WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO OCTOBER 1944
Find out what all happened April to October 1944

World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated. (28. August 1944)

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

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

World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops. (10. June 1944)

World War II: 168 captured allied airmen, including Phil Lamason, accused by the Gestapo of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp. (20. August 1944)

The Hartford Circus Fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, kills approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut. (6. July 1944)

World War II: Riga, the capital of Latvia is occupied by the Red Army. (13. October 1944)

World War II: Battle of Monte Cassino – Conclusion after seven days of the fourth battle as German paratroopers evacuate Monte Cassino. (18. May 1944)

World War II: First bombardment of oil refineries in Bucharest by Anglo-American forces kills 3000 civilians. (4. April 1944)

World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria. (7. October 1944)

World War II: Battle of Tali-Ihantala – Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. (9. July 1944)

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

Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established. (13. April 1944)

World War II: Operation Dragoon – Allied forces land in southern France. (15. August 1944)

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

World War II: Battle of Aachen — The city of Aachen falls to American forces after three weeks of fighting, making it the first German city to fall to the Allies. (21. October 1944)

World War II: Operation Persecution is initiated – Allied forces land in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. (22. April 1944)

World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany. (8. September 1944)

Erich Göstl, a member of the Waffen-SS, is awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, to recognise extreme battlefield bravery, after losing his face and eyes during the Battle of Normandy. (31. October 1944)

The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberate Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia (20. October 1944)