The National WWII Museum

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History War & Conflict

Battle of Iwo Jima begins

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The firebombing of Dresden begins

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History Modern

Churchill gave his "Iron Curtain" speech

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Germany launched its massive invasion of the Soviet Union

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Israeli agents capture Nazi fugitive Adolf Eichmann in Argentina

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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, pulling the U.S. into World War II

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Japan's surrender was announced, ending World War II

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The atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki

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The Battle of Midway turned the tide in the Pacific

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The Battle of the Bulge began in the Ardennes

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The German invasion of Poland began World War II

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The Nazi massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane

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Society & Economy Politics & Law

The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders began

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Science Physics

The Soviet Union tested the largest bomb ever built

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Society & Economy Politics & Law

The trial of Adolf Eichmann opened in Jerusalem

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History War & Conflict

MacArthur kept his promise and returned to Leyte

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World War II formally ended aboard the USS Missouri

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Allied Nations Celebrate V-E Day

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Technology Inventions

Hedy Lamarr Patented the Idea Behind Wireless

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Mussolini Executed by Italian Partisans

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Paris Was Liberated From German Occupation

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D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history

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World War II is the deadliest conflict in human history

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