US tank crossing the Seine, August 24, 1944.
The French 4th Armored Division entered Paris in the evening.
Germany closed theaters, cancelled holidays and cancelled military leave.
The First Canadian Army captured Bernay and crossed the Risle River at Nassandres.
The 51st SS-Brigade murdered 68 civilians of all ages in Buchères, France.
The 7th Army took Cannes.
The German Army Group South Ukraine line collapses with the switch in sides of Romania.
The USS Harder was sunk in Dasol Bay by the Japanese.
The U-354 and U-445 were sunk by the Royal Navy.
The Royal Navy unsuccessfully tried again for the Tirpitz.
IBM's Harvard Mark I electro-mechanical computer was formally presented to Harvard University.
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