In 1944 the RAF defends London By Ronan Thomas 2024 marks the 80th anniversary of iconic Second World War military offensives in Europe. 1944 saw RAF Bomber Command’s all-out operations against Nazi Germany, Monte Cassino in Italy (January to May 1944), D-Day, Caen and Normandy in northwestern France (June-August), Operation Market Garden in Holland (September) and the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg (December 1944). 80 years on, these critical clashes are rightly the subject of current commemoration across Europe.