The temperature on February 15, 1944 was between 0.3 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) 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 3 » World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington is shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
September 5 » Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.
September 17 » World War II: German forces are attacked by the Allies in the Battle of San Marino.
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 27 » The Kassel Mission results in the largest loss by a USAAF group on any mission in World War II.
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