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The Battle of Hürtgen Forest is developing

  • A Hungarian delegation arrives in Moscow to negotiate an armistice with the USSR

    A Hungarian delegation arrives in Moscow to negotiate an armistice with the USSR
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    The Battle of Hürtgen Forest is developing

  • Germans finally succeed in putting down the Warsaw Uprising by the Polish Home Army. The Soviet armies never moved to assist the Polish.

  • Allied forces land on Crete.

  • Canadian troops cross the border into the Netherlands.

  • The Red Army enters Hungary and also launch an offensive to capture Riga, Latvia.

    The Red Army enters Hungary and also launch an offensive to capture Riga, Latvia.
  • Soviet and Czechoslovak troops enter northeastern Slovakia.

  • The Battle of Debrecen begins as German and Soviet forces advance against each other in eastern Hungary.

    The Battle of Debrecen begins as German and Soviet forces advance against each other in eastern Hungary.
  • The Moscow Conference (1944) begins: Churchill and Stalin discuss spheres of influence in the postwar Balkans.

  • The Red Army reach the Niemen River in Prussia and continue the battle around Riga.

  • Athens is liberated by the EAM.

  • British troops enter Athens.

  • The Red Army and Yugoslav partisans under the command of Josip Broz Tito liberate Belgrade.

  • Hitler orders a call-up of all men from 16 to 60 for Home Guard duties.

  • The Battle of Leyte: U.S. forces land on Leyte, Philippines.

  • The Battle of Hürtgen Forest is developing.

     The Battle of Hürtgen Forest is developing.
    It will continue through October and November and have its last spasms in December.