World War II - Battle of Leyte
Time: Tuesday Dec 26, 1944
Place: Leyte Island, Philippines
Details: In late October, American forces invaded the Filipino island of Leyte. The invasion lasted from 17 October to 26 December 1944.
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John Maynard Keynes-Bretton Woods system
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Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky's incident with the Boston Police
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World War II-Battle of Anzio
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Library of Congress-MacLeish resigned
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World War II-Operation Hailstone
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Pope John Paul II-Hit a German Trunk
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Atlantic Charter-Churchill argued for an interpretation of the charter in order to allow the Soviet Union to continue to control the Baltic states
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World War II-Operation U-Go
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Algerian War-Equality of rights was proclaimed
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Itzak Stern-Schindler decided to open a new factory
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The Holocaust-Hitler ordered the military occupation of Hungary
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Russian Invasion of Ukraine-Ukraine non-nuclear-weapon state in 1994
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The Holocaust-Jews were required to wear the yellow star in Hungary
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Penicillin-Fermentation research on corn steep liquor at the Northern Regional Research Laboratory
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World War II-Crimean Offensive
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Nelson Mandela-The African National Congress Youth League
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World War II-Dnieper–Carpathian Offensive ended
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The Holocaust-Croatia was declared as Judenfrei
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Second Sino-Japanese War-Operation Ichi-Go
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The Wright brothers-A Long Flight
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Bretton Woods Conference-International Monetary Fund
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World War II-Western New Guinea Campaign
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi-Gandhi's release
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World War II-Mariana and Palau Islands campaign
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Dwight D. Eisenhower-The D-Day
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World War II-First Jassy–Kishinev offensive failed
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Winston Churchill-D-Day
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Josip Broz Tito-The Treaty of Vis
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Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Brünnlitz
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International Monetary Fund-Bretton Woods Conference
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World Bank-Bretton Woods conference
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Bretton Woods Conference-Bretton Woods Conference
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Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle arrival at RAF Northolt
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World War II-Invasion of Normandy
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Benito Mussolini-Massacre in Florence
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Bretton Woods Conference-The main goal of the conference
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Adolf Hitler-20 July plot assassination attempt
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Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels continued to press Hitler to bring the economy to a total war footing
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Mao Zedong-The Dixie Mission
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World War II-Hideki Tojo resignation
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Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels appointed as Reich Plenipotentiary for Total War
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The Holocaust-Majdanek encountered by Allied troops
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Winston Churchill-King Victor Emmanuel sacked Mussolini
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World War II-Polish Committee of National Liberation
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The Holocaust-Warsaw Uprising
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World War II-Siege of Myitkyina
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Pope John Paul II-Black Sunday
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World War II-Japanese captured Hengyang
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World War II-Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive - Military Stalemate
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Charles de Gaulle-General Charles de Gaulle and his entourage set off service of thanksgiving following the city's liberation
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John F. Kennedy-Older brother killed
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World War II-Falaise Pocket
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Dwight D. Eisenhower-Invasion of Southern France
Tuesday Aug 15, 1944 - Southern France


World War II-Operation Dragoon
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World War II-Operation Bagration - Great defeat
Saturday Aug 19, 1944 - Belarus, Baltic states, Ukraine, and eastern Poland


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle allowed to entered Paris
Sunday Aug 20, 1944 - Paris, France


World War II-Jassy–Kishinev Offensive
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Charles de Gaulle-Gaulle had appointed his military advisor General Marie-Pierre Koenig
Monday Aug 21, 1944 - Paris, France


World War II-King Michael's Coup
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Eiffel Tower-Tricolour up again
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