WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1944
Find out what all happened July to December 1944

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

World War II: Battle of Guam – American troops land on Guam starting the battle. It would end on August 10. (21. July 1944)

Suffrage is extended to women in France. (5. October 1944)

World War II: Battle of Saipan – American forces take Saipan in the Mariana Islands. (9. July 1944)

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

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

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

World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by allied forces. (6. September 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: The Liberation of Athens from the German invaders. (12. October 1944)

World War II: German forces capture Banská Bystrica during Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end. (27. October 1944)

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

The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371. (10. November 1944)

The Popular Socialist Youth is founded in Cuba. (18. November 1944)

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

World War II: 77 B-29 Superfortress and 200 other aircraft of U.S. Fourteenth Air Force bomb Hankow, China, a Japanese supply base. (18. December 1944)

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

World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest. (16. December 1944)