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 | 1944-08-20 | 1944-08-29 | Jassy Kishinev Offensive | The 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts of the Red Army engaged Army Group South Ukraine (combined German and Romanian formations). Defending troops were encircled and destroyed. Romania switched allegiance from Axis to the Soviet Union. | Read about 'Jassy Kishinev Offensive' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Jassy Kishinev Offensive' |
| 1944-08-15 | 1944-09-14 | Operation Dragoon | The allied invasion of southern France was initiated by an amphibious assault by elements of the U.S. Seventh Army, with a follow-up force made up primarily of the French First Army. | Read about 'Operation Dragoon' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Dragoon' |
| 1944-08-12 | Sant'Anna di Stazzema | SS troops commanded Anton Galler, surrounded and entered Sant'Anna, rounded up approximately 560 men, women and children, murdered them and burnt their bodies. | Read about 'Sant'Anna di Stazzema' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sant'Anna di Stazzema' | |
| 1944-08-12 | Alencon Liberated | Alencon is the first French city liberated solely by French troops. General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armoured Division captured the city. | Read about 'Alencon Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Alencon Liberated' | |
| 1944-08-12 | 1944-08-21 | Falaise Pocket | The German 7th and 5th Panzer Armies became encircled by the allied advance following Operation Cobra, the successful breakout from Normandy. The bulk of Germany's forces west of the River Seine are destroyed. | Read about 'Falaise Pocket' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Falaise Pocket' |
| 1944-08-01 | Breakout | As German troops start to withdraw from Caen, Allied troops break out of the Cotentin Peninsula and move rapidly through Britany. | Read about 'Breakout' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Breakout' | |
| 1944-07-26 | Lviv Liberated | Lviv is liberated by Soviet troops. Of the 160,000 pre-war Jewish residents of Lviv, only 300 survive. | Read about 'Lviv Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Lviv Liberated' | |
| 1944-07-25 | 1944-07-27 | Operation Spring | An attack carried out by II Canadian Corps designed to break out of the Normandy lodgment. Strong German defense of Verrieres ridge and active counter attacks inflict heavy casualties and prevent the breakout. Canadians suffer 1500 casualties. | Read about 'Operation Spring' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Operation Spring' |
| 1944-07-25 | 1944-08-10 | Tannenberg Line | After the Soviet offensive, German troops fell back to prepared defenses in the hills of Sinimaed. German troops held their ground and Stalin's main strategic goal, the quick recovery of Estonia, was not achieved. | Read about 'Tannenberg Line' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tannenberg Line' |
| 1944-07-21 | Stauffenberg Executed | In an ultimately futile attempt to save his own life, Generaloberst Friedrich Fromm, Commander-in-Chief of the Replacement Army holds an impromptu court marshal of his co-conspirators, condemning the ringleaders to death. | Read about 'Stauffenberg Executed' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Stauffenberg Executed' |
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