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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
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U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945
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American infantry streaming through the captured town of Varennes, France, 1918.This place fell into the hands of the Americans on the first day of the Franco-American assault upon the Argonne-Champagne line. (World War I)
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pg 159Explosions rock American base at Pearl Harbor following surprise Japanese attack, December 7, 1941.To Japan, an eventual attack on the United States, specifically on the island outpost of Hawaii, was aninevitable beginning of military action agains
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
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Sir John Greer Dill: References & Edit History

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First paragraph modernization. Feb 27, 2024
Anniversary information added. Dec 21, 2023
Anniversary information added. Oct 31, 2023
Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The strange case of Field Marshall Sir John Dill. Feb 15, 2019
Add new Web site: The National Archives - Biography of Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill. Feb 22, 2016
Add new Web site: King's College London - Biography of Field Marshal Sir John Greer Dill. Feb 22, 2016
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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