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In the Ordinance of 9 August 1944, the French Provisional Government restored the Republic and the rule of law in metropolitan France and nullified the laws of the Vichy regime. The Preston Sturges-directed satirical comedy-drama film Hail the Conquering Hero starring Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines and William Demarest was released.
The Rüsselsheim massacre was a war crime that involved the lynching and killing of six American airmen by townspeople of Rüsselsheim during World War II.. The incident happened on August 26, 1944, two days after a Consolidated B-24 Liberator bomber of the United States Army Air Forces was shot down by heavy anti-aircraft fire over Hanover.
The liberation of Paris (French: libération de Paris) was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Armistice of 22 June 1940, after which the Wehrmacht occupied northern and ...
The declaration was made public to the world press in Stockholm in July 1944 and in Tallinn on 1 August 1944. 25: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala between Finnish and Soviet troops begins. Largest battle ever to be fought in the Nordic countries. 26: Cherbourg is liberated by American troops.
Maritime incidents in August 1944 (121 P) Pages in category "August 1944" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
1944 was a leap year ... August 5, 1944. Crowds of French people line the Champs Élysées following the Liberation of Paris, August 26, 1944. ...
The Falaise pocket or battle of the Falaise pocket (German: Kessel von Falaise; 12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. Allied forces formed a pocket around Falaise, Calvados , in which German Army Group B , consisting of the 7th Army and the Fifth Panzer Army (formerly Panzergruppe ...
August 20 – World War II: American forces successfully defeat Nazi forces at Chambois, closing the Falaise Gap. August 22 – World War II : Tsushima Maru , an unmarked Japanese passenger/cargo ship, is sunk by torpedoes launched by the submarine USS Bowfin off Akuseki-jima , killing 1,484 civilians including 767 schoolchildren.