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FDR asks war against Japan
WWII 1941: Pearl Harbor
-- December 08, 1941
Allies land in France in greatest amphibious assault of all time
WWII 1944: D-day
-- By VIRGIL PINKLEY, United Press War Correspondent -- June 06, 1944
Big Three plan unconditional surrender terms for Germany
End of WWII
-- February 12, 1945
Mussolini, mistress executed by firing squad
End of WWII
-- By JAMES E. ROPER, United Press Staff Writer -- April 29, 1945
Buchenwald 'living hell,' says French writer
Top Stories
-- By Marcel Conversy -- May 04, 1945
Japanese ex-premier admits war guilt after suicide attempt
Top Stories
-- By Frank Bartholomew and Frank Tremaine -- September 11, 1945
Japanese democracy needs nursing, Emperor tells United Press
End of WWII
-- By HUGH BAILLIE, President of the United Press -- September 25, 1945
The assassination of Mohandas Gandhi
India, Death Of Gandhi
-- By JAMES MICHAELS -- January 30, 1948
Jewish state proclaimed in Palestine; Arab-Jewish fighting erupts
Palestine - Israel
-- May 14, 1948
MacArthur heads U.S. East Army
-- United Press -- July 26, 1941
Voters oust Churchill
-- United Press -- July 26, 1945
Upper floors of tallest building blazing inferno
-- July 28, 1945
Babe Ruth's body to lie in state in stadium that is his memorial
-- United Press -- August 17, 1948
Lights glow in Paris again; people hungry
End of WWII
-- Robert Richards -- August 26, 1945
Russian atom blast surprises scientists
-- United Press -- September 23, 1949
FDR urges 'total defense,' warning nation is menaced by foes without and within
-- United Press -- September 02, 1940
Fire sweeps Texas hotel, 54 men killed
-- United Press -- September 07, 1943
Leningrad cut off, Nazi generals say
-- Frederick C. Oechsner -- September 08, 1941
Paintings 30,000 years old found
-- United Press -- September 28, 1940
Hero of Okinawa gives God credit for Yank victory
-- United Press -- October 12, 1945
Italy given status of co-belligerent
-- Richard D. McMillan -- October 13, 1943
Signing of Negro ball player simmers down to 'wait-and-see' attitude
-- Cornelius Ryan -- October 25, 1945
Eyewitness accounts of Battle of Leyte Gulf
-- Ralph Teatsorth -- October 26, 1944
Reuben James is lost while on Iceland convoy duty
-- United Press -- November 01, 1941
Gigantic suspension span collapses in Puget Sound
-- United Press -- November 08, 1940
Nazi troops arrive at Tunisia, invade France
WWII 1942: Midway, N. Africa
-- United Press -- November 11, 1942
Jerome Kern dies at 60, composed many song hits
-- United Press -- November 12, 1945
1,000 casualties occur in Coventry in heavy night raid by Nazis
-- United Press -- November 15, 1940
Nazis engulf Rumania in new order
-- United Press -- November 23, 1940
Hollywood to fire all Communists
-- United Press -- November 25, 1947
Surrender or die demand to Germany is reported drafted at parley
-- United Press -- December 03, 1943
FDR orders liquidation of WPA promptly
-- United Press -- December 04, 1942
5 Navy bombers vanish; search plane, 12 lost
-- United Press -- December 06, 1945
Germany, Italy join with Japs against Allies
WWII 1941: Pearl Harbor
-- United Press -- December 11, 1941
Nazis slash back, drive into Belgium
-- United Press -- December 17, 1944
French army units occupy capital city
-- United Press -- December 20, 1946
First Army stops counteroffensive below liege
-- United Press -- December 22, 1944
Manuilski heads UNO security committee
-- United Nations -- January 11, 1946
Southern California literally snowed under
-- Lincoln Haynes -- January 12, 1949
Jap pockets wiped out in Sanananda
-- Don Caswell -- January 22, 1943
Berlin bombed by British; Goering 'pep talk' halted
-- Robert Dowson -- January 30, 1943
British secretary hits Moscow after Soviets submit Greek demand
-- United Press -- February 01, 1946
Independence of Korea is being urged
Korean War
-- United Press -- December 25, 1945
Peace comes to defenders of Stalingrad
-- United Press -- February 03, 1943
Eisenhower heads Allies against Axis in African war
-- United Press -- February 06, 1943
Australia saved by U.S victory on Guadalcanal
-- Louis F. Keemle -- February 09, 1943
FBI presses roundup of aliens
-- United Press -- February 21, 1942
U-boat fires 25 shots at oil refinery
-- United Press -- February 24, 1942
Mighty U.S. airmada fires Berlin
-- United Press -- March 06, 1944
RAF strikes in force at Nuremberg
-- William B. Dickinson -- March 09, 1943
FDR dedicates Jefferson Memorial
-- United Press -- April 13, 1943
Major leaguers think faster says Jackie Robinson after first game in big leagues
-- Oscar Fraley -- April 16, 1947
Freighter explosion devastates Texas City, hundreds dead
-- April 17, 1947
Events
End of WWII
1940 Election
1948 Election
Berlin Airlift
Death Of Roosevelt, Truman President
India, Death Of Gandhi
Iron Curtain
Palestine - Israel
Red China
Nuremberg Trials
WWII 1941: Pearl Harbor
WWII 1942: Midway, N. Africa
WWII 1944: D-day
WWII 1939: France, Britain
Archive Blog
For one reporter, 1945 visit to Hiroshima was about more than a scoop
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Americans wouldn't know much about the destruction at Hiroshima in 1945 until reporters were allowed to survey the scene firsthand nearly a month later.
Archive Photos
Fidel Castro over the years
Presidential State Dinners
Vintage Hollywood
New images of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
The Reagan assassination attempt
Remembering Nelson Mandela
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Iranian general threatens to 'annihilate' Israel
Catholic priest killed while hearing confessions in Mexico
Former presidents, friends, family honor Barbara Bush
Trump considering posthumous pardon for boxer Jack Johnson
Trump: Cohen won't flip
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Remembering Nelson Mandela