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A Hungarian delegation arrives in Moscow to negotiate an armistice with the USSR
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The Battle of Hürtgen Forest is developing
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Germans finally succeed in putting down the Warsaw Uprising by the Polish Home Army. The Soviet armies never moved to assist the Polish.
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Allied forces land on Crete.
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Canadian troops cross the border into the Netherlands.
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The Red Army enters Hungary and also launch an offensive to capture Riga, Latvia.
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Soviet and Czechoslovak troops enter northeastern Slovakia.
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The Battle of Debrecen begins as German and Soviet forces advance against each other in eastern Hungary.
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The Moscow Conference (1944) begins: Churchill and Stalin discuss spheres of influence in the postwar Balkans.
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The Red Army reach the Niemen River in Prussia and continue the battle around Riga.
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Athens is liberated by the EAM.
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British troops enter Athens.
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The Red Army and Yugoslav partisans under the command of Josip Broz Tito liberate Belgrade.
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Hitler orders a call-up of all men from 16 to 60 for Home Guard duties.
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The Battle of Leyte: U.S. forces land on Leyte, Philippines.
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The Battle of Hürtgen Forest is developing.
It will continue through October and November and have its last spasms in December.