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Babe Ruth Retirement
Babe Ruth played 22 seasons in his baseball career. He retired June 2 1935. He was born February 6, 1895 and died August 16, 1948 (53). He was the greatest baseball player in MLB history. -
Marco Polo Bridge Incident
The Marco Polo Bridge Incident was a battle between the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army and the Imperial Japanese Army. It started the mark for the Second Sino-Japanese war. -
Yugoslavia Invaded
Yugoslavia is invaded by Germany, Hungary, and Italy. It was a German led attack. Thousands of civilians and soldiers were killed. Germany attacked Yugoslavia from bases in three countries besides itself: Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. German troops entered each of these countries under different pretenses and at different times. -
Soviet Union invaded
Under the code name Operation "Barbarossa," Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest German military operation of World War II. Over the course of the operation, about four million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union succeed in driving them out. -
Battle of Changsha
The first major offensive in China by the imperial Japanese forces. The offensive was originally intended to prevent Chinese forces from reinforcing the British Commonwealth in Hong Kong.Chinese Forces were able to lure them into a trap and encircle them. -
the Bombing of Cologne
It Took place on May 30th 1942 and lasted a whole day. Its codename was Operation Millennium. They did it to cripple or take Germany out of the war. It was also done for propaganda for the Allies. There was 1,044 aircrafts that did the bombing. -
Battle of Burma
The battle was fought by Britain, China, United States, and Japan. It was the longest campaign of the war. It was an allied victory. It lasted a whole year. -
Rose Bowl
The Rose Bowl was played on January 1, 1945. The teams that played was Tennessee Volunteers and USC Trojans. The final score was 25-0 USC Trojans won. 91,000 people attended -
Sugar Bowl
The teams the played was Alabama and Duke. The final score was 26-29 Duke with the close one;72,000 people attended. -
Orange Bowl
The teams that attended this games was Tulsa Golden Hurricane and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. The score was 26-12, Tulsa won. Only 23,279 people attended the game.
