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What happened in August 1944

• August 1, 1944: The Warsaw Uprising, a major Polish resistance operation against German occupation, commences.
• August 2, 1944: Turkey severs diplomatic and economic ties with Germany, further isolating the Axis powers.
• August 3, 1944: The Education Act in the United Kingdom, led by Rab Butler, establishes a Tripartite system of education, shaping the educational landscape.
• August 4, 1944: The Holocaust: Anne Frank, a young Jewish diarist, and her family are discovered by the Gestapo in Amsterdam, leading to their capture and eventual demise.
• August 5, 1944: The Warsaw Uprising witnesses the Wola massacre, where SS troops indiscriminately kill thousands of Polish civilians, while Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp, freeing Jewish prisoners.
• August 7, 1944: IBM unveils the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Harvard Mark I), a groundbreaking program-controlled calculator, revolutionizing computation.
• August 9, 1944: Smokey Bear, the iconic symbol of forest fire prevention, makes its debut through posters released by the U.S. Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council.
• August 12, 1944: Allied forces successfully capture Florence, Italy, gaining strategic ground in the Italian campaign.
• August 15, 1944: Operation Dragoon, an Allied amphibious landing in southern France, commences, aimed at liberating the region and advancing towards Germany.
• August 18, 1944: American submarine USS Rasher sinks four Japanese ships in a single attack, demonstrating the effectiveness of coordinated submarine operations.
• August 19, 1944: The American submarine USS Spadefish torpedoes a Japanese landing craft depot ship, resulting in the tragic loss of over 4,400 Japanese servicemen.
• August 20, 1944: American forces achieve a decisive victory against Nazi forces at Chambois, effectively closing the Falaise Pocket and liberating the region.
• August 21, 1944: The Dumbarton Oaks Conference convenes in Washington, D.C., bringing together representatives from the U.S., UK, China, France, and the Soviet Union to lay the foundation for the United Nations.
• August 22, 1944: The sinking of Tsushima Maru, an unmarked Japanese passenger/cargo ship, by the submarine USS Bowfin results in the tragic loss of over 1,400 civilians, including schoolchildren.
• August 23, 1944: King Michael's Coup in Romania leads to the arrest of Ion Antonescu, the country's leader, and a shift in allegiance from the Axis powers to the Allies, marking a significant turning point in the war.
• August 24, 1944: Forces of Free France liberate Paris, becoming the first Allied troops to enter the city, marking a symbolic victory against Nazi occupation.
• August 25, 1944: German forces in Paris surrender to the Allies, culminating in the successful completion of Operation Overlord and the liberation of the French capital.
• August 29, 1944: The Slovak National Uprising against Axis occupation commences, signaling growing resistance to Nazi rule in Eastern Europe.
• August 31, 1944: The Romanian capital Bucharest falls to the Red Army, further weakening Axis control in the region and advancing the Soviet Union's position in Eastern Europe.