at Maillé, Indre-et-Loire. Hungary decides to continue the war together with Germany. The Red Ball Express convoy system begins operation, supplying tons of materiel to Allied forces in France. August 29 – WWII: The Slovak National Uprising against the Axis powers begins. August 31 – The Mad Gasser of Mattoon apparently resumes his mysterious attacks in Mattoon, Illinois for two weeks. September September – The Dutch famine ("Hongerwinter") begins, in the occupied northern part of the Netherlands. September 1 – WWII: In Bulgaria, the Bagryanov government resigns. September 2 The Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving 3 days later. ¡Hola! magazine is launched in Barcelona. The last execution of a Finn in Finland will take place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu. September 3 – WWII: The Allies liberate Brussels. September 4 – WWII: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the city of Antwerp, Belgium. Finland breaks off relations with Germany. September 5 WWII: The Soviet Union declares war on Bulgaria. Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux. September 6 – WWII: The Tartu Offensive in Estonia concludes, with Soviet forces capturing Tartu. September 7 – WWII: The Belgian government in exile returns to Brussels from London. Members of Vichy France's collaborationist government are relocated to Germany where an enclave is established for them in Sigmaringen Castle. Shin'yō Maru incident: Japanese cargo ship is torpedoed and sunk in the Sulu Sea by American submarine USS Paddle while carrying 750 American prisoners of war; 688 perish. September 8 – WWII: The first V-2 rocket attack on London takes place. The French town of Menton is liberated from German forces. Bulgaria declares war on Germany. September 9 – WWII: The Bulgarian government is overthrown by the Fatherland Front coalition, which establishes a pro-Soviet government. September 10 – WWII: Liberation of Luxembourg. September 11 – WWII: The Laksevåg floating dry dock at Bergen (Norway) is sunk by British X-class submarine X-24. An approaching formation of 36 US bombers is engaged by a German fighter squadron (Jagdgeschwader) in the Battle over the Ore Mountains. After the first German attack on the bombers, US Mustangs attack the German squadron in aerial dogfights. September 12 – WWII: Allied forces from Operation Overlord (in northern France) and Operation Dragoon (in the south) link up near Dijon. September 13 –