September 1944

Saturday 02:

Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.

Monday 04:

World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberate the Belgian city of Antwerp.

Friday 08:

World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.

Saturday 09:

World War II: Bulgaria is occupied by Soviet Union.

Monday 11:

World War II: the first allied troops of the US Army cross the western border of Nazi Germany

Tuesday 12:

The liberation of Serbia from Nazi Germany and the Chetniks continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among those liberated cities.

Thursday 14:

United States Marines land on the island of Peleliu.

Friday 15:

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy.

Sunday 17:

Airborne troops from Canada, Great Britain, and the United States parachute into Arnhem, as a part of Operation Market Garden.

Tuesday 19:

Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union signed. (End of the Continuation War)

Tuesday 26:

World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.

Thursday 28:

Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.