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On September 1, 1939 Adolf Hitlr makes the decision to invade Poland. Polish Troops surrender on September 28-30.
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Moses Annenberg is indicted. He is charged with stealing 3.2 million in Income Taxes.
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Hitler unleashes Blitzkreig on France. The French are overrun, and flee Paris leaving it for Germany to take over.
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Republican Convention, held in Phildelphia, nominates Wendell Wilkey as their canadaite. He would go on to lose to FDR.
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Opera singer Paul Peter Plishka is born in Old Forge, Pa
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On the morning of December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the Navy Base Pearl Harbor. They were able to destroy most of the Pacific Fleet.
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The Japanese had planned to Surprise the Amercians and destroy the Pacific Fleet. The Amercians were able to intercept their plans and surprise them and sink 4 of their carriers.
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20 tons of Gelignite explode in a stone quarry in Easton, Pa.
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The Battle of Stalingrad lasted from July 17, 1942– Feburary 2, 1943.The Red Army as demoralized but was able to hold the Germans off. Germans controlled almost 90% of the city at one time.
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Vice president Joe Biden is born in Scranton, Pa. Biden was named Running mate for Barack Obama in 2008.
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The Allies make plans to invade German occupied France. It would be the biggest military invasion in History. The Allies suffer very heavy losses.
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Jayme Weith, an Amercian artist was born in Pennsylvania.
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The Allies are able to get the Germans to surrender. The French are freed from German Rule.
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Leonard Bernsteain's "Jeremiah" makes its debut in Pittsburgh, Pa.
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The Allies were pushing into Germany. The Germans were able to push through the line creating a bulge in the Allied line.
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War protesters in Pittsburgh riot in the streets. One person is killed, 11 are hurt.
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Milton Hershey dies in Phildelphia. He formed one of the biggest choclate companies in the world.
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The objective of Iwo Jima was to capture Mount Suribachi. The Amercians were able to capture it it would be the deciding battle of the war 9n the Pacific.
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Frankiln D. Roosevelt dies on April 12, 1945 at his home. Harry Truman would assume his duties as President.
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The WPVI channel, channel 6, began broadcasting in Philadelphia, Pa.
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As the Allies were closing in, Adolf Hitler decided to take his own life. He was found dead, he had shot himself in the head.
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Victory in Europe day,. This is when the Allies offically accepted the surrender of Germany.
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Amercian bombers drop the Atomic bomb on Hiroshima. over 100,000 people were killed in the blast.
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The 2nd bomb is dropped on Nagasaki, thousands of people killed. The deciding factor in the surrender of Japan.
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Victory in Japan Day. This is the day when Allies accepted the terms of surrender for Japan.
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Bank robber Willie Sutton escapes jail in Philadelphia.
