Historical Events
Event of Interest
Aug 26 Charles de Gaulle marches along the Champs-Elysees, despite coming under fire.
Charles de Gaulle
- Aug 26 US 12nd Army Corps crosses river Seine East of Paris
- Aug 27 200 RAF Halifax bombers attack oil installations in Hamburg
- Aug 28 Last German troops in Marseille surrendered & Toulon cleared
- Aug 28 US air raid on Ambon Island, Dutch East Indies
- Aug 29 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
- Aug 29 Anti-German rebellion in Slovakia
- Aug 30 11th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chicago Bears 24, All-Stars 21 (48,769)
- Aug 30 Philip Yordan's "Anna Lucasta" premieres in NYC
- Aug 30 Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania
- Aug 31 Allied offensive at "Gothen-linie" Italy
- Aug 31 French provisional government moves from Algiers to Paris
- Aug 31 French troops liberate Bordeaux
- Aug 31 Soviet & Romanian troops march into Bucharest
