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#1 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/08/2012 #2

Pearl Harbor survivors (L-R) Archie Gregoery, Victor Miranda, Paul Kennedy and Mickey Ganitch salute during the national anthem at the 71^st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War Two Valor in the Pacific National Monument in Honolulu, HI, December 7^th, 2012.

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#2 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/07/2014 #5

Southeast Texas Patriot Guard Riders hold flags that line the walkway leading to the deck of the battleship Texas in La Porte, TX, in preparation for a memorial service for those that served and died during the attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7^th, 1941.

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#3 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/08/2014 #3

World War Two Army veteran Robert Hall (center, foreground) escorts Marine veteran Harold Davis to toss flowers overboard during a ship board ceremony commemorating the lives lost during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Sunday. The service was held aboard the USS Taylor at Mayport Naval Station, FL.

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#4 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/22/2014 #3

A man walks among tombstones as he visits the World War Two Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial at Colleville sur Mer, situated above Omaha Beach, in the Normandy region.

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#5 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/24/2015 #4

Family members of soldiers who died in the Battle of Iwo Jima pour water on a tomb during a ceremony on the Japanese island to commemorate the 27,000 lives lost in the fighting there seventy years ago.

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#6 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 05/05/2015 #3

Canadian World War TWo veteran Don Sommerville, 92, of Mississauga, Ontario, visits the grave of friend Cpl. W.A. Martel following a commemorative ceremony at Holten Canadian War Cemetery in Holten, Netherlands, Monday on the eve of the 70^th anniversary of the liberation of the Netherlands.

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#7 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/08/2016 #11

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#8 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/16/2016 #6

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#9 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 11/22/2016 #1

96-year-old “candy bomber” pilot Gail Halvorsen gives thumbs up in front of an old US military aircraft with the name “The Berlin Train” in Frankfurt, Germany, on Monday. Halvorsen belonged to the pilots dropping goods in West Berlin in 1948-49, after World War Two.

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#10 Click this link to see Blog page --> 12/07/2016

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#11 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/12/2017 #5

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#12 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 01/25/2017 #2

A woman stands in front of an exhibit in the Museum of World War Two in Gdansk, Poland, on Monday. The ambitious new museum, under creation for nine years, opened its doors for a day to historians and reporters.

Museum of the Second World War #WW2

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#13 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/22/2017 #2

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#14 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/30/2017 #1

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#15 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/31/2017 #1

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#16 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/07/2017 #2

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#18 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/17/2017 #1

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#20 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/19/2017 #2

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#21 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/19/2017 #4

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#22 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/19/2017 #5

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#23 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/28/2017 #3

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#24 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/08/2017 #2

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#25 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/10/2017 #5

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#26 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/16/2017 #1

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#27 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/12/2017 #2

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#28 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/05/2018 #1

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#29 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/08/2018 #3

A fighter aircraft is seen in the wreckage of the sunken USS Lexington, a World War Two U.S. Navy aircraft carrier.

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#30 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/01/2018 #2

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#31 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/16/2018 #2

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#32 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/17/2018 #2

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#33 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/15/2018 #1

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#34 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/26/2018 #2

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#35 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/27/2018 #1

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#36 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/02/2018 #1

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#37 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/04/2018 #1

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#38 Click this link to see Blog page --> 12/08/2018

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#39 Click this link to see Blog page --> 12/11/2018

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#40 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/25/2019 #5

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#41 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/06/2019 #5

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#42 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/09/2019 #1

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#43 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/13/2019 #3

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#44 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/15/2019 #4

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#45 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/18/2019 #5

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#46 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/23/2019 #1

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#47 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 03/25/2019 #2

Zagan, Poland • British RAF personnel parade with photographs of captured airmen that were shot after attempting to escape from Stalag Luft III during a remembrance service to commemorate the 75^th Anniversary of the Great Escape.

