WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1944
Find out what all happened May to September 1944

World War II: The first Allied troops of the U.S. Army cross the western border of Germany. (11. September 1944)

World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by allied forces. (6. September 1944)

In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America. (15. June 1944)

Port Chicago disaster: Near the San Francisco Bay, two ships laden with ammunition for the war explode in Port Chicago, California, killing 320. (17. July 1944)

World War II: Possibly the biggest prison breakout in history occurs as 545 Japanese POWs attempt to escape outside the town of Cowra, New South Wales, Australia. (5. August 1944)

World War II: Allied troops begin the attack on Paris. (24. August 1944)

World War II: the Battle of Romania begins with a major Soviet Union offensive. (20. August 1944)

Jackie Robinson refuses to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial. (6. July 1944)

World War II: Surviving elements of the British 1st Airborne Division withdraw from Arnhem in the Netherlands, thus ending the Battle of Arnhem and Operation Market Garden. (25. September 1944)

World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captures the German submarine U-505 – the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the 19th century. (4. June 1944)

World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union. (4. September 1944)

World War II: The Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in the Nordic Countries, begins. (25. June 1944)

World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. (20. July 1944)

Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war. (9. August 1944)

World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces (22. August 1944)

Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins. (19. September 1944)

World War II: German combat elements - reinforced by the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division - launch a counterattack on American forces near Carentan. (13. June 1944)

World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established. (9. September 1944)

Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre. (22. June 1944)

200 Communist prisoners are shot by the Germans at Kaisariani in Athens in reprisal for the killing of General Franz Krech by partisans at Molaoi (1. May 1944)