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Oil refineries at Ploiești, Romania, are bombed by U.S. IX Bomber Command.
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Japan declares independence for the State of Burma.
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2,897 Romani are gassed when their camp at Auschwitz is liquidated.
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The first of two "George S. Patton slapping incidents" occurs in Sicily.
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Swedish government announces it will no longer allow German troops and war material to transit Swedish railways.
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German troops start pouring in to take over Italy's defences.
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German and Italian forces begin to evacuate Sicily.
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The Land Battle of Vella Lavella island begins.
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US and Canadian troops invade Kiska Island in the Aleutians. But soon find out that the Japanese had already evacuated the island.
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Polish Jews begin a resistance with scant weaponry in Białystok. When leaders run out of ammo they commit suicide.
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All of Sicily is under control by allied forces.
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Operation Crossbow begins with Operation Hydra when the RAF bombs the Peenemünde V-2 rocket facility.
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Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Quebec Agreement during the Quebec Conference.
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Operation Polkovodets Rumyantsev liberates Kharkov, Ukraine.
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During the Occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany, martial law replaced the Danish government.