Great Escape #GreatEscape #WW2

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#48 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/28/2019 #3

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#49 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/28/2019 #4

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#50 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/28/2019 #5

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#51 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/30/2019 #1

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#54 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/30/2019 #5

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#55 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/31/2019 #4

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#56 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/01/2019 #5

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#57 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/03/2019 #1

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#58 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/03/2019 #2

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#59 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/03/2019 #5

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#60 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/04/2019 #1

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#61 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/05/2019 #2

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#62 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/12/2019 #4

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#63 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/13/2019 #1

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#65 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/18/2019 #1

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#66 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/19/2019 #2

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#68 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/21/2019 #1

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#69 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/21/2019 #2

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#70 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/22/2019 #3

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#71 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/24/2019 #1

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#73 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/26/2019 #2

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#74 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/28/2019 #1

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#75 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/01/2019 #2

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#76 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/11/2019 #1

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#77 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/11/2019 #2

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#78 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/15/2019 #3

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#79 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/16/2019 #5

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#80 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/19/2019 #4

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#81 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/24/2019 #3

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#82 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/17/2019 #1

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#83 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/08/2019 #5

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#84 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/10/2019 #5

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#86 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/12/2019 #3

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#88 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/17/2019 #1

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#89 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/21/2019 #2

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#90 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/17/2019 #4

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#91 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/19/2019 #2

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#93 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 10/20/2019 #1

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#94 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/02/2020 #3

Showing my ignorance, should I know who these people are?
Sure, I’ll look it up for curiosity sake but...

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#RichardWinters #BandOfBrothers #WW2
They were the main characters in the book (and docu-series)
Band of Brothers, Easy Company, 506^th of the 101^st Airborne.

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Thanks, saved me some Google exposure.

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#95 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/27/2020 #4

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#96 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/18/2020 #1

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#97 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/04/2020 #2

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#98 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/08/2020 #1

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#99 Click this link to see Twitter Roundup page --> 12/07/2020 #14

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#100 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/02/2021 #6

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#101 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/13/2021 #2

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#102 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/01/2021 #2

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#103 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/11/2021 #3

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#104 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/15/2021 #6

In 1945, The Allies proclaimed V-J Day on the day the Japanese promised to unconditionally surrender came into effect. #VJDay

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#105 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/15/2021 #5

In 1944, during World War Two, Allied forces landed in southern France in Operation Dragoon. #WW2

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#106 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/30/2021 #4

In 1945, U.S. Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up Allied occupation headquarters. #DouglasMacArthur #WW2

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#107 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/01/2021 #4

In 1939, World War Two began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland. #WW2

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#108 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 09/03/2021 #5

In 1939, Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany, two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland; in a radio address, Britain’s King George VI said, “With God’s help, we shall prevail.” The same day, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner SS Athenia some 250 miles off the Irish coast, killing more than 100 out of the 1,400 or so people on board. #KingGeorgeVI #WW2

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#109 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/12/2021 #5

In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War Two Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal. #Tojo #WW2

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#110 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/27/2021 #8

In 1944 Women Airforce Service Pilots #WW2

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#111 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/27/2021 #5

In 1942 Women of Steel #WW2

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#112 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 11/27/2021 #7

In 1942, during World War Two, the Vichy French navy scuttled its ships and submarines in Toulon to keep them out of the hands of German troops. Scuttling of the French fleet at Toulon #WW2

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#113 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/06/2021 #6

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#114 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/07/2021 #10

In 1941, the Empire of Japan launched an air raid on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii as well as targets in Malaya, Hong Kong, Guam, the Philippines and Wake Island; the United States declared war against Japan the next day. Attack on Pearl Harbor #PearlHarbor

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#115 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/07/2021 #9

In 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor #PearlHarbor

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#116 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/07/2021 #5

In 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor #PearlHarbor

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#117 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/07/2021 #6

In 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor #PearlHarbor

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#118 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/07/2021 #7

In 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor #PearlHarbor

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#119 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/07/2021 #8

