93 events found for 1944
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.
Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins.
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.…
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.