Video: 'The Great War episode 2 Stalemate' (Aug. 22, 1914, at 18:40)
(Saturday, August 22, 1914; during the Battle of the Frontiers of World War I) — On the same day Austria-Hungary declared war against Belgium, 27,000 French soldiers died in an offensive thrust to the east of Paris towards the German borders. It was the bloodiest day in the French Army’s entire history.
Video: 'dumbarton oaks conference'
(Monday, August 21, 1944; during World War II) — The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington today, paving the way for establishment of the United Nations.
Video: 'The World At War: Morning 5/5' (August 6-21, 1944, at 3:23)
(Monday, August 21, 1944, 2:00 p.m. CET; part of Operation Overlord during World War II) — Canadian and Polish units captured the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France, today, closing the Falaise Pocket, resulting in the destruction of most of Germany’s Army Group B west of the River Seine and opening the way to Paris and the German border for the Allied armies.
Video: 'The World At War: Morning 5/5' (August 19, 1944, at 8:43)
(Saturday, August 19, 1944; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II) — The Liberation of Paris began today with an uprising by the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) against their German (and Vichy) rulers, encouraged by reports of approaching Allied forces.
(Friday, August 18, 1944, 12:45 p.m. EWT; during World War II) — President Franklin Roosevelt hosted a private luncheon today with new running mate Sen. Harry Truman at the White House. Roosevelt told Truman nothing of importance, posed for photographers and made small talk (click here to watch a clip from today on “The Presidents: Truman” at 1:29:15)
Video: 'Allied Invasion of Southern France - Operation Dragoon, the Other D-Day_Full Length WWII Documentary'
(Tuesday, August 15, 1944, just before 8:00 a.m. CET; Operation Dragoon, part of Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre and the European Theatre of World War II during World War II) — Thousands of Allied troops, mainly American and French, swarmed on to the south coast of France on a broad front between Marseille and Nice this morning, seized and extended firm beachheads against inconsequential German opposition and, taking high ground inland, drove northward with the avowed intention of joining the Allies in northwestern France. Continue reading Allied forces land in southern France 70 years ago this hour (Aug 15 1944)
Video: 'THE BATTLE OF GUAM: WORLD WAR II - Military History (documentary)' (Aug. 10, at 41:11)
(Thursday, August 10, 1944 5:30 p.m. ChST; during the Battle of Guam, part of the Pacific War of World War II) — Guam was declared secure by the Allies today as organized Japanese resistance ended, though an estimated 7,500 Japanese soldiers were estimated to be at-large. Continue reading American forces overcome remaining Japanese resistance on Guam 70 years ago this hour (Aug 10 1944)
Video: 'Anne Frank - The Whole Story (2001) 2/2' (Aug. 8, 1944, at 42:59)
(Tuesday, August 8, 1944, early morning CET; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank, her family, the van Pel family and dentist Fritz Pfeffer, the eight people in discovered hiding in the “Secret Annex” were removed from their cells at Huis van Bewaring (House of Detention), an overcrowded prison on the Weteringschans, and taken by tram to the Centraal train station in Amsterdam today and transported in an ordinary passenger train to transit camp Westerbork.
Video: 'Bing Crosby - Don't Fence Me In [Song by Cole Porter]'
(Tuesday, July 25, 1944) — Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters recorded Cole Porter’s “Don’t Fence Me In” today in Los Angeles for Decca Records.
Video: '1944 Bretton Woods International Monetary Conference'
(Saturday, July 22, 1944; during World War II) — The Bretton Woods Conference concluded in New Hampshire today with an agreement to establish the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
