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John F. Kennedy - Europe tour

Time: Friday Sep 1, 1939

Place: Europe & Middle East

Details: In 1939 Kennedy toured Europe, the Soviet Union, the Balkans, and the Middle East in preparation for his Harvard senior honors thesis. He then went to Czechoslovakia and Germany before returning to London on September 1, 1939, the day that Germany invaded Polandto mark the beginning of World War II.

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