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26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima officially ends

26th March 2019
Tagged as: America, Japan, Marines, Second World War, USA, War in the Pacific

At 9am on the 26^th March 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as US Marines officially secured the island from the Japanese Imperial Army during the War in the Pacific.

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6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

6th August 2018
Tagged as: Aircraft, Atomic Bomb, Bomb, Japan, Second World War, USA, War in the Pacific

On the 6^th August 1945, the USA dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima from the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay.

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8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific

8th May 2018
Tagged as: Aircraft, Allies, America, Australia, Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan, Navy, Operation MO, USA, War in the Pacific

The Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in which the participating ships never came in sight of each other, ended.

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26th March 1945: Battle of Iwo Jima officially ends

6th August 1945: The USA drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

8th May 1942: The Battle of the Coral Sea ends during the War in the Pacific

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10th December 1799: France adopts the metric system for weights and measures

2nd July 1881: American President James A. Garfield shot by Charles J. Guiteau

9th May 1671: Colonel Thomas Blood attempts to steal the Crown Jewels

11th June 1963: Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself to death

22nd April 1915: Chlorine gas marks start of 2nd Battle of Ypres

21st April 1918: Manfred von Richthofen, aka The Red Baron, shot down and killed

20th April 1965: Windows of the Houston Astrodome painted to stop glare

19th April 1839: The Treaty of London establishes an independent Belgium

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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