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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 DragoonOperation Dragoon began in the predawn hours of the 15th of August 1944, when 1,300 Allied bombers from Italy, Sardinia, and Corsica roared toward the…
- Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacreSant'Anna di Stazzema is a hill village in Tuscany, and on the morning of the 12th of August 1944, it ceased to exist as its inhabitants had known it.
- 1944 Romanian coup d'étatOn the 23rd of August 1944, King Michael I of Romania summoned Prime Minister Ion Antonescu to the royal palace. The meeting lasted an hour.
- Warsaw UprisingThe Warsaw Uprising began at 17:00 on the 1st of August 1944, when tens of thousands of Polish fighters rose against the German occupation.
- Liberation of ParisOn the night of the 24th of August 1944, a half-track named "Ebro" rolled into the square in front of the Hôtel de Ville and opened fire on a group of German…
- 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 BagrationOperation Bagration began on the 22nd of June 1944, exactly three years to the day after Germany launched its invasion of the Soviet Union.
- 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…