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World War II: Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union…
World War II: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end.
World War II: The Battle of Narva on the Eastern Front ends with a defensive German victory.
Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people are killed…
Alençon is liberated by General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, the first city in France to be liberated from the…
World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.
World War II: One hundred sixty-eight captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being…
World War II: The Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive.
World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces.
World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allied forces.
World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested.…
World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested.…
Freckleton air disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton,…
World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.