Table of Data Points

Tag : Europe

1944-08-291944-10-28Slovak National Uprising

An attempt to overthrow the collaborationist Slovak State of Jozef Tiso. Although the rebel forces were defeated by Nazi Germany, guerrilla warfare continued until the Soviet Army liberated Slovakia in 1945.

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1944-08-28Marseille Liberated

Allied troops liberate Marseille as part of the Operation Dragoon, the allied invasion of the southern France.

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1944-08-28Toulon Liberated

Allied troops liberate Toulon as part of the Operation Dragoon, the allied invasion of the southern France.

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1944-08-20168 Airmen at Buchenwald

168 captured allied airmen, accused of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.

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1944-08-201944-08-29Jassy 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.

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1944-08-19Bagration Closes

The massive offensive by the 1st Baltic, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Belorussian Fronts resulted in the almost complete destruction of the German Army Group Centre. The operation "was the most calamitous defeat of all the German armed forces in World War II".

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1944-08-151944-09-14Operation 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.

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1944-08-12Sant'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.

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1944-08-12Alencon Liberated

Alencon is the first French city liberated solely by French troops. General Philippe Leclerc's 2nd Armoured Division captured the city.

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1944-08-121944-08-21Falaise 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.

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