The temperature on August 8, 1944 was between 13.3 °C and 23.7 °C and averaged 18.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. 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 17 » World War II: Allied forces launch the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.
January 30 » World War II: The Battle of Cisterna, part of Operation Shingle, begins in central Italy.
June 10 » World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
July 22 » The Polish Committee of National Liberation publishes its manifesto, starting the period of Communist rule in Poland.
July 25 » World War II: Operation Spring is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.
August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
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