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At Hitler's East Prussian headquarters, a bombing assassination attempt fails. Plotters, including Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, chief of staff of the Home Army, are executed during the night.
12 Aug.
Allied troops take Florence.
21-29 Aug.
In Washington, D.C., at the Dumbarton Oaks conference, the Allies begin discussions on the formation of the United Nations.
25 Aug.
Allied troops liberate Paris.
4 Sept.
Allied troops liberate Brussels.
8 Sept.
The Germans begin V-2 rocket attacks on England.
12 Sept.
Romania signs an armistice with the Allies.
17-28 Sept.
Allied efforts to secure Rhine bridges and outflank the Germans at Eindhoven and Arnhem fail.
19 Sept.
Finland signs an armistice with the Allies.
29 Sept.
The Soviet Union invades Yugoslavia.
9-20 Oct.
Churchill and Stalin confer in Moscow.
20 Oct.
American forces led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur land in the Philippines.
23-26 Oct.
During the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II...
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