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  • Yunnan, China
    Friday Sep 8, 1944
    World War II

    Battle of Mount Song

    Yunnan, China
    Friday Sep 8, 1944

    In September 1944, Chinese forces captured Mount Song and reopened the Burma Road.




  • Bulgaria
    Saturday Sep 9, 1944
    World War II

    1944 Bulgarian coup d'état

    Bulgaria
    Saturday Sep 9, 1944

    The 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état was the forcible change of the government of Kingdom of Bulgaria carried out on the eve of 9 September 1944.




  • France
    Sunday Sep 10, 1944
    Charles de Gaulle

    The Provisional Government of the French Republic

    France
    Sunday Sep 10, 1944

    On 10 September 1944, the Provisional Government of the French Republic or Government of National Unanimity formed. It included many of de Gaulle's Free French associates.




  • Yugoslavia
    Tuesday Sep 12, 1944
    Josip Broz Tito

    the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, in addition to commander-in-chief of the Yugoslav forces

    Yugoslavia
    Tuesday Sep 12, 1944

    On 12 September 1944, King Peter II called on all Yugoslavs to come together under Tito's leadership and stated that those who did not were "traitors", by which time Tito was recognized by all Allied authorities (including the government-in-exile) as the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, in addition to commander-in-chief of the Yugoslav forces.




  • Quebec, Canada
    Tuesday Sep 12, 1944
    Winston Churchill

    Second Quebec Conference

    Quebec, Canada
    Tuesday Sep 12, 1944

    Churchill met Roosevelt at the Second Quebec Conference (codename Octagon) from 12 to 16 September 1944. Between themselves, they reached an agreement on the Morgenthau Plan for the Allied occupation of Germany after the war, the intention of which was not only to demilitarise but also de-industrialize Germany.




  • Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Present Day Belgrade, Serbia)
    Saturday Sep 16, 1944
    World War II

    Belgrade Offensive

    Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Present Day Belgrade, Serbia)
    Saturday Sep 16, 1944

    Soviet Red Army, with limited support from Bulgarian forces, assisted the Partisans in a joint liberation of the capital city of Belgrade, the offensive lasted from 15 September to 24 September.




  • Lapland, Finland
    Friday Sep 15, 1944
    World War II

    Lapland War

    Lapland, Finland
    Friday Sep 15, 1944

    The Lapland War was fought between Finland and Nazi Germany effectively from 15 September 1944 to 27 April 1945 in Finland's northernmost region, Lapland. The Wehrmacht successfully withdrew and Finland upheld its obligations under the Moscow Armistice, although it remained formally at war with the USSR and the United Kingdom until ratification of the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty.


  • Moscow, U.S.S.R.
    Wednesday Sep 20, 1944
    World War II

    Moscow Armistice

    Moscow, U.S.S.R.
    Wednesday Sep 20, 1944

    The Moscow Armistice was signed between Finland on one side and the Soviet Union and United Kingdom on the other side on 19 September 1944, ending the Continuation War.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Sep 22, 1944
    United Nations

    Dumbarton Oaks Conference

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Sep 22, 1944

    The UN was formulated and negotiated among the delegations from the Allied Big Four (the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China) at the Dumbarton Oaks Conference from 21 September 1944 to 7 October 1944 and they agreed on the aims, structure and functioning of the UN.


  • Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem corridor, Netherlands
    Tuesday Sep 26, 1944
    World War II

    Operation Market Garden

    Eindhoven, Nijmegen and Arnhem corridor, Netherlands
    Tuesday Sep 26, 1944

    An attempt to advance into northern Germany spearheaded by a major airborne operation in the Netherlands failed. Operation Market Garden was a failed military operation fought in the Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944.


  • Germany
    Tuesday Sep 26, 1944
    Heinrich Himmler

    The Volkssturm

    Germany
    Tuesday Sep 26, 1944

    On 26 September 1944 Hitler ordered Himmler to create special army units, the Volkssturm ("People's Storm" or "People's Army"). All males aged sixteen to sixty were eligible for conscription into this militia, over the protests of Armaments Minister Albert Speer, who noted that irreplaceable skilled workers were being removed from armaments production. Hitler confidently believed six million men could be raised, and the new units would "initiate a people's war against the invader".


  • Yugoslavia
    Thursday Sep 28, 1944
    Josip Broz Tito

    Tito signed an agreement with the Soviet Union allowing "temporary entry" of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory

    Yugoslavia
    Thursday Sep 28, 1944

    On 28 September 1944, the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) reported that Tito signed an agreement with the Soviet Union allowing "temporary entry" of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory, which allowed the Red Army to assist in operations in the northeastern areas of Yugoslavia.


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