In 1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor #PearlHarbor

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#120 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/08/2021 #2

In 1941, the United States entered World War Two as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. #PearlHarbor #WW2

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#121 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/11/2021 #3

In 1941 German Declaration Of War Against U.S. Adolf Hitler #Hitler #WW2

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#122 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/11/2021 #4

In 1941, Germany and Italy declared war on the United States; the U.S. responded in kind. #WW2

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#123 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/16/2021 #8

In 1944, the World War Two Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied forces through the Ardennes Forest in Belgium and Luxembourg (the Allies were eventually able to turn the Germans back). #WW2

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#124 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/19/2021 #7

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#125 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/23/2021 #5

In 1941, during World War Two, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese. #WakeIsland #WW2

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#126 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 12/29/2021 #7

In 1940, during World War Two, Germany dropped incendiary bombs on London, setting off what came to be known as “The Second Great Fire of London”. #WW2

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#127 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/02/2022 #17

In 2011, Major Richard Davis “Dick” Winters, who’d fought in several major battles in World War Two and whose quiet leadership was chronicled in the book and television miniseries Band of Brothers, died in Lebanon County, PA, at age 92. #RichardWinters #BandOfBrothers #WW2

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#128 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/03/2022 #7

In 1946, William Brooke Joyce was hanged for treason in the UK. #WilliamJoyce #LordHawHaw

#WilliamJoyce #LordHawHaw #WW2

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#129 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/07/2022 #3

In 1943 USS Griffin #WW2

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In 1942, Japanese forces began besieging American and Filipino troops in Bataan during World War Two. (The fall of Bataan three months later was followed by the notorious Death March.) Battle of Bataan #WW2

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#131 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/09/2022 #6

In 1945, during World War Two, American forces began landing on the shores of Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines as the Battle of Luzon got underway, resulting in an Allied victory over Imperial Japanese forces. #WW2

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#132 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/14/2022 #7

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and French General Charles de Gaulle opened a wartime conference in Casablanca. Casablanca Conference #CasablancaConference #WW2

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#133 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/17/2022 #9

In 1944, during World War Two, Allied forces launched the first of four battles for Monte Cassino in Italy; the Allies were ultimately successful. #WW2
The capture of Monte Cassino resulted in 55,000 Allied casualties, with German losses estimated at around 20,000 killed and wounded. The battle has been described as a Pyrrhic victory. Once again American troops had to save the day for incompetent British “Lord” generals.

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#134 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/18/2022 #8

In 1943, during World War Two, Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto launched their initial armed resistance against Nazi troops, who eventually succeeded in crushing the rebellion. #WarsawGhetto #WW2

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#135 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/18/2022 #9

In 1943, the Soviets announced they’d broken through the long Nazi siege of Leningrad (it was another year before the siege was fully lifted). #WW2

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#136 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/22/2022 #6

In 1944, during World War Two, Allied forces began landing at Anzio, Italy. Battle of Anzio #WW2

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#137 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/24/2022 #6

In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill concluded a wartime conference in Casablanca, Morocco. #CasablancaConference #WW2

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#138 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/25/2022 #9

In 1945, the World War Two Battle of the Bulge ended as German forces were pushed back to their original positions. #WW2

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#141 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/27/2022 #8

In 1945, during World War Two, Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland. #WW2

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#142 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/27/2022 #7

In 1944, during World War Two, the Soviet Union announced the complete end of the deadly German siege of Leningrad, which had lasted for more than two years. Siege of Leningrad #WW2

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#143 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/27/2022 #6

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#144 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 01/28/2022 #8

In 1945, during World War Two, Allied supplies began reaching China over the newly reopened Burma Road. #WW2

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#145 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/01/2022 #9

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#146 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/01/2022 #10

In 1943, during World War Two, one of America’s most highly decorated military units, the 442^nd Regimental Combat Team, made up almost exclusively of Japanese-Americans, was authorized. #WW2

