The Holocaust
Warsaw Uprising
Jews also joined Polish forces, including the Home Army. According to Timothy Snyder, "more Jews fought in the Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 than in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 1943.".
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- World War II
Siege of Myitkyina
Myitkyina airfield and town captured by the Allies.
- Pope John Paul II
Black Sunday
On 6 August 1944, a day known as "Black Sunday", the Gestapo rounded up young men in Kraków to curtail the uprising there, similar to the recent uprising in Warsaw. Wojtyła escaped by hiding in the basement of his uncle's house at 10 Tyniecka Street, while the German troops searched above. More than eight thousand men and boys were taken that day, while Wojtyła escaped to the Archbishop's Palace, where he remained until after the Germans had left.
- World War II
Japanese captured Hengyang
On June 22, Japanese divisions received their orders to attack the city, which started the 48 days of siege and defense. Japanese have captured the city of Hengyang by August.
- World War II
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive - Military Stalemate
The Soviet forces captured East Karelia and Viborg/Viipuri. After that, however, the fighting reached a stalemate. The offensive lasted from 10 June to 9 August 1944.
- Charles de Gaulle
General Charles de Gaulle and his entourage set off service of thanksgiving following the city's liberation
General Charles de Gaulle and his entourage set off from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs Elysees to Notre Dame for a service of thanksgiving following the city's liberation in August 1944.
- John F. Kennedy
Older brother killed
On August 12, 1944, Kennedy's older brother, Joe Jr., a navy pilot, was killed while volunteering for a special and hazardous air mission. His explosive-laden plane blew up when the plane's bombs detonated prematurely while the aircraft was flying over the English Channel.
- World War II
Falaise Pocket
The battle resulted in the destruction of most of the German forces west of the Seine, which opened the way to Paris and the Franco-German border for the Allied armies on the Western Front. The Battle lasted from 12 to 21 August.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Invasion of Southern France
Two months later (August 15), the invasion of Southern France took place, and control of forces in the southern invasion passed from the AFHQ to the SHAEF. Many thought that victory in Europe would come by summer's end, but the Germans did not capitulate for almost a year.
- World War II
Operation Dragoon
Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944 and ended on 14 September.
- World War II
Operation Bagration - Great defeat
On 22 June, the Soviets launched a strategic offensive in Belarus ("Operation Bagration") that destroyed the German Army Group Centre almost completely. The Soviet Union inflicted the biggest defeat in German military history by destroying 28 out of 34 divisions of Army Group Centre and completely shattered the German front line. The Battle ended on 19 August 1944.
- Charles de Gaulle
De Gaulle allowed to entered Paris
On 20 August; it allowed him to enter Paris as a liberator in the midst of the general euphoria. After the Germans had forcibly removed members of the Vichy government and taken them to Germany a few days earlier.
- World War II
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Soviet Red Army's strategic offensive in eastern Romania cut off and destroyed the considerable German troops there, the offensive lasted 9 days after it started on 20 August 1944.
- Charles de Gaulle
Gaulle had appointed his military advisor General Marie-Pierre Koenig
On 21 August, de Gaulle had appointed his military advisor General Marie-Pierre Koenig as Governor of Paris.
- World War II
King Michael's Coup
Coup d'état led by King Michael I of Romania on 23 August 1944.
- Eiffel Tower
Tricolour up again
On 25 June, before the Germans had been driven out of Paris, the German flag was replaced with a Tricolour by two men from the French Naval Museum, who narrowly beat three men led by Lucien Sarniguet, who had lowered the Tricolour on 13 June 1940 when Paris fell to the Germans.
- Charles de Gaulle
De Gaulle was under machine-gun fire by the Vichy militia
On Saturday 26 August, it came under machine-gun fire by the Vichy militia and fifth columnists. Later, on entering the Notre Dame Cathedral to be received as head of the provisional government by the Committee of Liberation.
- World War II
Paris is free
Paris was liberated on 25 August by the local resistance assisted by the Free French Forces, both led by General Charles de Gaulle.
- Eiffel Tower
Von Choltitz disobeyed the order
When the Allies were nearing Paris in August 1944, Hitler ordered General Dietrich von Choltitz, the military governor of Paris, to demolish the tower along with the rest of the city. Von Choltitz disobeyed the order.
