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| Sep. 3 |
West Germany |
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Frankfurt WW2 bomb defused after mass evacuation
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| Sep. 2 |
West Germany |
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Frankfurt hospitals evacuated before WW2 bomb disposal
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| Aug.11 |
Northern Israel |
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World's oldest man, Auschwitz survivor Yisrael Kristal dies
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| Jul.16 |
Paris |
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Netanyahu in Paris to commemorate Vel d'Hiv deportation of Jews
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| May.6 |
West Germany |
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Hannover to evacuate 50,000 over World War Two bombs
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| Dec.26 |
Hawaii |
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe in Hawaii for landmark Pearl Harbor visit
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| Sep.29 |
Manila |
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Duterte 'happy to slaughter' addicts as Hitler did Jews
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| Aug.14 |
West Germany |
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Autobahn near Hannover closed after WWII bombs found |
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| Jul.29 |
Poland |
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Pope Francis prays in silence at former Auschwitz-Birkenau camp
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| May.27 |
Japan |
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Hiroshima memory must never fade, Obama says on historic visit
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Manhattan |
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New York plane crash: 'WW2' aircraft in Hudson River |
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| Apr.10 |
Japan |
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John Kerry makes historic visit to Hiroshima memorial |
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| Apr.9 |
Austria |
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Austria 'plans to seize' house where Hitler born |
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| Jan.27 |
Germany |
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Germany's Jews mark Holocaust as new threat rises |
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| Dec.28 |
South Korea |
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'Comfort women': Japan and South Korea hail agreement
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| Dec.27 |
South Korea |
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Japan and South Korea to discuss 'comfort women' issue |
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| Oct.21 |
Berlin |
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Germany tells Netanyahu: We are responsible for the Holocaust |
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| Sep.2 |
Beijing |
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China military parade commemorates WW2 victory
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| Aug.27 |
Western Australia |
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Australian 'Great Escape' survivor dies, aged 101 |
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| Aug.15 |
Tokyo |
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Emperor 'remorseful' over WW2, as 70th anniversary marked |
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| Aug.14 |
South Korea |
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Japan and South Korea mark 70 years since end of WW2
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| Aug.8 |
Japan |
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Japan remembers Nagasaki atomic bomb, 70 years on |
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| Aug.5 |
Japan |
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Hiroshima marks 70 years since atomic bomb
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| Jul.19 |
Japan |
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Mitsubishi to make prisoners of war apology |
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| Jul.15 |
West Germany |
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'Auschwitz book-keeper' Oskar Groening sentenced to 4 years |
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| Jun.26 |
West Germany |
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Queen visits Germany's Bergen-Belsen concentration camp |
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| May.9 |
Moscow |
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Russia stages massive WWII parade
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| Apr.19 |
Poland |
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Poland fury at Holocaust comment by FBI's James Comey |
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| Apr.16 |
Jerusalem |
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Netanyahu likens Iran to the Nazis on Holocaust day |
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| Jan.27 |
Poland |
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On Auschwitz anniversary, leader warns Jews again targets
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| Dec.18 |
Eastern Germany |
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World War II bomb defused in German city |
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| Dec.2 |
Austria |
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WWII grenade explodes in stove after embedded in wood |
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| Nov.25 |
Poland |
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Theft of shoes from WWII death camp |
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| Oct.20 |
Washington |
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Exiled Nazis collected US benefits |
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| Apr.3 |
Bangkok |
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Live World War II bomb kills 7 in Thailand |
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| Feb.20 |
West Germany |
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Suspected Auschwitz guards arrested |
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| Feb.6 |
Hong Kong |
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HK police defuse huge US WW2 bomb |
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| Jan.17 |
Tokyo |
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Japan WW2 holdout soldier dies |
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| Jan.3 |
West Germany |
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Bulldozer driver killed by unexploded WWII device |
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| Nov.20 |
Missouri |
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US neo-Nazi serial killer executed |
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| Nov.3 |
Munich |
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Huge Nazi looted art cache 'found' |
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| Nov.2 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
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EBay sorry over Holocaust listings |
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| Sep.6 |
Berlin |
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Hitler bodyguard Rochus Misch dies at 96 |
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| Jun.10 |
England |
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WWII bomber raised from Channel |