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#147 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/02/2022 #8

In 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in World War Two. #WW2

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#148 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/04/2022 #7

In 1945 Yalta Conference #WinstonChurchill #FDR #JosephStalin #WW2

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#149 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/04/2022 #8

In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta. Yalta Conference #WinstonChurchill #FDR #JosephStalin #WW2

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#150 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/09/2022 #6

In 1943, the World War Two battle of Guadalcanal in the southwest Pacific ended with an Allied victory over Japanese forces. #WW2

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#151 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/11/2022 #5

In 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), British Prime Minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Vissarionovich (Dzhugashvili) Stalin signed the Yalta Agreement, in which Stalin agreed to declare war against Imperial Japan following Nazi Germany’s capitulation. Yalta Conference #WinstonChurchill #FDR #JosephStalin #WW2

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#152 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/12/2022 #9

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#153 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/13/2022 #7

In 1945 Bombing of Dresden #Dresden #WW2

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#154 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/14/2022 #11

In 1945, during World War Two, British and Canadian forces reached the Rhine River in Germany. #WW2

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#156 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/15/2022 #7

In 1944, Allied bombers destroyed the monastery atop Monte Cassino in Italy. Battle of Monte Cassino #WW2

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#157 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/16/2022 #6

In 1945, American troops landed on the island of Corregidor in the Philippines during World War Two. #WW2

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In 1944, during World War Two, U.S. forces invaded Eniwetok Atoll, encountering little initial resistance from Imperial Japanese troops. (The Americans secured the atoll less than a week later.) #WW2

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In 1942, Imperial Japanese warplanes raided the Australian city of Darwin; at least 243 people were killed. #WW2

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In 1945, Operation Detachment began during World War Two as some 30,000 U.S. Marines began landing on Iwo Jima, where they commenced a successful month long battle to seize control of the island from Japanese forces. #WW2

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#161 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/19/2022 #10

In 1942, during World War Two, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for the relocation and internment of people of Japanese ancestry, including U.S.-born citizens. Internment of Japanese Americans #WW2

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In 1942 Internment of Japanese Americans #WW2

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#164 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 02/21/2022 #5

In 1945, during the World War Two Battle of Iwo Jima, the escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea was sunk by kamikazes with the loss of 318 men. #WW2

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In 1945, during World War Two, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two American flags (the second staged flag raising was captured in the iconic Associated Press photograph.) #IwoJima #WW2

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In 1945 #IwoJima #WW2

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In 1942, the first shelling of the U.S. mainland during World War Two occurred as a Japanese submarine fired on an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, CA, causing little damage. Bombardment of Ellwood #WW2

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In 1945, the Allies fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from Japanese forces during World War Two. Battle of Manila #WW2

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In 1943, in London’s East End, 173 people died in a crush of bodies at the Bethnal Green tube station, which was being used as a wartime air raid shelter. #WW2

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In 1944, U.S. heavy bombers staged the first full scale American raid on Berlin during World War Two. #WW2

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In 1945, during World War Two, U.S. forces crossed the Rhine at Remagen, Germany, using the damaged but still usable Ludendorff Bridge. Battle of Remagen #WW2
Another General Montgomery eff-up cleaned up by the U.S.

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#174 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/07/2022 #5

In 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered his troops to march into the Rhineland, thereby breaking the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact. Remilitarisation of the Rhineland #WW2

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In 1943 #EleanorRoosevelt #WW2

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In 1945, during World War Two, U.S. B-29 bombers began launching incendiary bomb attacks against Tokyo, resulting in an estimated 100,000 deaths. #WW2

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#178 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/11/2022 #2

In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Bill, providing war supplies to countries fighting the Axis. #FDR #WW2

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#179 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/15/2022 #6

In 1944, during World War Two, Allied bombers again raided German held Monte Cassino. #WW2

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#180 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/16/2022 #5

