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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Sinking of the Lusitania
A German submarine torpedoed the Lusitania after President Woodrow Wilson discarded Germany's policy for neutral nations keeping their ships out of the war zone (thus limited shipping). -
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Russian Revolution
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Wilson's 14 Points Delivered
A speech delivered to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson during the First World War outlining a plan for peace, introduced through 14 various points. Its purpose was to prevent "international problems from causing another war." -
Murder of the Romanovs
During the Russian civil war, the Romanov family, the last of the dynasty and of the general reign of Russian czars, is brutally murdered by the Bolsheviks in Ekaterinburg, Russia. -
Armistice Day
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The League of Nations Is Founded
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Germany Invades Poland
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World War II
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Battle For The Atlantic
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Dunkirk Evacuated
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Paris Falls
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Battle of Britain
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
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Italy Invades Greece
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Lend-Lease Act Passed
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German Forces Invade Russia
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Atlantic Charter Issued
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The Attack On Pearl Harbor
Japanese kamikaze pilots attack the US Navy stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, sinking scores of crucial aircraft carriers and other military craft, such as the USS Arizona and the USS West Virginia. -
President Roosevelt's Infamy Speech
A day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers a speech to the combined houses of Congress, declaiming the attack as "a day which will live in infamy." -
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
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D-Day
Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandy and begin a "crusade" through Europe to bring down Adolf Hitler. -
Paris Liberated
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Operation Market Garden
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Forced Suicide of Field Marshal Rommel
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Battle of The Bulge
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Battle of Berlin
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Auschwitz Liberated
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Yalta Conference
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US Force Land At Iwo Jima
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US Forces Land At Okinawa
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Dies
At 3:35 PM on April 12, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies of cerebral hemorrhaging. He is succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman, leaving behind an indelible legacy. -
Benito Mussolini Executed
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Hitler Commits Suicide
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Germany Surrenders
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Victory Day
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Atomic Bomb Dropped On Hiroshima
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Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
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Japan Surrenders
