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1940-1949

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

Hull accuses Japanese of outright lies

WWII 1941: Pearl Harbor -- December 07, 1941

Television use permitted July 1

United Press -- May 02, 1941

Jap army retreat reduces danger to Port Moresby

United Press -- May 04, 1942

American airmen see English royalty on tour of U.S. base somewhere in Britain

Dixie Tighe -- May 27, 1943

Lou Zamperini still missing

United Press -- June 05, 1943

Italy votes to be republic

J. Edward Murray -- June 05, 1946

Rome United Press bureau reopened

Reynolds Packard -- June 05, 1944

New battle is raging in the Aleutian Isles

Frank Tremaine -- June 08, 1942

300 Nippon planes lost over Saipan

William F. Tyree -- June 20, 1944

Japanese forces surrender at Okinawa

William F. Tyree -- June 21, 1945

Eisenhower named leader for European combat zone

United Press -- June 25, 1942

Atomic explosion as seen from a B-29 by United Press VP

Frank H. Bartholomew -- July 01, 1946

Liberators leave heavy trail of wreckage

International News Service -- July 03, 1943

Mother Cabrini listed among saints; first U.S. citizen to get honor

Aldo Forte -- July 08, 1946

U.S. opens 'Battle of Europe' in Sicily

Virgil Pinkley -- July 10, 1943

Ammunition dump in New Mexico explodes

United Press -- July 17, 1945

D.W. Griffith, 73, film pioneer, dies

United Press -- July 23, 1948

Truman asks 'equality' for all races in armed services

United Press -- July 26, 1948

Army admits Gen. Patton struck soldier

United Press -- November 23, 1943

400 killed in Ecuador earthquake

United Press -- August 06, 1949

Forces smash at Solomons and Aleutians

United Press -- August 09, 1942

Nazis renew air attacks on England

United Press -- August 08, 1940

GOP landslide wins in Maine

United Press -- September 14, 1948

Reds rush planes, prevent big break in Stalingrad line

M.S. Handler -- September 15, 1942

Hughes' plywood plane flies mile at 100 mph

John Von Der Heide -- November 02, 1947

U.N. votes to create Jewish, Arab states of Palestine

James E. Roper -- November 29, 1947

China leaders go to Formosa

United Press -- December 08, 1949

Jap invasion forces gain coast of Luzon

Frank Hewlett -- December 10, 1941

MacArthur orders Japanese government to end Shintoism support

End of WWII -- Chris Cunningham -- December 15, 1945

Eisenhower named chief of allied invasion force

United Press -- December 24, 1943

MacArthur returns in triumph to Luzon

C. Yates McDaniel -- January 09, 1945

15 fliers aboard tragedy sky liner

Robert C. Miller -- January 17, 1942

Allies land closer to Rome

United Press -- January 22, 1944

Leningrad freed by Reds as foe blasted in Italy

United press -- January 27, 1944

60,000 British troops prisoners at Singapore

United Press -- February 15, 1942

Marines seize beachhead in fierce Iwo Jima battle

Frank Tremaine -- February 19, 1945

28th regiment hoists banner on promontory

United Press -- February 23, 1945

Yanks wipe out Haps in Manila garrison

United Press -- February 25, 1945

Mid-air refueling aids history-making flight

Charles Corddry -- March 02, 1949

15 square miles of Tokyo burned by 300 U.S. B-29

Frank Tremaine -- March 10, 1945

Allied airpower carries war deep into Germany

United Press -- March 21, 1945

Negroes win ballot in Texas primaries

United Press -- April 03, 1944

Twelve nations sign NATO pact in solemn ceremony

Louis Cassels -- April 04, 1949

Henry Ford, 83, dies

United Press -- April 08, 1947

Tarnopol falls after 3-week street battle

Robert Musel -- April 15, 1944

Guns, parade hail freedom of Ireland

John R. Higgins -- April 18, 1949

226 Negroes perish in fire

United Press -- April 24, 1940

British to urge speedup as V-E Day preparation

Lyle C. Wilson -- April 26, 1945

Himmler kills himself three days after capture

United Press -- May 24, 1945

4,000 Allied planes smash at invasion coast defenses

WWII 1944: D-day -- By Walter Cronkite -- June 03, 1944

FDR pleads for divine aid as Allies invade Europe

WWII 1944: D-day -- By Merriman Smith -- June 06, 1944

Control of skies assured in first hour of battle

WWII 1944: D-day -- By WALTER CRONKITE -- June 06, 1944

More witnesses of 'Flying Discs'

Pioneers Of Flight -- June 28, 1947

Scores perish as fire sweeps circus big top

United Press -- July 06, 1944

Nazi offensive on Soviet front subsides along Orel-Kursk area

United Press -- July 14, 1943

Americans bomb Rome in 2-hour daylight raid

Reynolds Packard -- July 19, 1943

Truman hails Senate vote on charter

United Press -- July 29, 1945

Warsaw patriots drive enemy back

United Press -- August 06, 1944

Nazis quitting Sicily under 300 big guns

United Press -- August 12, 1943

Italy surrenders to Allies

United Press -- September 08, 1943

Peacetime draft measure passes

United Press -- September 16, 1940

Alaska Highway completed

International News Service -- October 28, 1942

James Joyce burial will be Wednesday

United Press -- January 14, 1941

Soviet envoy denounces move to end veto power

United Press -- January 18, 1946

Jewish girls go through special hell Nazis reserve for 'inferior' victims

Edward W. Beattie Jr. -- May 09, 1945

Jap invasion forces land at three points on Java

United Press -- March 01, 1942

Vivien Leigh, Robert Donat win screen acting awards

Frederick C. Othman -- February 29, 1940

Nipponese killed on Iwo Bring Jap toll to 450,000

United Press -- March 16, 1945

Carrier planes destroy, damage 49 Japanese ships

Frank Tremaine -- April 01, 1945

Women's Auxiliary Army Corps plan completed by War Dept.

Sandor S. Klein -- May 14, 1942

German columns drive to Channel

Joe Alex Morris -- May 21, 1940

Events

Death Of Roosevelt, Truman President

India, Death Of Gandhi

WWII 1941: Pearl Harbor

WWII 1942: Midway, N. Africa

WWII 1944: D-day

WWII 1939: France, Britain

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For one reporter, 1945 visit to Hiroshima was about more than a scoop 4 years ago ago

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.

1940-1949

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