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16 events · 27 research items · April 3, 0033 to February 14, 2026
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Palestinian Holocaust
Wars & Conflicts January 26, 2024

Palestinian Holocaust

Palestinian Holocaust The term “Palestinian Holocaust” has been used by activists and commentators to describe the cumulative impact of displacement, warfare, and ter...

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East Timor Genocide
Wars & Conflicts December 7, 1975

East Timor Genocide

East Timor Genocide On December 7, 1975, Indonesia launched a military invasion of East Timor following its declaration of independence from Portugal. The Indonesian ...

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Roman Conquest of Ctesiphon
Wars & Conflicts December 13, 0116

Roman Conquest of Ctesiphon

The Roman Empire, under Emperor Trajan, successfully captured the city of Ctesiphon during his campaign against the Parthian Empire. This marked a significant moment a...

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Resistance and Civil Conflict
Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Resistance and Civil Conflict

1942–1944 — Communist-led partisans, Balli Kombëtar and other nationalist forces resist Italian and later German occupation. Rival resistance movements also fight one ...

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Napoleon Invades Egypt
Published Research Nations & Civilizations

Napoleon Invades Egypt

1 July 1798 — French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte land in Egypt. The invasion aims to weaken British access to India while expanding French influence in the eastern...

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Auschwitz Is Liberated
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Auschwitz Is Liberated

27 January 1945 — Soviet troops reach the Auschwitz concentration and extermination complex in occupied Poland. They find thousands of surviving prisoners and extensiv...

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Babi Yar Massacre Begins
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Babi Yar Massacre Begins

29 September 1941 — German SS, police and associated units murder tens of thousands of Jews in the Babi Yar ravine near Kyiv over two days. The massacre becomes one of...

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Germany Invades Poland
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Germany Invades Poland

1 September 1939 — German forces invade Poland from the west, north and south, beginning the European phase of the Second World War. The attack follows months of escal...

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Germany Occupies Prague
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Germany Occupies Prague

15 March 1939 — German forces occupy Prague and dismantle what remains of Czechoslovakia. The move is politically important because it extends Nazi domination over ter...

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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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Kyiv Is Retaken by the Red Army
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Kyiv Is Retaken by the Red Army

6 November 1943 — Soviet forces recapture Kyiv from German occupation. The victory is strategically and symbolically important and accelerates the German retreat acros...

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Munich Agreement
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Munich Agreement

30 September 1938 — Britain, France, Germany and Italy agree that Czechoslovakia must surrender the Sudetenland to Germany. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain ...

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Ottoman Empire Leaves the War
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Ottoman Empire Leaves the War

30 October 1918 — The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros. Ottoman military resistance effectively ends and Allied forces gain extensive rights to occupy stra...

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Polish Home Army
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Polish Home Army

14 February 1942 — The Polish underground Home Army is formally established as the principal armed resistance organization loyal to the government-in-exile. It fights ...

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Potsdam Conference Begins
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Potsdam Conference Begins

17 July 1945 — Truman, Stalin and initially Churchill meet near Berlin after Germany's defeat. They discuss occupation policy, borders, reparations and the war against...

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Soviet Partisan Warfare Expands
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

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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Untitled
Published Research World Wars: Power, Conflict & Consequence

Untitled

Untitled17 March 1942 — Mass deportations associated with Operation Reinhard begin feeding the extermination center at Bełżec. Similar systems soon operate through Sob...

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