WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1944
Find out what all happened April to September 1944

Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government. (18. May 1944)

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

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

The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland (22. July 1944)

Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia. (28. 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)

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

World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen. (14. June 1944)

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

American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secure the town of Carentan. (12. June 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: 270 inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura are executed by the Germans. (5. April 1944)

Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds. (14. April 1944)

World War II: The steamer Danae, carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretan partisans, sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini. (7. June 1944)

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

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

World War II: United States Navy and Royal Navy ships bombard Cherbourg to support United States Army units engaged in the Battle of Cherbourg. (25. 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)

Nazi German troops end the week-long Wola massacre, during which time at least 40,000 people were killed indiscriminately or in mass executions. (12. August 1944)

Dumbarton Oaks Conference, prelude to the United Nations, begins. (21. August 1944)