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August 1944 in Europe
- Operation OverlordIn May 1943, Allied leaders gathered at the Trident Conference in Washington to make a decision that would alter the course of history.
- Vyborg–Petrozavodsk offensiveIn January 1944, Soviet forces raised the Siege of Leningrad and drove the German Army Group North back to the Narva-Lake Ilmen-Pskov line.
- Falaise pocketOn the 25th of July 1944, American forces launched Operation Cobra near Saint-Lô. This offensive shattered German defenses and pushed troops south into open…
- Operation DragoonGeneral George Marshall proposed the invasion of Southern France in 1942. Joseph Stalin supported this plan at the Tehran Conference in late 1943.
- Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacreOn the morning of the 12th of August 1944, German troops of the 2nd Battalion of SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 35 entered the mountain village of Sant'Anna di…
- 1944 Romanian coup d'étatThe night of the 13th of June 1944 marked the beginning of a secret alliance that would reshape Eastern Europe. In a hidden house at 103 Calea Moșilor in…
- Warsaw UprisingOn the 1st of August 1944, the Polish Home Army launched Operation Tempest in Warsaw. This decision came after months of planning and political maneuvering…
- Liberation of ParisThe Allied strategy emphasized destroying German forces retreating toward the Rhine, not liberating Paris. General Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of…
- Slovak National UprisingOn the 14th of March 1939, the Slovak Parliament declared independence from the Czecho-Slovak Republic under strong pressure from the Third Reich.
- Operation BagrationOn the 22nd of June 1944, the Red Army attacked Army Group Centre in Byelorussia. This offensive occurred just over two weeks after Operation Overlord began…
- Second Jassy–Kishinev offensiveThe Red Army had advanced past Romania's pre-war borders in the Uman, Botoșani offensive in early April 1944. By late April, German-Romanian allies managed…