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France Surrenders To Germany
The French abandon Paris, declaring it an open city.
The city was taken over. -
Batavia Muckdogs Penn League
Professional baseball came to Batavia.
They won a few games that season. -
Invasion of Poland
It is the start of World War II.
It was taken over in two weeks. -
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates
19,444 fans at the game.
It was the early Steeler team. -
Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack was intended as a preventive action in order to keep the fleet from influencing the war that Japan was planning in Asia. -
USS Pittsburgh Sunk.
A ship named Pittsburgh sunk
Pearl Habor. -
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Battle of Midway
The most important naval battle of the pacific war. -
Arthur V. Ely Killed
Born in Pittsburgh March 8 1912 and died in the war. -
Battle of Stalingrad
It was a major battle of World War II.
Alot of people died. -
Cornelius Hawkins born
Played basetball for the Pittsburgh Rens in his later years. -
D-Day
The operation was the largest amphibious invasion of all time 160,000 troops landed to fight. -
Pittsburgh troops on D-Day
Many people from Pittsburgh fought on that day. -
Liberation of Paris
The fight for Paris. -
The Battle of the Bulge
Hitler thought that the alliance would fall after the battle. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
United States fought to get Iwo Jima. -
FDR Dies
Right before he died he had terrific pain in the back of his head and collapsed. -
Truman Becomes President
Truman becomes president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died. -
Hilter Commits Suicide
Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. -
VE Day
Allies formally accepted the surrender of the forces of Germany. The war in Europe is over. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima
The bombing killed 90,000 to 166,000 people. -
Victory over Japan Day
Japan's surrender was made in the afternoon of August 15, 1945. -
Atomic Bomb Dropped Nagasaki
60,000–80,000 people died.
