World War II: The Battle of Guam in the Pacific comes to an effective end. Date: August 10, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 10 π Events on this day in 1944 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: Continuation War: The VyborgβPetrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war. Date: August 9, 1944…
The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. Date: August 9, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 9 π Events on this day in 1944 π On This Day (Today)
IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the Harvard Mark I). Date: August 7, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 7 π Events on this day in 1944 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland. Date: August 5, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 5 π Events on this day in 1944 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (GΔsiΓ³wka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners. Date: August 5, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 5 π Events on this day in 1944 π On This Day (Today)
World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured. Date: August 5, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 5 π Events on this day in…
Under the state of emergency law, the Finnish Parliament elects Marshal C. G. E. Mannerheim as the President of Finland to replace the resigned Risto Ryti. Date: August 4, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 4 π Events on this day in 1944 π On This Day (Today)
The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others. Date: August 4, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 4 π Events on this day in 1944…
World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches. Date: August 2, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 2 π Events on this day in 1944 π On This Day (Today)