The temperature on April 22, 1944 was between 5.1 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 10.2 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 12.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-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.
April 14 » Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued then at 20million pounds.
August 13 » World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.
August 21 » World War II: Canadian and Polish units capture the strategically important town of Falaise, Calvados, France.
August 26 » World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
September 14 » World War II: Maastricht becomes the first Dutch city to be liberated by allied forces.
October 18 » World War II: Soviet Union begins the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi Germany.
Day of death April 25, 1944
The temperature on April 25, 1944 was between 5.3 °C and 9.5 °C and averaged 7.8 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.1 hours of sunshine (1%). The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the north-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.
March 4 » World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.
April 17 » Forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attack the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrenders. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros is murdered.
July 3 » World War II: The Minsk Offensive clears German troops from the city.
September 18 » World War II: The British submarine HMSTradewind torpedoes Jun'yō Maru, killing 5,600, mostly slave labourers and POWs.
October 12 » World War II: The Axis occupation of Athens comes to an end.
December 3 » Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
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