(Monday, September 4, 1944; during World War II) — The British Second Army liberated Antwerp, Belgium, today with help from the local resistance. The port of Antwerp became a highly prized and heavily fought-over objective because Allied supply lines were heavily stretched and needed a deep-sea port nearer the front lines.
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(Sunday, September 3, 1944, 2:00 p.m. CET; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II) — Belgium’s hidden army came into the open today to help the Allied Expeditionary Forces sweep the Germans out of the Low Countries back onto the Reich after four years of occupation. Continue reading British forces liberate Brussels 70 years ago this hour (Sep 3 1944)
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(Saturday, September 2, 1944; part of The Holocaust during World War II) — 15-year-old diarist Anne Frank and her family were notified today that they would be deported from Holland the following day, transferred from the transit camp Westerbork to somewhere east.
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(Saturday, September 2, 1944; during the Pacific War of World War II) — Navy pilot Lt. (jg) George Herbert Walker Bush was shot down by Japanese forces today as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands. Bush was rescued by the crew of the submarine USS Finback; his two crew members, however, died.
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(Tuesday, August 29, 1944; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II) — 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris today as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.
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(Saturday, August 26, 1944; during the Liberation of Paris, part of Operation Overlord, World War II) — French Gen. Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a victory march in Paris, which had been liberated by the Allies from Nazi occupation the previous day. Continue reading de Gaulle leads victory march in liberated Paris 70 years ago today (Aug 26 1944)
(Wednesday, August 23, 1944; during World War II) — Romanian Prime Minister Ion Antonescu was dismissed by King Michael today, paving the way for Romania to abandon the Axis in favor of the Allies.
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(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.
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(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.
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(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.
