A ceasefire, to take place on September 4 at 8:00, was agreed to in the Continuation War. The Germans commenced Operation Birke to try to keep a supply of Finnish nickel from Lapland.
Residents of Couvin, Belgium, flock into the streets to welcome the vanguard of American troops which arrived after driving out the Nazis. 3 September, 1944.
Residents of Couvin, Belgium, flock into the streets of their town to cheer the vanguard of American troops rolling eastward across their country into Germany. 3 September, 1944.
Residents of Chimay, Belgium, gather in their town square to welcome their liberators, the first American troops to reach their town. 3 September, 1944.
S/Sgt. Robert Troxler, left, of Elson College, N.D., and Pvt. Charles Forkas, right, of Rutland, Vt., both members of an infantry unit, walk along a French road to rejoin their unit after having escorted some German prisoners to the rear of the line. They are fighting the Nazis still holding out around Brest, France. 3 September, 1944.
The British Second Army took Brussels. The U.S First Army took Toumai.
The French 1st Infantry Division entered Lyons.
Gerd von Rundstedt was restored as Oberbefehlshaber West, replacing Walter Model, in the face of rampaging disaster.
Execution of political prisoners was halted in Bulgaria.
Could it have been any clearer that Germany was defeated?
Nonetheless, Germany begin the deportation of Dutch Jews from the Westerbork, Amersfoort, and Vught.
The U.S. Navy bombarded Wake Island.
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