Wednesday, August 30, 1944. End of Operation Overlord.

Operation Overlord officially concluded.

A French government was operating again in Paris and massive parts of the country had been cleared of the Germans.

The Red Army took Polesti, the oil refining center of Romania.  Most of the Romanian oilfields had already been taken by the Soviets.

The 8th Army commenced assaults on the Gothic Line.

Three soldiers from 7th Regt., 3rd Div. on patrol north of Montelimar. 30 August, 1944.

Filipino writer and guerilla Manuel Estabillo Arguilla was beheaded by the Japanese.

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Tuesday, August 29, 1944. Marching in Paris, crossing the Foglia, the Slovaks rebell.

Labels: 1940s, 1944, Battle for Paris, Battle of Marseille, Bulgaria, Eastern Front, Italy, Operation Goodwood, Paris France, Polish Home Army, Slovak National Uprising, Slovakia, World War Two