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28 August 1944
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
7 of 9 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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Eastern Europe
Troops of Second Ukrainian Front drive into Transylvania through Oituz Pass in the Carpathian Mts.
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N France
21 Army Group: In Cdn First Army area, 2 Corps expands bridgehead toward Rouen. In Br Second Army area, 12 Corps expands its bridgehead across the Seine.
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Patton's tanks cross the Marne.
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Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 39 Allied sorties (10 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-08-28, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force. Targets included BURMA, CHINA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 375 Allied sorties (78 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1944-08-28, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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28 August in other years 19401941194219431945
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