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| May.13 |
Japan |
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Japan's WWII sex slaves 'necessary' |
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| May.6 |
Munich |
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Neo-Nazi trial opens in Germany |
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| Mar.9 |
Austria |
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Vienna orchestra to reveal Nazi past |
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| Oct.29 |
Northern Japan |
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WWII bomb closes Japan airport |
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| Oct.23 |
Berlin |
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Merkel to unveil Roma memorial |
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| Aug.14 |
Australia |
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Nazi suspect wins Australia case |
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| Jul.18 |
Hungary |
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Nazi war crimes suspect arrested in Hungary |
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| Jul.11 |
Jerusalem |
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Israel Holocaust memorial defaced |
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| Dec.7 |
Hawaii |
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US marks Pearl Harbor 70 years on |
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| Dec.3 |
West Germany |
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WWII bomb evacuation on the Rhine
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| Jul.21 |
Bavaria |
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Hitler's deputy Hess is exhumed |
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| Jan.12 |
Global |
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Global Nazi investigations rise |
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| Nov.13 |
Paris |
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SNCF 'sorrow' over Holocaust role |
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| Oct.21 |
Japan |
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Bodies, mass graves found on Iwo Jima |
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| Oct.10 |
Ohio |
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US Republican in Nazi uniform row |
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| Jan.17 |
Rome |
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Pope: Vatican helped Jews at Holocaust |
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| Jan.11 |
Netherlands |
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Anne Frank protector, dies at 100 |
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| Nov.29 |
Munich |
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Demjanjuk war crimes trial to start |
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| Sep.18 |
Iran |
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Anger at Iranian Holocaust denial
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| Aug.31 |
Poland |
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WWII ceremonies begin |
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| May.11 |
Ohio |
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Demjanjuk deported to Germany
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Tel Aviv |
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Pope addresses Holocaust on Israel visit
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| Apr.14 |
Ohio |
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'Nazi guard' deportation blocked |
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| Apr.10 |
Ohio |
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US dismisses 'Nazi guard' appeal |
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| Feb.16 |
Paris |
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France 'responsible' for Holocaust deaths |
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| Feb.7 |
Germany |
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Bishops: 'No room' for Holocaust denier |
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| Feb.4 |
Vatican |
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'Holocaust bishop' told to recant |
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| Sep.18 |
Vatican |
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Pope defends WWII pontiff's role |
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| Jul.17 |
Argentina |
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Nazi hunter: Closing in on 'Dr. Death' |
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| Jul.13 |
Japan |
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WWII bomb forces mass evacuation |
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| May.29 |
Estonia |
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Navy hopes to solve WWII plane mystery |
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| May.27 |
Berlin |
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Berlin remembers persecuted gays |
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| May.19 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
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Nazi guard loses last US appeal |
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| Jan.31 |
Rio de Janeiro |
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Rio judge bans float on Holocaust |
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| Sep.15 |
Germany |
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Cardinal in 'Nazi art term' row |
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| Aug.5 |
Jerusalem |
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Israel faces Holocaust protests |
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| Jun.18 |
Rome |
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Italians picket ex-Nazi's office |
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| May.28 |
Poland |
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Pope meets Auschwitz survivors |
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| Feb.20 |
Austria |
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Holocaust denier Irving jailed |
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| Feb.7 |
Iran |
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Paper to run 'Holocaust cartoons' |
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| May.10 |
Berlin |
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Holocaust memorial unveiled |
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| May.7 |
European Union |
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Europe-wide events to mark VE Day
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| Feb.12 |
Eastern Germany |
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Neo-Nazi march as Dresden remembers |
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| Jan.26 |
Poland |
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Leaders mark Auschwitz liberation
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| Jan.24 |
UN |
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World 'must learn from Holocaust' |
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| Jun.5 |
France |
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Leaders gather for D-day ceremony |
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| Jun.2 |
Colorado |
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Bush: War on terror 'like WWII' |
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| May. 31, 1962 |
 Israel |
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Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel 
