Third Reich
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(378)1944
January
February
March
- 19
- Key eventThe Germans occupy HungaryOn 19 March 1944 the Wehrmacht occupied Hungary in Operation Margarethe. Horthy remained regent, but real power passed to Veesenmayer and the SS.
- Yugoslav partisans near TriesteIn spring 1944 Slovene partisans fought on the Karst near Trieste, but an attack on the city on 19 March 1944 is unconfirmed; the Germans held it until 1945.
June
July
August
September
- 04
- The ceasefire between Finland and the USSROn 4 September 1944 the Finns ceased fire along the whole front. The Red Army fired on until 5 September, and a Finnish delegation set off for Moscow.
- The end of Operation OutwardOn 4 September 1944 the last Operation Outward balloons were launched from England. In two and a half years the British had sent 99,142 balloons over Europe.
October
- 02
- Key eventThe surrender of the Warsaw UprisingOn 2 October 1944 an agreement ending the Warsaw Uprising was signed at Ożarów. The Home Army received combatant rights; the city's people were expelled.
- The attack on AachenOn 2 October 1944 the US XIX Corps attacked the West Wall on the Wurm north of Aachen, opening the manoeuvre to encircle the city.