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Andy Warhol lives
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Hitler's threat against Jews
January 30, 1939 - Hitler threatens Jews during Reichstag speech. -
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Nazi invasions
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T34 Tanks go to the battlefield.
The T34 tank was developed by the Russians both before and during World War Two. The T34 revolutionised the way tanks were designed and made. Close up in battle, the T34 proved to be more than a match for the powerful Tiger tank. The T34 combined developments from both America and, ironically, Germany. -
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
About the image: A campaign poster for the war. -
Japanese internment in the states
February 27, 1942.
Idaho Governor Chase Clark tells a congressional committee in Seattle that Japanese would be welcome in Idaho only if they were in "concentration camps under military guard." Some credit Clark with the conception of what was to become a true scenario. About the image: Gila concentration camp arial view. -
Navajo code talkers
Early in 1942 Philip Johnson, met Major General Clayton B. Vogel, the commanding general of Amphibious Corps, Pacific Fleet, and suggested that the U.S. Marines used the Navajo language as a secret code, because no one else could understand it. -
The first V-2 rocket is launched
While the original V-1 rocket was an extremely clumsy and inaccurate weapon that was easily countered by the Allies, the V-2 version is considered one of the most deadliest ballistic missiles of all times. However, the technological principles behind the V-2 were also used in launching the very first satellites on the orbit, namely the R7 and the Mercury Redstone. -
Invasion of The Solomon Islands
As the invasion of the Solomon Islands gets under way, U.S. troops go over the side of a transport ship to enter landing barges at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville. November 1943. -
Japanese attack on the Phillipines
A Japanese torpedo bomber blown out of the sky after a direct hit by 5 inch shell from the U.S. Aircraft Carrier YORKTOWN which it attempted to attack, off Kwajalein. December 4, 1943. -
Phillipinos and Americans repel Japanese in the forests of Cape Gloucester
Marine machine gunners repel a Japanese counter-attack in the jungle of Cape Gloucester. January 1944. -
D-Day
D-Day is a military term designating the start of a military operation. The D-day in modern history refers to what happened on 6th June 1944 - the day on which the Battle of Normandy began. It was a huge effort involving months of secret preparations. Thousands of Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, in northern France, at the start of the battle to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation. D-day marked the turning point in World War II when the Allied forces began to win the -
V-E Day
V-E Day stands for Victory in Europe Day.
It marks a very important event in World War 2 - the end of the War with Germany on Tuesday 8 May 1945. -
V-J Day
V-J Day stands for Victory in Japan Day.
It marks a very important event in World War 2 - the day Japan surrendered to the Allies after almost six years of war on 15 August 1945. -
End of the war (WWII)
Two day long celebrations in U.S.A., The U.K., and Australia. -
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