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Hace 2 días · On 1 August 1944, the underground Polish Home Army, being in contact with and loyal to the Polish government-in-exile in London, began offensive operations in Warsaw, in an attempt to free the city from the occupying German forces before the Red Army could secure the capital.
Hace 5 días · Warsaw Uprising, (August-October 1944), insurrection in Warsaw during World War II by which Poles unsuccessfully tried to oust the German army and seize control of the city before it was occupied by the advancing Soviet army.
Hace 1 día · World War II - Europe, Pacific, Victory: On D-Day, June 6, 1944, an Allied force led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower launched the greatest amphibious invasion of all time against German defenses on the coast of Normandy, France.
Hace 3 días · The Allies launched a second invasion from the Mediterranean Sea of southern France (code-named Operation Dragoon) on 15 August, and the Liberation of Paris followed on 25 August. German forces retreated east across the Seine on 30 August 1944, marking the close of Operation Overlord.
Hace 1 día · The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history.
Hace 1 día · World War II - Italian Front, 1944: The Allies' northward advance up the Italian peninsula to Rome was still blocked by Kesselring's Gustav Line, which was hinged on Monte Cassino.
Hace 1 día · On 15 August 1944, a selection took place in the extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. One thousand Hungarian Jewish women were rounded up and transported to an armaments factory in Hesse, Germany, known as Allendorf. 1 There, they lived in a camp called Münchmühle, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp.
