WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 1944
Find out what all happened July to October 1944

The Hungarian city of Nagykároly is occupied by Soviet and Romanian forces. (25. October 1944)

World War II: Battle of Leyte Gulf – The largest naval battle in history begins in the Philippines. (23. October 1944)

Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history, takes place in and around the Philippines between the Imperial Japanese Navy and the U.S. Third and U.S. Seventh Fleets. Afterward is the first Kamikaze attack of World War 2. (25. October 1944)

Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. (30. October 1944)

The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II. (27. September 1944)

American general Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War. (20. October 1944)

World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France. (21. August 1944)

World War II: Battle of Guam – American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10. (21. July 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)

Athens, Greece, is liberated by British Army troops entering the city as the Wehrmacht pulls out during World War II. This clears the way for the Greek government-in-exile to return to its historic capital city, with George Papandreou, Sr., as the head-of-government. (14. 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 Soviet Red Army enters Hungary. (23. October 1944)

World War II: The Battle of Leyte Gulf ends with an overwhelming American victory. (26. October 1944)

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

Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema. (12. August 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)

World War II: Paris is liberated by the Allies. (25. August 1944)

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

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