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2 September 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.
6 of 10 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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S France
In U.S. Seventh Army area, 1st ABTF regains contact with enemy and clears strongpoint at La Turbia. Prov Flank Protection Force (TF Bibo) is relieved by 2d Mor Div in Briançon area.
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Mediterranean
Gen Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, names Lt Gen R. M. Scobie Commander of Land Forces, Greece.
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Allied troops enter Belgium.
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Operation Market Garden
Montgomery initially suggested Operation Comet, a limited airborne coup de main operation that was to be launched on 2 September 1944.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 61 Allied sorties (11 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-09-02, 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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