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East vs West Germany
East vs West Germany (1949–1990) compares life in the communist GDR and the democratic Federal Republic — two German states divided by the Cold War and reunited in 1990.
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East vs West Germany
East vs West Germany (1949–1990) compares life in the communist GDR and the democratic Federal Republic — two German states divided by the Cold War and reunited in 1990.
Red Ball Express
The Red Ball Express (1944) was the Allied truck convoy system that supplied the armies advancing across France after D-Day, driven largely by African American soldiers.
Denazification
Denazification was the Allied programme after 1945 to remove Nazis from German public life, try war criminals, and rebuild Germany as a democracy — a programme that succeeded only in…
Tokyo Trials
The Tokyo Trials (1946–1948) were the Allied war crimes trials of Japan's leaders, in which 28 Class A defendants were tried, seven were hanged, and the Emperor was not tried.
Hiroshima decision
The decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945 remains one of the most debated choices of the Second World War — a decision made to end…
Foibe massacres
The foibe massacres of 1943 and 1945, in which thousands of Italians and others were killed by Yugoslav partisans in Istria and Dalmatia, remain one of the most contested memories…
WWII Timeline — Day by Day, 1939-1945
A day-by-day WWII timeline from the invasion of Poland in 1939 to the surrender of Japan in 1945. Key dates, battles and turning points.
Vichy France
Vichy France was the French regime that collaborated with Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1944 under Marshal Pétain. History, collaboration and liberation.
SOE — Special Operations Executive
The SOE was Britain's secret organisation that "set Europe ablaze" in WWII, arming resistance and sending agents like Violette Szabo behind enemy lines.
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park was Britain's secret codebreaking centre in WWII, where Turing's Bombe and Colossus broke Enigma and Lorenz. History and visit.
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| Title | Date | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington National Cemetery | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Auschwitz | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Bataan Death March | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Bletchley Park | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Denazification | November 10, 2026 | Memory |
| East vs West Germany | November 10, 2026 | Memory |
| Foibe massacres | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Hiroshima and the Atomic Bomb | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Hiroshima decision | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Nagasaki Atomic Bomb | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Okinawa: Memory of the Battle of Okinawa | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| OSS — Office of Strategic Services | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Prisoners of War in World War II | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Red Ball Express | November 10, 2026 | Memory |
| Sobibor Extermination Camp | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| SOE — Special Operations Executive | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| The Death of Mussolini, 1945 | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| The Holocaust | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| The National WWII Museum, New Orleans | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| The Nuremberg Trials | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Tokyo Trials | November 10, 2026 | Memory |
| Unit 731 | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| Vichy France | November 9, 2026 | Memory |
| WWII Timeline — Day by Day, 1939-1945 | November 9, 2026 | Memory |