

The Last Days Of WWII
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S1 F1 – The Last Days Of WWII: February 18 - 24
17. Februar 200543 Min.One of the bloodiest battles of the war begins at Iwo Jima; in the Philippines, U.S. forces completely surround the center of Manila as the tempo of the Japanese atrocities increases.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F2 – The Last Days Of WWII: February 25 - March 3
24. Februar 200543 Min.On the Eastern Front, Allied leaders - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin - meet at Yalta to begin dividing up post-war Europe.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F3 – The Last Days Of WWII: March 4 - March 10
3. März 200542 Min.U.S. General Bradley's Operation Lumberjack is in full swing; Patton's lead armored division takes 5,000 German prisoners; in the Pacific, U.S. firestorms torch Japan's capital city.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F4 – The Last Days Of WWII: March 11 - March 17
10. März 200542 Min.American bombers continue their assault on mainland Japan; in Europe, the Allies are closing in; Hitler leaves the Reich Chancellery for the last time.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F5 – The Last Days Of WWII: March 18 - March 24
17. März 200544 Min.German-occupied territories are collapsing under the Red Army in the race toward Berlin; in occupied Denmark, Mosquito fighter-bombers from the RAF's Number 140 Wing head for the Danish Gestapo headquarters.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F6 – The Last Days Of WWII: March 25 - March 31
24. März 200542 Min.Allied troops continue Operation Plunder, their thrust across the Rhine into Germany's heartland; as U.S. Marines close in around them, 200 Japanese soldiers make a last desperate charge.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F7 – The Last Days Of WWII: April 1 - April 7
31. März 200543 Min.The Russians take Berlin; the initial stage of one of the most devastating assaults in history begins with Operation Iceberg, the Battle for Okinawa.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F8 – The Last Days Of WWII: April 8 - April 14
8. April 200543 Min.FDR's sudden death stuns the world; a Nazi treasure trove is uncovered; the penetration of the Gothic Line begins; the Army's 96th Division launches an attack on Mount Shuri on Okinawa.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F9 – The Last Days Of WWII: April 15 - April 21
14. April 200542 Min.The Red Army's assault on Berlin begins; Hitler, sealed away in his bunker, marks his 56th birthday; the Soviet Government and Poland's pro-communist provisional government conclude a treaty of mutual assistance.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F10 – The Last Days Of WWII: April 22 - April 28
21. April 200544 Min.Hitler is forced to face the demise of the Third Reich; SS soldiers force 7,000 concentration camp prisoners on a death march; in the Pacific, American forces inch closer to penetrating the Shuri region.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F11 – The Last Days Of WWII: April 29 - May 5
28. April 200543 Min.Berlin falls; Hitler commits suicide; the Dachau concentration camp is liberated; on Okinawa, the Japanese launch a massive counterattack against U.S. forces.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F12 – The Last Days Of WWII: May 6 - May 12
5. Mai 200540 Min.After nearly six years of conflict and the deaths of millions, Germany surrenders unconditionally; heavy fighting continues on Okinawa and in the Philippines - a matter of honor for the Japanese.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F13 – The Last Days Of WWII: May 13 - May 19
12. Mai 200542 Min.In Europe, the Nazi threat is all but gone and talk of restructuring begins; in the Pacific, the situation in Okinawa has turned into a bloody stalemate between the Americans and Japanese.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F14 – The Last Days Of WWII: May 20 - May 26
19. Mai 200543 Min.Americans suffer terrible losses on Okinawa as they continue their advance; in the Philippines, Japanese troops desperately try to hold the Wawa Dam; in Europe, several high-ranking Nazi officials are arrested.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F15 – The Last Days Of WWII: May 27 - June 2
26. Mai 200542 Min.The Japanese begin their retreat at Okinawa; enemy forces in Borneo send Australian and British soldiers on a death march; British troops oversee the transfer of thousands of Nazi sympathizers from Russia to Yugoslavia.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F16 – The Last Days Of WWII: June 3 - June 9
2. Juni 200545 Min.King Haakon of Norway makes a triumphant return to his country after five years of exile; the U.S., the U.K., the Soviet Union, and France meet to discuss the division of Germany into four main occupation zones.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F17 – The Last Days Of WWII: June 10 - June 16
9. Juni 200545 Min.The Japanese hole up in the Sierra Madre Mountains; Eisenhower is awarded the Order of Merit, Britain's most prestigious honor; Soviet authorities start the forcible expulsion of ethnic Germans from the Sudetanland.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F18 – The Last Days Of WWII: June 17 - June 23
16. Juni 200545 Min.Japanese commander Lt. General Mitsuru Ushijima commits ritual suicide in front of his staff officers; victory at Okinawa places U.S. forces just 400 miles from mainland Japan.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F19 – The Last Days Of WWII: June 24 - June 30
23. Juni 200542 Min.British bombers destroy the bridge over the River Kwai; a Chinese envoy is the first of 50 delegates to sign the charter of the newly-formed United Nations; President Truman approves a plan to invade mainland Japan.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F20 – The Last Days Of WWII: July 1 - July 7 (# 20)
1. Juli 200542 Min.33,000 Australian troops land at Balikpapan; the first U.S. occupation troops arrive in Berlin; in Manila, U.S. General Douglas MacArthur declares the Philippines free from Japanese occupation.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F21 – The Last Days Of WWII: July 8 - July 14
8. Juli 200545 Min.In Indochina, Chinese forces cut the last link between the Japanese army and its garrison; General Eisenhower issues a farewell message to all Allied troops in Europe.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F22 – The Last Days Of WWII: July 15 - July 21
14. Juli 200542 Min.In Berlin, the Municipal Council begins confiscating the property of former Nazi party members; in London, the West End turns on the lights again; the U.S. tests the first atomic bomb in New Mexico.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F23 – The Last Days Of WWII: July 22 - July 28
21. Juli 200542 Min.In Burma, Japanese troops attempt to break east towards the Sittang River; an Allied naval re-supply operation begins in the Pacific; President Truman announces that the atom bomb will be used against the Japanese.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F24 – The Last Days Of WWII: July 29 - August 4
28. Juli 200547 Min.A Japanese submarine sinks the U.S. heavy cruiser Indianapolis in the Philippines; Stalin agrees that the Soviet Union will join in the war against Japan.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testenS1 F25 – The Last Days Of WWII: August 5 - August 11
4. August 200542 Min.The world's first atom bombs are dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the Soviet government declares war on Japan for its refusal to respond to demands to surrender.HISTORY Vault kostenlos testen