The 1940's

By serenayo11
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    The 1940's

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    Auschwitz received its first Polish prisoners. Also this was the same day Paris fell to the Germans.
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    The United States goes to Iceland attempting to stop a potential invasion by the Nazis.
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    The development of the very first atomic bomb is signed into agreement between the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and Franklin Roosevelt.
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    Black rights riots occured Detroit, Michigan and Harlem, New York and it caused some 40 deaths and 700 injuries.
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    The United States invades Normandy, and this day is now called D-Day.
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    1250 U.S. bombers attack Berlin, making Hitler announce the destruction of his own industries and military installations one day later.
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    The first meeting of the United Nations occurs after its founding on October 24, 1945 by 51 countrys
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    Jackie Robinson breaks Major League Baseball's rule against colored players when he debuts at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
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    The U.S withdraws its military out of Korea.
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    The femme fatale of Japanese war broadcasts, Tokyo Rose, was sentenced to ten years in prison.