Editing 1944 (section)

===September===
{{Main article|September 1944}}
[[File:Waves of paratroops land in Holland.jpg|thumb|Waves of paratroopers land in the Netherlands during [[Operation Market Garden]] in September 1944.]]
* [[September]] &ndash; The [[Dutch famine of 1944|Dutch famine]] ("Hongerwinter") begins, in the occupied northern part of the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite book|first=Henri A.|last=Van der Zee|title=The Hunger Winter: Occupied Holland 1944–5|location=London|publisher=Norman & Hobhouse|year=1982|isbn=978-0-906908-71-6}}</ref>
* [[September 2]]
** WWII: In [[Bulgaria]], the [[Ivan Ivanov Bagryanov|Bagryanov]] government resigns. [[Konstantin Muraviev]] becomes new prime minister.
** [[The Holocaust]]: Diarist [[Anne Frank]] and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to [[Auschwitz concentration camp]], arriving 3 days later.
** ''[[¡Hola!]]'' magazine is launched in [[Barcelona]].
** The last execution of a Finn in [[Finland]] will take place when soldier [[Olavi Laiho]] is executed by shooting in [[Oulu]].<ref>Penkkala-Arikka, Päivi (2006) ''Erään Mauno Olavin tarina. Olavi Laiho, viimeinen teloitettu suomalainen'' ["A Story of one Mauno Olavi. Olavi Laiho, the last executed Finn."]. (Master's thesis) University of Helsinki</ref>
* [[September 3]] &ndash; WWII: The Allies liberate [[Brussels]].
* [[September 4]] &ndash; WWII:
** The British [[11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|11th Armoured Division]] liberates the city of [[Antwerp]], Belgium.
** Finland breaks off relations with Germany.
* [[September 5]]
** WWII: The Soviet Union declares war on [[Bulgaria]].
** [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]] and [[Luxembourg]] constitute [[Benelux]].
* [[September 6]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Tartu Offensive]] in [[Estonia]] concludes, with Soviet forces capturing [[Tartu]].
* [[September 7]] &ndash; WWII:
** The Belgian [[government in exile]] returns to Brussels from London.
** Members of [[Vichy France]]'s collaborationist government are relocated to Germany where an enclave is established for them in [[Sigmaringen Castle]].
** [[Shin'yō Maru incident|''Shin'yō Maru'' incident]]: Japanese cargo ship {{SS|Shinyō Maru}} is torpedoed and sunk in the [[Sulu Sea]] by American submarine [[USS Paddle (SS-263)|USS ''Paddle'']] while carrying 750 American prisoners of war; 688 perish.
* [[September 8]] &ndash; WWII:
** The first [[V-2 rocket]] attack on London takes place, launched from [[The Hague]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day"/>
** Soviet forces begin the one and a half month-long [[Battle of the Dukla Pass]].
** The French town of [[Menton]] is liberated from German forces.
** Bulgaria declares war on [[Germany]].
* [[September 9]] &ndash; WWII: The Bulgarian government is [[1944 Bulgarian coup d'état|overthrown]] by the [[Fatherland Front (Bulgaria)|Fatherland Front]] coalition, which establishes a pro-Soviet government.
* [[September 10]] &ndash; WWII: Liberation of [[Luxembourg]].
* [[September 11]] &ndash; WWII:
** The [[Laksevåg]] [[floating dry dock]] at [[Bergen]] (Norway) is sunk by British [[X-class submarine]] ''X-24''.
** An approaching formation of 36 US [[bomber]]s is engaged by a German fighter squadron (''[[Jagdgeschwader]]'') in the [[Battle over the Ore Mountains]]. After the first German attack on the bombers, US ''[[North American P-51|Mustangs]]'' attack the German squadron in aerial dogfights.
* [[September 12]] &ndash; WWII: Allied forces from [[Operation Overlord]] (in northern France) and [[Operation Dragoon]] (in the south) link up near [[Dijon]].
* [[September 13]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Battle of Meligalas]] begins, between the [[Greek Resistance]] forces of the [[Greek People's Liberation Army]] (ELAS) and the [[Hellenic State (1941–1944)|collaborationist]] [[Security Battalions]].
* [[September 14]]
** WWII: The [[Baltic offensive]] of Soviet troops begins.
** [[1944 Great Atlantic hurricane|The Great Atlantic hurricane]] makes landfall in the New York City area.
* [[September 15]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Battle of Peleliu]] begins in the Pacific.
* [[September 17]] &ndash; WWII: [[Operation Market Garden]]: Allied airborne landings begin in the Netherlands and Germany.
* [[September 17]]&ndash;[[September 20|20]] &ndash; WWII: [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of San Marino]], British and Empire forces take the occupied neutral republic of [[San Marino]] from the German Army.
* [[September 18]] &ndash; WWII:
** British submarine {{HMS|Tradewind|P329|6}} torpedoes Japanese "[[hell ship]]" {{ship||Jun'yō Maru}}; 5,620 drown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~vanderkp/junyopg8.html|last=van der Kuil|first=Peter|title=List of Casualties|work=The Sinking of the Junyo Maru|date=March 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312064714/http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~vanderkp/junyopg8.html|archive-date=2012-03-12}}</ref>
** After German forces declare the evacuation of [[Estonia]] the day before, the Estonian national government [[Estonia in World War II#Attempt to restore independence|briefly resumes control]] of [[Tallinn]] before the Soviet advance.
* [[September 19]] &ndash; WWII:
** The [[Moscow Armistice]] between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, ending the [[Continuation War]].
** The [[Battle of Hürtgen Forest]] begins, east of the Belgian–German border.
* [[September 22]] &ndash; WWII: The [[Red Army]] captures [[Tallinn]], [[Estonia]]. Prime Minister in Duties of the [[President of Estonia]] [[Jüri Uluots]] and 80,000 Estonian civilians manage to escape to Sweden and Germany. The evacuees include almost the entire population of [[Estonian Swedes]]. Soviet bombing raids on the evacuating ships sink several, with thousands on board.
* [[September 24]] &ndash; WWII: The [[45th Infantry Division (United States)|U.S. 45th Infantry Division]] takes the strongly defended city of [[Épinal]] in France before crossing the [[Moselle]] River and entering the western foothills of the [[Vosges]].
* [[September 26]] &ndash; WWII:
** [[Operation Market Garden]] ends in an Allied withdrawal.
** On the [[Gothic Line#Central Front (5th Army)|middle front]] of the [[Gothic Line#Battle|Gothic Line]], Brazilian troops control the Serchio valley region after 10 days of fighting.