1942
1 January 1942
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Allies sign the UN Declaration
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13 January 1942
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Internment of Japanese-Americans begins
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18 January 1942
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Battle of Moscow ends [Germany]
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31 January 1942
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Battle of Singapore
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8 March 1942
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Japanese forces take New Guinea
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18 April 1942
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Doolittle’s raid on Tokyo
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7 May 1942
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Battle of Coral Sea begins
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8 May 1942
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American forces at Corregidor in the Philippines surrender [United States]
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20 May 1942
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British leave Burma
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30 May 1942
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Great Britain launches a 1000 bomber raid against Germany
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3 June 1942
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Battle of Sevastopol
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4 June 1942
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Americans destroy 4 Japanese aircraft carriers at the battle of Midway [United States]
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4 June 1942
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Battle of Midway begins
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21 June 1942
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Germans take Tobruk
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1 July 1942
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Battle of El Alamein I begins
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7 August 1942
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United States Marines land on Guadalcanal [United States]
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19 August 1942
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Battle of Dieppe
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19 August 1942
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British and Canadian forces blunder raid on Dieppe
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23 August 1942
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Battle of Stalingrad begins [Russia]
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23 October 1942
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The British 8th Army under General Bernard Montgomery defeats Axis army at the Second Battle of El Alamein [United Kingdom]
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8 November 1942
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Allied forces land in North Africa
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27 November 1942
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French scuttle their fleet at Toulon
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1943
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1943
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Battle of White Russia begins
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1943
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Battle of White Russia ends
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23 January 1943
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British take Tripoli
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27 January 1943
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American 8th Air Force conducts its first raid against Germany
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1 February 1943
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Chindits launch their first Burmese operation
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2 February 1943
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Remnants of the German 6th Army surrender at Stalingrad [U.S.S.R.]
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14 February 1943
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Battle of Kasserine Pass
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19 February 1943
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Battle of Kassarine Pass
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20 March 1943
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Battle of Mareth
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10 April 1943
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Battle of Ukraine ends
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3 May 1943
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Battle of Tunisia [Tunisia]
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3 May 1943
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Allies take Tunis
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12 May 1943
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The North African campaign of WWII ends as German forces surrender [Germany]
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13 May 1943
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Germans give up North Africa
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10 June 1943
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The Combined Bomber Offensive launches Operation Pointblank, a strategic bombing campaign against German industry and civilian morale [United States]
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20 June 1943
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New Georgia Campaign begins
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5 July 1943
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Battle of Kursk
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5 July 1943
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Battle of Kursk, Russia, begins
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9 July 1943
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Battle of Sicily, Invasion of [Italy]
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9 July 1943
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Allied forces launch amphibious invasion of Sicily [Italy]
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23 July 1943
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Battle of Ukraine begins
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25 July 1943
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Mussolini resigns
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17 August 1943
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Raids against Schweinfurt, Germany, begins
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3 September 1943
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Allies land in Italy
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8 September 1943
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Italy surrenders to the Allies [Italy]
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9 September 1943
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Battle of Salerno begins [Italy]
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18 September 1943
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Battle of Salerno ends
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13 October 1943
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Italy declares war on Germany
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20 November 1943
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Marines land on Tarawa
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28 November 1943
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Teheran Conference
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1944
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22 January 1944
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Battle of Anzio
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27 January 1944
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Leningrad Siege lifted
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31 January 1944
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American troops take Marshall Islands
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12 February 1944
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Battle of Cassino
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14 February 1944
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Battle of Monte Casino
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6 June 1944
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D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy, France [France]
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13 June 1944
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Germans launch their first V-1 rockets
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15 June 1944
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American Troops to Saipan
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19 June 1944
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Battle of Philippine Sea
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July 1944
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Battle of Poland-East Prussia
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18 July 1944
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Tojo out of power in Japan
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20 July 1944
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Assassination attempt against Hitler—fails
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25 July 1944
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Battle of St Lo Breakout
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1 August 1944
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Battle of Warsaw
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20 August 1944
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Battle of Balkans begins
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25 August 1944
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Germans surrender Paris
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4 September 1944
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Allies take Antwerp
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8 September 1944
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Germans launch their first V-2s against allies
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8 September 1944
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Bulgaria surrenders to Soviet Union
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15 September 1944
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U. S. Marines land on the island of Peleliu
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17 September 1944
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Battle of Arnhem
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17 September 1944
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Allied armored and airborne forces fail to secure Rhine crossing in Operation Market-Garden [United States]
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21 September 1944
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Dumbarton Oaks Conference
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20 October 1944
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Battle of Balkans ends
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20 October 1944
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Allied forces launch amphibious invasion of the Philippines [Japan]
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21 October 1944
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Allies take Aachen, Germany
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24 October 1944
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
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6 November 1944
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Franklin D. Roosevelt wins presidential election for fourth time [United States]
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12 November 1944
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German ship Tirpitz sunk
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16 December 1944
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Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes) begins [Germany]
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16 December 1944
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Battle of Saint-Vith
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17 December 1944
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Battle of Bastogne
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1945
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17 January 1945
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Soviets take Warsaw
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25 January 1945
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Battle of the Bulge (Ardennes) ends
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4 February 1945
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Yalta Conference begins
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19 February 1945
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U. S. Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima [United States]
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7 March 1945
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Patton’s Third Army crosses the Rhine at Remagan
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1 April 1945
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Battle of Okinawa [Japan]
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1 April 1945
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American operations against Okinawa begin
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12 April 1945
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President Roosevelt dies, succeeded by Harry Truman
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16 April 1945
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Battle of Berlin
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25 April 1945
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San Francisco Conference begins
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28 April 1945
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Mussolini assassinated
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30 April 1945
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Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin; Karl Dönitz appointed leader of Germany [Germany]
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30 April 1945
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Hitler commits suicide
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2 May 1945
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Soviets take Berlin
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8 May 1945
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Germany surrenders (V-E Day)
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16 July 1945
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‘Trinity” test at Alamogordo, New Mexico
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17 July 1945
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Potsdam Conference begins
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6 August 1945
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Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan [Japan]
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9 August 1945
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Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan [Japan]
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14 August 1945
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Japanese surrender; World War II ends
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2 September 1945
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Japanese sign surrender terms on board the USS Missouri [United States]
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21 December 1945
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George Smith Patton, Jr. dies [United States]
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