WHAT HAPPENED IN 1944.
Look what happened the 1944.

World War II: the British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp. (4. September 1944)

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

Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux. (5. September 1944)

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

World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia. (6. September 1944)

World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time. (8. September 1944)

World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany. (8. September 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)

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

World War II: RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm kill 11,500. (11. September 1944)

World War II: The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among those liberated cities. Near Trier, American troops enter Germany for the first time. (12. September 1944)

World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces. (14. September 1944)

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy. (15. September 1944)

Battle of Peleliu begins as the United States Marine Corps' 1st Marine Division and the United States Army's 81st Infantry Division hit White and Orange beaches under heavy fire from Japanese infantry and artillery. (15. September 1944)

World War II: Allied Airborne troops parachute into the Netherlands as the "Market" half of Operation Market Garden. (17. September 1944)

World War II: The British submarine HMS Tradewind torpedoes Junyō Maru, 5,600 killed. (18. September 1944)

Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed. (End of the Continuation War). (19. September 1944)

Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins. (19. September 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: Operation Market Garden fails. (26. September 1944)