In 1945, during World War Two, American forces declared they had secured Iwo Jima, although pockets of Japanese resistance remained. #WW2

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#181 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/17/2022 #9

In 1942, six days after departing the Philippines during World War Two, General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater. #DouglasMacArthur #WW2

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#182 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/18/2022 #8

In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agreed to join Germany’s war against France and Britain. #Hitler #BenitoMussolini #WW2

#Hitler #BenitoMussolini #WW2

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#183 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/19/2022 #3

In 1945, Adolf Hitler ordered the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands in his so-called “Nero Decree”, which was largely disregarded. #Hitler #WW2

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#184 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/18/2022 #10

In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority, which was put in charge of interning Japanese-Americans, with Milton S. Eisenhower (the younger brother of Dwight D. Eisenhower) as its director. #WW2

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#185 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/19/2022 #4

In 1945, during World War Two, 807 people were killed when a Japanese dive bomber attacked the carrier USS Franklin off Japan (the ship was saved). #WW2

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#186 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/20/2022 #7

In 1942, as Japanese forces continued to advance in the Pacific during World War Two, U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur left the Philippines for Australia, where he vowed on March 20^th, “I shall return” —— a promise he kept more than 2½ years later. #DouglasMacArthur #WW2

#DouglasMacArthur #WW2

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#187 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/21/2022 #5

In 1945, during World War Two, Allied bombers began four days of raids over Germany. #WW2

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#188 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/22/2022 #6

In 1945 #WW2

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#189 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/24/2022 #3

In 1944, More than 75 Allied prisoners undertook a daring escape from a POW camp in Sagan, Germany, though most were eventually recaptured; it inspired the classic World War Two movie The Great Escape (1963). #WW2

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#190 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/26/2022 #6

In 1945, during World War Two, Iwo Jima was fully secured by U.S. forces following a final, desperate attack by Japanese soldiers. #IwoJima #WW2

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#191 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/27/2022 #2

In 1945, during World War Two General Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower (David Dwight Eisenhower) told reporters in Paris that German defenses on the Western Front had been broken. #DwightEisenhower #WW2

#DwightEisenhower #WW2

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#192 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/28/2022 #5

In 1942, during World War Two, British naval forces staged a successful raid on the Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire in Operation Chariot, destroying the only dry dock on the Atlantic coast capable of repairing the German battleship Tirpitz. #WW2

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#193 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 03/28/2022 #3

In 1935, the notorious Nazi propaganda film Triumph des Willens (Triumph of the Will), directed by Leni Riefenstahl, premiered in Berlin with Adolf Hitler present. #WW2

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#194 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/01/2022 #4

In 1945, American forces launched the amphibious invasion of Okinawa during World War Two. (U.S. forces succeeded in capturing the Japanese island on June 22^nd.) #WW2

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#195 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/03/2022 #10

In 1946, Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma, the Japanese commander held responsible for the Bataan Death March, was executed by firing squad outside Manila. #WW2

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#196 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/03/2022 #9

In 1945 #WW2

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#197 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/03/2022 #8

In 1942, during World War Two, Japanese forces began their final assault on Bataan against American and Filipino troops who surrendered six days later; the capitulation was followed by the notorious Bataan Death March. #WW2

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#198 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/04/2022 #6

In 1945, during World War Two, U.S. forces liberated the Nazi concentration camp Ohrdruf in Germany. Hungary was liberated as Soviet forces cleared out remaining German troops. #WW2

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#199 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/07/2022 #6

In 1945, during World War Two, American planes intercepted and effectively destroyed a Japanese fleet, which included the battleship Yamato, that was headed to Okinawa on a suicide mission. #WW2 #Yamato

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#200 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/09/2022 #4

In 1940, during World War Two, Germany invaded Denmark and Norway. #WW2

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#201 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/09/2022 #5

