The temperature on February 24, 1944 was between -6.8 °C and 4.8 °C and averaged -1.1 °C. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (91%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
January 29 » World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
February 29 » World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
May 18 » Deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union government.
June 11 » USSMissouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
August 16 » First flight of a jet with forward-swept wings, the Junkers Ju 287.
September 4 » World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
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