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1944:
Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz (380,000 killed in three months).
D-Day Allies invade Nazi-occupied Europe at Normandy, France.
German buzz bombs and V-2 rockets land randomly in London, killing over 2,700 people.
Round-the-clock bombing of German cities; thousands of civilians die.
During the Battle of the Bulge, German troops torture and kill black soldiers serving in the American Army.
1945:
Hitler committed suicide on April 30.
Auschwitz was liberated.
Thousands of civilians on Okinawa died in the crossfire between U.S. and Japanese troops.
Germany surrendered unconditionally.
U.S. began massive firebombing of Tokyo and other cities, causing a massive loss of civilian life that dwarfed the number killed by the later use of the atomic bomb on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan surrendered, ending WWII. |