Germans begin a major counter-attack toward Avranches. Resistance uprising in Paris. Allies encircle Germans in the Falaise Pocket. Liberation of Paris. Slovak uprising begins.
Soviet troops take Bucharest.
Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville, Antwerp and Brussels liberated by Allies. Finland and the Soviet Union agree to a cease-fire. U.S. troops reach the Siegfried Line. Soviet troops occupy Estonia. Warsaw Uprising ends as the Polish Home Army surrenders to the Germans.