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from July - more than 5000 Germans, among them Rommel, die because of the Stauffenberg plot
The Allied advance in Italy comes to a halt at the Gothic Line of German defences, north of Florence
Members of the Polish resistance rise against the Germans in Warsaw, in a conflict lasting two months and bringing massive casualties
The hiding place in Amsterdam of Anne Frank and her family is discovered by the Gestapo
The Seventh US army, commanded by Alexander Patch, opens another front with a landing on the French Riviera
George Patton gets a division of his Third US Army across the Seine southeast of Paris
Barricades are built in the streets as Parisians stage an impromptu uprising against the Germans
Tanks of the Second French Armoured Division are the first of the Allies to enter and liberate Paris
Romania changes sides to fight with the Red Army against Germany
General de Gaulle walks down the Champs Elysées, and then on to Notre Dame, to massive aclaim
Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat in Budapest, saves thousands of Jews from extermination
British forces liberate Brussels and on the next day reach Antwerp
The first V-2 rocket lands on London, killing three people in Chiswick
The first of many thousands of war brides arrive in Canada, mainly from Great Britain
Bulgaria changes to the Allied side and Communists take control in Sofia
7500 British troops, trapped on the far side of the Rhine at Arnhem, are captured by the Germans
Hungary signs an armistice with the USSR
Athens is liberated and the Greek government-in-exile returns, with George Papandreou at its head
Tito and his partisans, with Soviet assistance, liberate Belgrade
Civil war breaks out in Greece between rival groups of partisans resisting demobilization
The Germans stage a counter-attack in the Ardennes region before being pushed back in the Battle of the Bulge
With Budapest still in German hands, the Soviets set up a provisional Hungarian government, at Debrecen
The Soviet army surrounds the Hungarian capital, Budapest
Allied bombing of Berlin forces Hitler to take refuge in his underground bunker
After Soviet troops liberate Hungary, Raoul Wallenberg is abducted and vanishes