In 1942, during World War Two, some 75,000 Philippine and American defenders on Bataan surrendered to Japanese troops, who forced the prisoners into what became known as the Bataan Death March; thousands died or were killed en route. #WW2

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#202 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/11/2022 #3

In 1945, during World War Two, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany. #WW2

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#203 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/15/2022 #8

In 1945, during World War Two, British and Canadian troops liberated the Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen. #WW2

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#204 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/17/2022 #3

In 1942, #WW2

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#205 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/18/2022 #11

In 1942, Doolittle Raid Jimmy Doolittle #JimmyDoolittle #WW2

Jimmy Doolittle #JimmyDoolittle #WW2

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#206 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/18/2022 #10

In 1942, Doolittle Raid Jimmy Doolittle #JimmyDoolittle #WW2

Jimmy Doolittle #JimmyDoolittle #WW2

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#207 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/19/2022 #4

In 1943, during World War Two, tens of thousands of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began a valiant but ultimately futile battle against Nazi forces. #WarsawGhetto #WW2

#WarsawGhetto #WW2

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#208 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/20/2022 #3

In 1945, during World War Two, allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart. #WW2

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#209 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/23/2022 #4

In 1943, U.S. Navy Lt. John F. Kennedy assumed command of PT-109, a motor torpedo boat, in the Solomon Islands during World War Two. (On Aug. 2^nd, 1943, PT-109 was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer, killing two crew members; Kennedy and ten others survived.) #JFK #WW2

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#210 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/25/2022 #8

In 1945, during World War Two, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses. #WW2

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#211 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/26/2022 #3

In 1945, Marshal Henri Philippe B�noni Omer Joseph P�tain, the head of France’s Vichy government during World War Two, was arrested. #HenriPhilippePetain #WW2

#HenriPhilippePetain #WW2

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#212 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 04/29/2022 #2

In 1945, during World War Two, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp. #WW2

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#213 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/01/2022 #7

In 1945 Dachau concentration camp #WW2

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#214 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/02/2022 #5

In 1940 Dunkirk Evacuation #WW2 #Dunkirk

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#215 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/04/2022 #7

In 1942, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the 1^st naval clash fought entirely with carrier aircraft, began in the Pacific during World War Two. (The outcome was considered a tactical victory for Japan, but ultimately a strategic one for the Allies.) #WW2

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#216 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/04/2022 #8

In 1945, during World War Two, German forces in the Netherlands, Denmark and northwest Germany surrendered ~~agreed to surrender~~. #WW2

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#217 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/05/2022 #9

In 1945, Denmark and the Netherlands were liberated as a German surrender went into effect. #WW2

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#218 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/06/2022 #12

In 1942, during World War Two, some 15,000 American and Filipino troops on Corregidor island surrendered to Japanese forces. #WW2

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#219 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/07/2022 #8

In 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France, ending its role in World War Two. #WW2

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#220 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/10/2022 #9

In 1940, during World War Two, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government. #WW2

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#221 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/11/2022 #6

In 1943, during World War Two, U.S. forces landed on the Aleutian island of Attu, which was held by the Japanese; the Americans took the island 19 days later. #WW2

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#222 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/14/2022 #2

In 1940, the Netherlands surrendered to invading German forces during World War Two. #WW2

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#223 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/16/2022 #5

In 1943, the nearly month long Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the Great Synagogue. #WW2

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#224 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/18/2022 #7

In 1944, during World War Two, Allied forces occupied Monte Cassino in Italy after a four-month struggle with Axis troops. #WW2

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#225 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/20/2022 #6

In 1941 Battle of Crete #WW2

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#226 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/23/2022 #6

In 1944, during World War Two, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio began a major breakout offensive. #WW2

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#227 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/26/2022 #5

In 1940, Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of some 338,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War Two. #WW2 #Dunkirk

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#228 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 05/30/2022 #8

In 1943, during World War Two, American troops secured the Aleutian island of Attu from Japanese forces. Battle of Attu #WW2

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#229 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/04/2022 #6

