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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.
World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested.…
World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested.…
Freckleton air disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton,…
World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris.
World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies.
World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
World War II: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD
World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U