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8 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.
8 of 11 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Entries
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CBI
Gen Hurley assumes his new duties as Presidential representative to Chiang Kai-shek.
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U.S.
JCS issue directive to CINCSWPA and CINCPOA for invasion of the Philippines.
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Soviet troops enter Bulgaria.
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Ostend is liberated by Canadian troops.
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The Belgian government in exile returns to Belgium from London where it has spent the war.
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London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 135 Allied sorties (31 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1944-09-08, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 20th 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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8 September in other years 19391940194119421943
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