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Allied troops attack Monte Cassino, Italy Allied troops capture Monte Cassino Allied troops enter Germany American troops land on Guam Anne Frank and family arrested by Gestapo Athens is captured by the allies Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes Battle of the Hedgerows Belgrade is captured by the allies Bordeaux is captured by the allies Boulogne is captured by the allies Brussels and Antwerpen are captured by the allie Calais is captured by the allies Civil war begin in Greece D-Day. The allies land in Normandy Eisenhower commander of the allied forces Erwin Rommel commits suiced Finland sues for peace First german V-1 bomb is launched First german V-2 bomb is launched French capture Strasbourg German assassination attempt on Hitler fails. German troops land on Suursaari German troops occupy Hungary Germans retreat from Anzio Germans surrender in the Crimea Hideki Tojo military dictator in Japan Japanese troops capture Guilin, China Japanese troops capture Hengyang, China Japanese troops capture Liuzhou, China Japanese troops capture Luoyang, China Japanese troops capture Xuchang, China Japanese troops capture Zhengzhou, China Kwajalein is captured by the allies Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz Le Havre is captured by the allies Leningrad relieved after 900-day siege Liberation of Paris Massive allied airborne assault in Arnhem Nazis liquidate the town of Oradour-sur-Glane Operation Bagration Operation Cobra begins in Normandy Operation Dragoon begins Patton relieves Bastogne Polish Home Army uprising in Warsaw Resistance uprising in Paris Romania surrenders and joins the allies Rovaniemi is destroyed by the german troops Slovak Uprising begins Soviet troops advance into Poland Soviet troops begin a counter-offensive at Lenin Soviet troops begin offensive against Romania Soviet troops besiege Budapest Soviet troops capture Bucharest Soviet troops capture Kirkenes, Norge Soviet troops capture Riga Soviet troops capture Viborg, Finland Soviet troops enter Czechoslovakia Soviet troops enter Czechoslovakia Soviet troops enter East Prussia Soviet troops enter Yugoslavia Soviet troops large offensive in the Ukraine. Soviet troops occupy Estonia Soviet troops offensive against Finland. Soviet troops offensive against Finland. Soviet troops reach the Baltic Sea Soviet troops recapture Minsk Soviet troops recapture Odessa Soviet troops recapture Sevastopol Soviet troops take Brest-Litovsk Soviet Union bombs Stockholm, Sweden Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria Soviet Union demands unconditional surrender Soviet Union massive bombraids on Helsinki. Soviets free concentration camp at Majdanek. The allies capture Aachen The allies capture Caen The allies capture Florence The allies capture Marseille and Toulon The allies capture Rome. The allies land at Anzio, Italy The allies land in Greece The allies land in south France The axis troops in Greece surrenders The german troops leave Bulgaria The japanese troops on Saipan surrender The Warsaw uprising is put down Truce between Finland and Soviet Union Truce between Soviet Union and Bulgaria U.S. troops capture Cherbourg U.S. troops reach Avranches U.S. troops reach Siegfried Line U.S. troops reach St. Lô U.S. troops take Coutances
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