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First German V-1 rocket attack on Britain. First aircraft to use a pulse jet for power
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Marines invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands
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Mariana Turkey Shoot occurs as U.S. Carrier-based fighters shoot down 220 Japanese planes, only 20 American planes are lost
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Soviets capture Minsk in Normandy at the Battle of Hedgerows
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U.S. troops reachSt. Lo, France. Located in Northwestern France
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U.S. Marines invade Guam in the Marianas
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Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempt to assassinate Hitler by blowing him up in his wolf den
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Soviet troops liberate first concentration camp at Majdanek
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U.S. Marines invade Titian
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The Gestapo, Hitler's secret police, arrest Anne Frank and her family in Amsterdam, Holland
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Liberation of Paris occurs
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Allies liberate Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville, Antwerp, and Brussels
France: Verdun, Dieppe, Artois, Rouen, Abbeville
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U.S. troops reach the Siegfried Line in Western Germany
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U.S. air raids begin against Okinawa
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Allies liberate Athens, Rommel commits suicide
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Battle of of Leyte Gulf occurs, largest naval battle ever
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Last use of gas chambers at Auschwitz
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U.S. Navy begins to bombard the island of Iwo Jima
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Battle of the Bulge occurs in the Ardennes
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U.S. Air Force begins preparations for the atomic bombs
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General Patton, Senior officer of the U.S. Army, relieves Bastogne