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19 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 14 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Finland
Signs armistice with Allies in Moscow. Soviet-Finnish boundary of 1940 is restored, but Finland yields Petsamo to USSR and leases Porkkala headland to USSR as a military base. Russians yield rights to Hangoe.
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Morotai
Work is begun on bomber strip, dubbed Wama Drome, at Gotalalamo. Pitoe Drome becomes known as Pitoe Crash Strip.
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Nancy liberated by U.S. First Army.
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The Moscow Armistice is signed between the Soviet Union and Finland.
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The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.
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The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
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Finland, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom signed the Moscow Armistice to end the Continuation War.
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