Map of Ramla Israel| A German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) and one of the major organisers of the Holocaust | |
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| Sep. 2, 1945 |
 Tokyo |
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Japan surrender signed Map of Tokyo Bay Japan| The surrender of the Empire of Japan was announced by Imperial Japan, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close | |
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| Aug. 6, 1945 |
Japan |
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First atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima Map of Hiroshima Japan| The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The two bombings killed at least 129,000 people. It's remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. A uranium... | |
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| Aug. 2, 1945 |
 Eastern Germany |
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Potsdam Conference ended Map of Cecilienhof Palace Potsdam Germany| The three power, Stalin, Churchill, and, later Attlee, Truman gathered to decide how to administer punishment to the defeated Nazi Germany | |
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| Aug. 15, 1945 |
Tokyo |
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Surrender of Japan| By the end of July 1945, the Japanese Navy was incapable of conducting major operations and an Allied invasion of Japan was imminent | |
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| May. 9, 1945 |
Berlin |
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World War II ends in Europe The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union
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| Nov. 20, 1945 |
Bavaria |
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Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal began Map of Nuremberg Germany Series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, for the prosecution of prominent members of leadership of Nazi Germany
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| Jan. 27, 1945 |
 Poland |
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Auschwitz concentration camp liberated Map of Oswiecim Poland A network of German Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany
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| Aug. 25, 1944 |
 Paris |
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Allies liberated Paris A military combat that took place from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944
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| Jun. 6, 1944 |
France |
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Invasion of Normandy Map of Omaha Beach Normandy France The invasion by and establishment of Western Allied forces, during Operation Overlord; the largest amphibious invasion to ever take place
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| Jan. 31, 1943 |
Volga Region |
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Germans surrendered at Stalingrad Map of Volgograd Russia The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of Stalingrad
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| Jun. 7, 1942 |
 Hawaii |
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Battle of Midway Island ended The United States Navy decisively defeated an attacking fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
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| Aug. 14, 1941 |
 Maritime Provinces |
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Atlantic Charter made public The Charter was a pivotal policy statement, defined the Allied goals for the post-war world. It was drafted by the leaders of the UK and the...
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| Jun. 22, 1941 |
 Belarus |
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Germany invades Russia It has been known as the Great Patriotic War in the former Soviet Union and in modern Russia, while in Germany it was called the Eastern Front
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| Dec. 7, 1941 |
Hawaii |
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Bombing of Pearl Harbor The surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base led to the U.S. entry into World War...
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| Aug. 8, 1940 |
England |
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Battle of Britain began Air campaign waged by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe) against the United Kingdom and the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air ...
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| Jul. 2, 1940 |
Southern France |
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Vichy Government set up in France It was the pro-Axis government headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain from 1940 to 1944 during World War II
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| Jun. 3, 1940 |
France |
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Evacuation of Dunkirk completed It was the evacuation of Allied soldiers when British, French, and Belgian troops were cut off and surrounded by the German army
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| May. 10, 1940 |
London |
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Winston Churchill becomes prime minister A meeting between Chamberlain, Halifax, Churchill and David Margesson, the government Chief Whip, led to the recommendation of Churchill
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| Sep. 3, 1939 |
London |
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Britain and France declare war on Germany No Western power committed to launching a significant offensive, notwithstanding the terms of the Anglo-Polish and Franco-Polish military al...
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| Sep. 1, 1939 |
Poland |
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German army invaded Poland, starting WWII The opening event of World War II. Millions of Polish citizens perished in the course of the Nazi occupation of Poland between 1939 and 1945
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| Aug. 11, 1939 |
Austria |
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Axis Conference at Salzburg began
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| Sep. 30, 1938 |
Munich |
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Munich Agreement signed A settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders. 'Sudetenland' was coined
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| Mar. 11, 1938 |
 Austria |
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German troops enters Austria The Anschluss was the Nazi propaganda term for the invasion and forced incorporation of Austria by Nazi Germany
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| Mar. 7, 1936 |
West Germany |
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Adolf Hitler invades the Rhineland
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| Jan. 30, 1933 |
Berlin |
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Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor
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| Nov. 8, 1923 |
Munich |
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Adolf Hitler's beer hall Putsch starts
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| Oct. 20, 1922 |
Rome |
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Benito Mussolini seized power in Italy
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| Apr. 20, 1889 |
Austria |
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Adolf Hitler born
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