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Under the state of emergency law, the Finnish Parliament elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as the President of…
World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545…
World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in…
The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the…
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.