Editing 1944 (section)

====August====
[[Image:Warsaw Uprising boyscouts.jpg|right|thumb|[[Szare Szeregi]] Scouts also fought in the Warsaw Uprising.]]
* [[August 1]] - [[Warsaw Uprising]] begins.
* [[August 2]] - [[Turkey]] ends diplomatic and economic relations with [[Germany]].
* [[August 7]] - [[IBM]] dedicates the first program-controlled [[calculator]], the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (known best as the [[Harvard Mark I]]).
* [[August 12]] - Allies capture [[Florence]], [[Italy]].
* [[August 12]] - World's first undersea [[oil pipeline]] laid, between [[England]] and [[France]] in [[Operation Pluto]]
* [[August 15]] - [[Operation Dragoon]] lands Allies in southern [[France]]. [[U.S. 45th Infantry Division|U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division]] participates in its fourth assault landing at St. Maxime, spearheading the drive for the Belfort Gap.
* [[August 19]] - (August 25) Victorious insurrection in [[Paris]].
* [[August 23]] - [[Ion Antonescu]], prime minister of [[Romania]], is arrested and a new government is established. [[Romania]] exits the war against [[Soviet Union]] joining the [[Allies]].
* [[August 24]] - Allies enter [[Paris]].
* [[August 25]] - [[Hungary]] decides to continue the war together with [[Germany]].
* [[August 29]] - [[Slovak National Uprising]] begins