In 1944, U-505, a German submarine, was captured by a U.S. Navy task group in the south Atlantic; it was the 1^st such capture of an enemy vessel at sea by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812. #WW2

I’ve been inside this submarine a couple times.
It was at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

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#230 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/04/2022 #4

In 1940, during World War Two, the Allied military evacuation of some 338,000 troops from Dunkirk, France, ended. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill declared: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” Operation Dynamo #WW2 #Dunkirk

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#231 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/04/2022 #5

In 1942, the World War Two Battle of Midway began, resulting in a decisive American victory against Japan and marking the turning point of the war in the Pacific. #Midway #WW2

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#232 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/07/2022 #5

In 1942, the Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American naval forces over Imperial Japan, marking a turning point in the Pacific War. #WW2 #Midway

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#233 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/10/2022 #5

In 1944, German forces massacred 642 residents of the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane. #WW2

Russia and Zion massacre people and it barely moves the dial.

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#234 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/10/2022 #4

In 1942, during World War Two, German forces massacred 173 male residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich. #WW2

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#235 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/14/2022 #3

In 1940, German troops entered Paris during World War Two; the same day, the Nazis began transporting prisoners to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German occupied Poland. #WW2

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#236 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/15/2022 #5

In 1944, American forces began their successful invasion of Saipan during World War Two. B-29 Superfortresses carried out their 1^st raids on Japan. #WW2

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#237 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/19/2022 #4

In 1944, during World War Two, the two day Battle of the Philippine Sea began, resulting in a decisive victory for the Americans over the Japanese. #WW2

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#238 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/21/2022 #1

In 1942, German forces led by Generaloberst (Colonel General) Erwin Rommel captured the Libyan city of Tobruk during World War Two. (Rommel was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal; Tobruk was retaken by the Allies in November 1942.) #WW2

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#239 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/22/2022 #2

In 1940, during World War Two, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris. #WW2 #Hitler

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#240 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/22/2022 #3

In 1941, Nazi Germany launched Operation Barbarossa, a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. #WW2

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#241 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/22/2022 #5

In 1945, the World War Two battle for Okinawa ended with an Allied victory. #WW2

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#242 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 06/25/2022 #4

In 1942, Gen. Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower (David Dwight Eisenhower) was designated Commanding General of the European Theater of Operations during World War Two. #DwightEisenhower #WW2

#DwightEisenhower #WW2

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#243 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/17/2022 #4

In 1945, following Nazi Germany’s surrender, President Harry S Truman, Soviet leader Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin and British Prime Minister Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War Two. #WW2

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#244 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/22/2022 #4

In 1943, American forces led by General George Smith Patton Jr. captured Palermo, Sicily, during World War Two. #GeorgePatton #WW2

#GeorgePatton #WW2

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#245 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/24/2022 #6

In 1943, The Allies began “Operation Gomorrah”. It involved a ten day series of repeated bombings of the German city of Hamburg: 38,000 civilans were killed. It’s the most devastating series of raids on Germany. #WW2

Since it was done over ten days instead of one day and one
atom bomb, it wasn’t publicized like the horror of Hiroshima.

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#246 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 07/30/2022 #5

In 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis, having just delivered components of the atomic bomb to Tinian in the Mariana Islands, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine; only 317 out of nearly 1,200 men survived. #USSIndianapolis #WW2

#USSIndianapolis #WW2

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#247 Click this link to see Historic Photos page --> 08/07/2022 #2

In 1942, U.S. and other allied forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War Two. (Japanese forces were driven from ~~abandoned~~ the island the following February.) #Guadalcanal #WW2

#Guadalcanal #WW2

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#248 Click this link to see News Photos page --> 12/09/2022 #2

Hawaii • World War Two veteran Tommy Tanaka (left) talks to survivor Herbert Elfring at the 81^st Pearl Harbour remembrance day ceremony.

#PearlHarbor #WW2

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