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Nazi Germany
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement which forces the Czechoslovak Republic to cede the Sudetenland, including the key Czechoslovak military defense positions, to Nazi Germany. -
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World War II
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Charles A. Lindbergh
American aviation hero Charles A. Lindbergh makes his first anti-intervention radio speech. The U.S. non-intervention movement is supported not just by Lindbergh, but by former president Herbert Hoover, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Henry Ford, Lindbergh and a number of senators and congressmen as well. -
Battle of Saipan
In the US 3,246 people died. US had 10,000 wounded people. 24,000 Japanese died. Japan committed 5,000 suicides. 22,000 Civilians died and were mostly suicides. -
Battle of Okinawa
287,000 US troops vs. 130,000 Japanese troop. Campaign lasted 82 days. 14,000 people died from the US. There were 77,000 dead Japanese. 100,000 Civilian died. Fierce fighting caused suicide attacks. Japanese commander committed suicide.
