Table of Data Points

Tag : International

1945-11-211946-10-01Nuremberg Trials

A series of trials, or tribunals, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany after its defeat in World War II.

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1945-07-16Trinity Nuclear Test

The US army conduct the first test of a nuclear weapon. The implosion plutonium device, the same design as the 'fat man' bomb used at Nagasaki, produced an explosion the equivalent of 20 kilotons of TNT.

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1944-11-06Hanford Plutonium

Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

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1942-02-19Japan bombs Darwin

The Japanese air raids on Darwin, Australia, on 19 February 1942 were the largest attacks ever mounted by a foreign power against Australia.

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1941-10-30Lend Lease Approved

Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.

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1940-08-251940-08-26Bombing Berlin

The RAF bombs Berlin in response to accidental bombing of London the previous night.

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1940-06-301940-07-01Channel Islands

Germany occupies the Channel Islands.

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1940-06-17Lancastria

The British liner Lancastria is sunk while evacuating troops from France. Three thousand lives are lost.

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1940-06-12De Gaulle

De Gaulle gives his first radio address to the French people from London.

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1940-06-10Italy

Italy enters the war.

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