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Charlie Chaplin and Joan Barry

October 1, 1942 Breaking

Charlie Chaplin and Joan Barry

Los Angeles · California · United States

Joan Barry was an American actress who became involved with Charlie Chaplin during the early 1940s. Their relationship later resulted in a highly publicized paternity dispute and a crimin...

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Charlie Chaplin and Mildred Harris

January 23, 1918 Breaking

Charlie Chaplin and Mildred Harris

Los Angeles · California · United States

Charlie Chaplin married actress Mildred Harris on October 23, 1918, in Los Angeles. Chaplin was 29 years old and Harris was 16. Harris was already working as a film actress when the relat...

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Charlie Chaplin’s controversial life

April 16, 1889 Breaking

Charlie Chaplin’s controversial life

London · England · United Kingdom

Charlie Chaplin was an English actor, filmmaker, composer, and producer who became one of the most prominent figures of twentieth-century cinema. His career included silent films, sound f...

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Communists Take Control

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Communists Take Control

29 November 1944 — German forces have withdrawn and the communist-led National Liberation Movement controls the country. Rival political organizations are rapidly excluded from power.

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Resistance and Civil Conflict

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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 another over Albania...

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Allies Target German Oil Production

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Allies Target German Oil Production

12 May 1944 — American bombers begin a major concentrated campaign against German synthetic fuel plants and oil infrastructure. Germany relies heavily on synthetic fuel because access to ...

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American Submarines Strangle Japanese Shipping

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American Submarines Strangle Japanese Shipping

1 January 1944 — By 1944 American submarines are destroying Japanese merchant shipping at a rate Japan cannot replace. Oil, food, raw materials and military supplies become increasingly d...

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R5

Axis Occupation

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Axis Occupation

1941–1944 — Germany, Italy and Bulgaria occupy Greece after the Axis invasion.

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R6

Battle of the Bulge Begins

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Battle of the Bulge Begins

16 December 1944 — Germany launches a surprise offensive through the Ardennes in an attempt to split Allied armies and seize Antwerp. Initial German advances create a deep bulge in Allied...

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Crimean Offensive Begins

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Crimean Offensive Begins

8 April 1944 — Soviet forces attack German and Romanian troops in Crimea. Axis defenses collapse rapidly and Sevastopol falls in May. The Soviet victory removes an important Axis position...

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D-Day

6 June 1944 — Allied forces land on the Normandy coast in Operation Overlord. American, British, Canadian and other Allied formations assault five principal beaches while airborne troops ...

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German Retreat Leaves Widespread Destruction

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German Retreat Leaves Widespread Destruction

1 July 1944 — As German armies retreat through Belarus and Poland, infrastructure, villages and transport networks are frequently destroyed. Nazi occupation has already inflicted enormous...

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Hideki Tojo

1940–1944 senior Japanese leadership — General Hideki Tojo becomes Japanese prime minister in October 1941 as negotiations with the United States approach collapse. He supports continued ...

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Lend-Lease Mobility Strengthens Soviet Offensives

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Lend-Lease Mobility Strengthens Soviet Offensives

1 January 1944 — By 1944 large numbers of American trucks, locomotives, food supplies and communications equipment are supporting Soviet logistics. Soviet weapons production remains overw...

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Maskirovka Conceals Operation Bagration

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Maskirovka Conceals Operation Bagration

1 June 1944 — Soviet commanders employ deception techniques including camouflage, false radio traffic and concealed force concentrations. German intelligence underestimates the main Sovie...

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R13

Minsk Is Retaken

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Minsk Is Retaken

3 July 1944 — Soviet forces recapture Minsk during Operation Bagration. Large German formations east of the city are trapped and destroyed or captured. The Red Army now advances rapidly t...

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Operation Bagration

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Operation Bagration

22 June 1944 — Exactly three years after Barbarossa, the Soviet Union launches Operation Bagration against German Army Group Centre in Belarus. Soviet forces achieve deep breakthroughs us...

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Operation Bagration Begins

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Operation Bagration Begins

22 June 1944 — The Red Army launches a huge offensive against German Army Group Centre in Belarus. Soviet commanders use deception, enormous artillery concentrations, armored exploitation...

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R16

Paris Is Liberated

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Paris Is Liberated

25 August 1944 — French and Allied forces complete the liberation of Paris after an uprising by resistance groups and the arrival of Free French troops. General Charles de Gaulle enters t...

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Polish Committee of National Liberation Is Proclaimed

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Polish Committee of National Liberation Is Proclaimed

22 July 1944 — The Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation presents itself as a new governing authority for liberated Polish territory. The committee challenges the legitima...

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Polish Underground Launches Operation Tempest

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Polish Underground Launches Operation Tempest

4 January 1944 — The Polish Home Army begins implementing Operation Tempest as Soviet forces approach prewar Polish territory. Underground units attempt to fight German forces openly and ...

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R19

Red Army Reaches Lublin

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Red Army Reaches Lublin

24 July 1944 — Soviet forces capture Lublin in eastern Poland. The Soviet-backed Polish Committee of National Liberation begins establishing political authority in territories occupied by...

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R20

Romania Switches Sides

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Romania Switches Sides

23 August 1944 — King Michael leads a coup that removes Ion Antonescu and ends Romania's alliance with Germany. Romania soon joins the war against the Axis. Germany loses access to a key ...

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Siege of Budapest Begins

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Siege of Budapest Begins

29 December 1944 — Soviet and Romanian forces encircle Budapest. Hitler orders the city held while German and Hungarian troops continue resistance. Fighting becomes extremely destructive ...

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R22

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, bombardment, starvation and ...

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Soviet Deception Conceals Operation Bagration

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Soviet Deception Conceals Operation Bagration

1 June 1944 — In the weeks before Bagration, Soviet commanders employ extensive deception measures known broadly as maskirovka. Troop concentrations are concealed, false signals are creat...

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Untitled

Untitled1 May 1944 — Allied deception operations intensify before the Normandy invasion. False radio traffic, dummy formations, controlled double agents and the fictional First U.S. Army ...

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Warsaw Becomes a Military and Political Crisis

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Warsaw Becomes a Military and Political Crisis

1 August 1944 — The Warsaw Uprising is driven not only by resistance to German occupation but by fear that Soviet liberation will eliminate Polish political independence. Stalin regards t...

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Warsaw Uprising Begins

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Warsaw Uprising Begins

1 August 1944 — The Polish Home Army launches an uprising against German occupation as Soviet forces approach Warsaw. Polish leaders hope to liberate the capital before Soviet-backed auth...

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R27

Why Did Nazi Germany Lose?

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Why Did Nazi Germany Lose?

22 June 1944 — Operation Bagration provides a useful late-war anchor for investigating Germany's defeat. Trace the invasion of the Soviet Union, American entry, the Atlantic supply system...

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R28

Why Did the Warsaw Uprising Fail?

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Why Did the Warsaw Uprising Fail?

2 October 1944 — Investigate German military repression, the Home Army's political goals, Soviet operational limits, Stalin's attitude toward the Polish government-in-exile and Allied ina...

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R29

Why Was Germany Unable to Stop the Red Army?

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Why Was Germany Unable to Stop the Red Army?

22 June 1944 — Operation Bagration provides the ideal investigative anchor. Compare Soviet manpower, artillery, operational deception, industrial production, American logistical aid, Germ...

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