The Belgian government returned to Belgium.
Bulgaria, at war for a day with the Soviet Union, accepted an armistice. It then declared war in Germany.
Canadian troops captured Nieuport and Ostend. The US Army captured Liege.
Men climbing ladders to allow crossing of Doubs River in Besancon. 8 September, 1944.
Company A, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division.
Miss Helen Rehak, St. Louis, Mo., an American Red Cross Clubmobile girl, passes out cigarettes to members of an American reconnaissance unit who have halted their motorized vehicle near the Moselle River, France. 8 September, 1944. 80th Reconnaissance Troop, 80th Infantry Division.
Members of the 80th Reconnaissance Unit fall in line for doughnuts and and coffee furnished from an American Red Cross Clubmobile in the vicinity of the Moselle River, France. 8 September, 1944.
80th Reconnaissance Troop, 80th Infantry Division.
T/5 Harry C. Snader, of Lancaster, Cpl. William J. Gorey, of Philadelphia, Pvt. Clifford A. Brilhart, Scottdale, Pvt. Chester A. Sajeska, Nanticoke, Pvt. Jacob L. Riker, Conshohocken, and T/5 Oliver J. Laudenslager, Orefield, second row, left to right: T/S R.M. Miller of Pittsburgh, and S/Sgt. Johnny Davies, of Pittsburgh, Pvt. Anthony D. Ragne, of Johnstown, Pvt. William B. George, of Philadelphia, T/4 Lynn J. Blum, of Pittsburgh, and Pfc. Paul B. Miller, of Waynesboro. Brest, France. 8 September, 1944. 2nd Infantry Division.
A V-2, an ballistic missile, hit Chiswick, west London. It was the first such missle to do so.
It had been launched from a German site at The Hauge.
The Battle of Dukla Pass began on the border between Poland and Slovakia. German resistance was much heavier than expected, which is something that would mark how combat on the Eastern Front would increasingly develop. Hungarian forces fought with the Germans.
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