- The Holocaust
Warsaw Uprising
Jews also joined Polish forces, including the Home Army. According to Timothy Snyder, "more Jews fought in the Warsaw Uprising of August 1944 than in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 1943.".
- World War II
Siege of Myitkyina
Myitkyina airfield and town captured by the Allies.
- Pope John Paul II
Black Sunday
On 6 August 1944, a day known as "Black Sunday", the Gestapo rounded up young men in Kraków to curtail the uprising there, similar to the recent uprising in Warsaw. Wojtyła escaped by hiding in the basement of his uncle's house at 10 Tyniecka Street, while the German troops searched above. More than eight thousand men and boys were taken that day, while Wojtyła escaped to the Archbishop's Palace, where he remained until after the Germans had left.
- World War II
Japanese captured Hengyang
On June 22, Japanese divisions received their orders to attack the city, which started the 48 days of siege and defense. Japanese have captured the city of Hengyang by August.
- World War II
Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive - Military Stalemate
The Soviet forces captured East Karelia and Viborg/Viipuri. After that, however, the fighting reached a stalemate. The offensive lasted from 10 June to 9 August 1944.
- Charles de Gaulle
General Charles de Gaulle and his entourage set off service of thanksgiving following the city's liberation
General Charles de Gaulle and his entourage set off from the Arc de Triomphe down the Champs Elysees to Notre Dame for a service of thanksgiving following the city's liberation in August 1944.
- John F. Kennedy
Older brother killed
On August 12, 1944, Kennedy's older brother, Joe Jr., a navy pilot, was killed while volunteering for a special and hazardous air mission. His explosive-laden plane blew up when the plane's bombs detonated prematurely while the aircraft was flying over the English Channel.
- World War II
Falaise Pocket
The battle resulted in the destruction of most of the German forces west of the Seine, which opened the way to Paris and the Franco-German border for the Allied armies on the Western Front. The Battle lasted from 12 to 21 August.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Invasion of Southern France
Two months later (August 15), the invasion of Southern France took place, and control of forces in the southern invasion passed from the AFHQ to the SHAEF. Many thought that victory in Europe would come by summer's end, but the Germans did not capitulate for almost a year.
- World War II
Operation Dragoon
Operation Dragoon (initially Operation Anvil) was the code name for the landing operation of the Allied invasion of Provence (Southern France) on 15 August 1944 and ended on 14 September.
- World War II
Operation Bagration - Great defeat
On 22 June, the Soviets launched a strategic offensive in Belarus ("Operation Bagration") that destroyed the German Army Group Centre almost completely. The Soviet Union inflicted the biggest defeat in German military history by destroying 28 out of 34 divisions of Army Group Centre and completely shattered the German front line. The Battle ended on 19 August 1944.
- Charles de Gaulle
De Gaulle allowed to entered Paris
On 20 August; it allowed him to enter Paris as a liberator in the midst of the general euphoria. After the Germans had forcibly removed members of the Vichy government and taken them to Germany a few days earlier.
- World War II
Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
Soviet Red Army's strategic offensive in eastern Romania cut off and destroyed the considerable German troops there, the offensive lasted 9 days after it started on 20 August 1944.
- Charles de Gaulle
Gaulle had appointed his military advisor General Marie-Pierre Koenig
On 21 August, de Gaulle had appointed his military advisor General Marie-Pierre Koenig as Governor of Paris.
- World War II
King Michael's Coup
Coup d'état led by King Michael I of Romania on 23 August 1944.
- Eiffel Tower
Tricolour up again
On 25 June, before the Germans had been driven out of Paris, the German flag was replaced with a Tricolour by two men from the French Naval Museum, who narrowly beat three men led by Lucien Sarniguet, who had lowered the Tricolour on 13 June 1940 when Paris fell to the Germans.
- Charles de Gaulle
De Gaulle was under machine-gun fire by the Vichy militia
On Saturday 26 August, it came under machine-gun fire by the Vichy militia and fifth columnists. Later, on entering the Notre Dame Cathedral to be received as head of the provisional government by the Committee of Liberation.
- World War II
Paris is free
Paris was liberated on 25 August by the local resistance assisted by the Free French Forces, both led by General Charles de Gaulle.
- Eiffel Tower
Von Choltitz disobeyed the order
When the Allies were nearing Paris in August 1944, Hitler ordered General Dietrich von Choltitz, the military governor of Paris, to demolish the tower along with the rest of the city. Von Choltitz disobeyed the order.