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143 events · 22 research items · May 29, 1453 to September 2, 2026 · Page 2 of 6
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US and Israel strike Iran
Wars & Conflicts February 28, 2026

US and Israel strike Iran

The United States and Israel launched coordinated military strikes against Iran on February 28, 2026. The operation targeted Iranian military facilities, missile capab...

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Assassination at Sarajevo
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Assassination at Sarajevo

28 June 1914 — Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie are assassinated during an official visit to Sarajevo. Gavrilo Princi...

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Bombing of Guernica
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Bombing of Guernica

26 April 1937 — German Condor Legion aircraft and Italian forces attack the Basque town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War. The raid kills civilians and destroys...

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Dunkirk Evacuation Begins
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Dunkirk Evacuation Begins

26 May 1940 — Britain begins Operation Dynamo to evacuate Allied troops trapped around Dunkirk. Naval vessels, merchant ships and hundreds of smaller civilian craft pa...

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East Prussian Offensive
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

East Prussian Offensive

13 January 1945 — Soviet armies launch major operations into East Prussia. German civilians flee westward amid combat, fear of Soviet forces and collapsing evacuation ...

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Emperor Hirohito
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Emperor Hirohito

1926–1989 reign — Hirohito is emperor throughout Japan's expansion in China and the Pacific War. The exact nature of his political responsibility remains the subject o...

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Germany's Surrender Takes Effect
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Germany's Surrender Takes Effect

8 May 1945 — Germany's unconditional surrender ends the war in Europe. The Soviet Union has suffered enormous military and civilian losses but emerges as one of the wo...

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Henry L. Stimson
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Henry L. Stimson

31 May 1945 — Secretary of War Henry Stimson chairs the first major meeting of the Interim Committee considering policy surrounding the atomic bomb. Stimson becomes on...

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Japan Invades Manchuria
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Japan Invades Manchuria

18 September 1931 — Japanese officers use the Mukden Incident as a pretext for military expansion into Manchuria. Japanese forces rapidly occupy the region and later e...

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Luftwaffe Bombs Stalingrad
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Luftwaffe Bombs Stalingrad

23 August 1942 — German aircraft conduct devastating attacks on Stalingrad as ground forces approach. Large areas are destroyed and many civilians are killed. The bomb...

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Millions of Civilians Flee West
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Millions of Civilians Flee West

13 January 1945 — Soviet advances into East Prussia and Poland trigger enormous civilian flight. German authorities evacuate populations inconsistently and often too l...

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Siege of Leningrad Begins
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Siege of Leningrad Begins

8 September 1941 — German and Finnish advances isolate Leningrad from most overland supply routes. Hitler chooses not to storm the city immediately and instead expects...

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Siege of Leningrad Is Fully Lifted
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Siege of Leningrad Is Fully Lifted

27 January 1944 — Soviet offensives drive German forces far enough from Leningrad to end the siege. The city has endured nearly nine hundred days of blockade, bombardm...

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Soviet Partisan Warfare Expands
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Soviet Partisan Warfare Expands

3 August 1943 — Large-scale partisan operations intensify against German railways, communications and occupation infrastructure. Partisan networks receive increasing s...

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Soviets Adopt Scorched-Earth Measures
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Soviets Adopt Scorched-Earth Measures

3 July 1941 — Stalin publicly calls for denial of useful resources to the advancing enemy. Infrastructure, crops and industrial assets may be evacuated or destroyed wh...

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