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Pierre Laval. Pierre Laval. Pierre Laval on trial for treason, 1945.
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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
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U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945
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People celebrate in Times Square in New York City, New York on V-E Day (Victory in Europe), May 8, 1945.
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Map/infographic of the Dunkirk Evacuation May 26-June 4, 1940. World War II. France. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
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Normandy Invasion: Overview infographic. D-Day. World War II. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
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pg 159Explosions rock American base at Pearl Harbor following surprise Japanese attack, December 7, 1941.To Japan, an eventual attack on the United States, specifically on the island outpost of Hawaii, was aninevitable beginning of military action agains
Pearl Harbor in Context
Smoke billowing 20,000 feet above Hiroshima, Japan, from the first atomic bomb every dropped in World War II.
70 Years After Hiroshima
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Red Army (Soviet) soldiers in the Russian Revolution.
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Nazi Germany, Nazi SS troops marching with victory standards at the Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, 1933. (Schutzstaffel, Nazi Party, Nurnberg)
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. August 28th 1963
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Modified link of Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Pierre Laval. Dec 24, 2024
Anniversary information added. Oct 11, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jun 24, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 21, 2024
Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Pierre Laval. Aug 07, 2013
Added photograph. May 17, 2011
Media added. Jan 13, 2010
Added new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Pierre Laval. May 15, 2009
Added new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Louis Moreau Gottschalk. May 07, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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