pushing to the Roer, the Battle of the Bulge and the fight for Humain.
An overview of the journey taken by the 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron in 1944