What Happened in Sep 1944

Canadian Forces Retake Dieppe Unopposed in Operation Fusilade

The World War II Operation Fusilade, was the planned set piece assault on the French port of Dieppe, by the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. In the... Read more

Herzogenbusch Concentration Camp is Liberated by the 4th Canadian Armored Division and the 96th Battery of the 5th Anti-Tank Division

Due to hunger, sickness and abuse at least 749 children, women and men died in the concentration camp. 329 of them were executed at the execution... Read more

George H.W. Bush is Shot Down in the Pacific Ocean

He was assigned to Torpedo Squadron (VT-51) as the photographic officer in September 1943. The following year, his squadron was based on the USS... Read more

Anne Frank is Transported from Westerbork to Auschwitz Concentration Camp

On September 3, the group was deported on what would be the last transport from Westerbork to the Auschwitz concentration camp, and arrived after a... Read more

Operation Tiderace

Operation Tiderace commenced when Mountbatten ordered Allied troops to set sail from Trincomalee and Rangoon on 31 August for Singapore. The fleet... Read more

"Double Indemnity" Is Released

Double Indemnity (1944) is an American film noir starring Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck and Edward G. Robinson. The film was directed by Billy... Read more

First Use of V-2 Rocket on London by German Forces through the Vergeltungswaffe Offensive

Vergeltungswaffen (English: retaliatory weapons, reprisal weapons, vengeance weapons) was a particular set of Wunderwaffen (English: superweapons)... Read more

Allied Forces Launch Assault on Le Havre to begin Operation Astonia

Operation Astonia was a battle fought during the Siegfried Line Campaign of World War II from 10 September 1944 to 12 September 1944. The Allied... Read more

Second Quebec Conference Is Held

Churchill, Roosevelt and their advisers met for a second time in Quebec in a conference codenamed Octagon. (The first Quebec conference had been... Read more

Barry White is Born

White was born Barrence Eugene Carter in Galveston, Texas and grew up in the high-crime areas of South Central Los Angeles. At 17, he was jailed... Read more

Polish Forces Under Command General Zygmunt Berling Land in Warsaw to Provide Support to Uprising

Soviet attacks on the 4th SS Panzer Corps east of Warsaw were renewed on 26 August, and the Germans were forced to retreat into Praga. The Soviet... Read more

Baltic Offensive

The Baltic Offensive, also known as the Baltic Strategic Offensive, denotes the campaign between the German Army Group North and the northern... Read more

Battle of Peleliu

The Battle of Peleliu, codenamed Operation Stalemate II, was fought between the United States and Imperial Japan in the Pacific Theater of World... Read more

Battle of Arnhem, Day 1

The first lift was preceded by intense bombing and strafing raids made by the British 2nd Tactical Air Force and the American 8th and 9th Air... Read more

Canadian Forces Initiate Operation Wellhit to Capture the Port of Boulogne

Operation Wellhit was the World War II operation by the 3rd Canadian Division (Canadian 1st Army) to take the fortified port of Boulogne in... Read more

Tallinn Offensive

The Tallinn Offensive (Russian: Таллинская наступательная операция) was the Soviet strategic offensive operation corresponding to the German... Read more

Battle of Angaur

The Battle of Angaur was a battle of the Pacific campaign in World War II, fought on the island of Angaur in the Palau Islands from 17 September... Read more

Battle of Arnhem, Day 2

As the second day dawned the 9th SS Panzer Division continued to reinforce the German blocking line. Krafft's unit withdrew overnight and joined... Read more

First Phase of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest Begins

This phase concentrated on the town of Schmidt, astride an important German supply route, within the southern part of the forest. The engagement... Read more

German Forces Surrender at Brest

The Battle for Brest was one of the fiercest battles fought during Operation Cobra, the Allied breakout of Normandy which began on 27 July 1944,... Read more

Battle of Arnhem, Day 3

With the arrival of the South Staffords and 11th Parachute battalion at the 1st and 3rd Parachute Battalion's positions west of Arnhem, the British... Read more

Battle of Arnhem, Day 4

By now the division was too weak to attempt to reach Frost at the bridge. Of the nine infantry battalions, only one (1st Battalion, The Border... Read more

Battle of Arnhem, Day 5

Throughout the morning the Germans mopped up British survivors and stragglers in hiding around Arnhem bridge. It took several hours to clear the... Read more

Canadian Infantry Begins Attack on Calais through Operation Undergo

The 7th and 8th Canadian Infantry Brigades opened their attack on Calais and its western coastal defences at 10:15am on 25 September after a day's... Read more

Battle of Arnhem, Day 6

Overnight the Germans south of the river formed a blocking line along the railway, linking up with 10th SS to the south and screening the road... Read more