The temperature on May 8, 1944 was between 1.5 °C and 12.2 °C and averaged 7.0 °C. There was 7.6 hours of sunshine (50%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. 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.
March 9 » World War II: Soviet Army planes attack Tallinn, Estonia.
March 30 » World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
July 9 » World War II: Continuation War: Finland wins the Battle of Tali-Ihantala, the largest battle ever fought in northern Europe. The Red Army withdraws its troops from Ihantala and digs into a defensive position, thus ending the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive.
September 19 » World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.
September 19 » World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed.
December 22 » World War II: The Vietnam People's Army is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.
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