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On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews.
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the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish garrison of the Westerplatte Fort, Danzig in what was to become the first military engagement of World War Two.
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Immediately after the defeat of France, Adolf Hitler ordered his generals to organize the invasion of Britain.
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the German Army poured across the borders of the Soviet Union, initiating nearly 4 years of the most savage and brutal warfare humanity ever experienced.
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hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.
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The Battle of Midway, fought near the Central Pacific island of Midway, is considered the decisive battle of the war in the Pacific.
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Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gener
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In late 1944, after extensive debate, Allied leaders elected to begin operations to liberate the Philippines.
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By 1944, America and her allies in the Pacific War had the ascendancy. In the west, the Japanese were being turned back in Burma and island hopping had isolated Japanese forces in the eastern sector.
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On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber named the Enola Gay left the island of Tinian for Hiroshima, Japan.
