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I hope eventually that the project approaches one data point per day for the period of the war (Sept 1939 to Sept 1945). I have a long way to go.
| Overall Progress | 38% complete |
| Number of Data Points | 839 |
| Number of Tags | 92 |
| First Data Point | 1912-06-23 |
| Last Data Point | 1946-12-13 |
| Average points per day (Sept 1939 - Sept 1945) | 0.38275547445255 |
| Average points per day | 0.066634897942975 |
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 | 1942-03-12 | 1942-03-13 | Channel Dash | Scharnhorst,Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen succesfully escape up-channel from Brest to home bases in Germany. The Kriegsmarine escape detection for more than 12 hours before they were attacked by British air and naval forces. They escape without heavy damage. | Read about 'Channel Dash' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Channel Dash' |
| 1945-05-09 | Stutthof Liberated | Stutthof, the first concentration camp built inside Germany, was the last liberated by Allied forces. Soviet troops arrive to find 100 prisoners still alive. Of the 110,000 deported there during the war over 85,000 had died. | Read about 'Stutthof Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Stutthof Liberated' | |
| 1944-09-22 | Klooga Liberated | Soviet forces liberate Klooga concentration camp. Of the 2400 prisoners who had remained post-evacuation, only 85 were still alive when Soviet troops arrive. | Read about 'Klooga Liberated' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Klooga Liberated' | |
| 1942-09-11 | Charlottetown Sunk | HMCS Charlottetown is torpedoed and sunk by U-517 in the Gulf of St Lawrence. Her captain, John W. Bonner, and eight other crewmen are killed. | Read about 'Charlottetown Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Charlottetown Sunk' | |
| 1945-08-18 | 1945-09-01 | Kuril Islands Invaded | Sovient troops from the 355th Rifle Division and elements of the 87th Rifle Corps occupy the Kuril islands. The 20,000 odd Japanese defenders surrender as part of the general surrender terms. The islands are annexed to the Soviet Union. | Read about 'Kuril Islands Invaded' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kuril Islands Invaded' |
| 1940-08-24 | Bismark Commissioned | The german Battleship Bismarck is commissioned into the Kriegsmarine. She was the largest ship built by Germany or indeed any European navy and was named for Otto Von Bismarck the 19th century statesman largely responsible for the reunification of Germany | Read about 'Bismark Commissioned' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Bismark Commissioned' | |
| 1944-02-04 | Truk Recon | Under cover of freak tropical storms, Major James Christonson and Captain James Yon flew liberator scout planes 850 miles from Torakina airfield to Truk. Taking aerial recon photos of Truk, they find the IJN combined fleet at anchor. | Read about 'Truk Recon ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Truk Recon ' | |
| 1945-08-12 | US rejects Japan's terms | US Secretary of State James F. Byrnes officially rejects Japans qualified surrender. Japan would not accept any peace conditions that would "prejudice the prerogatives" of the emperor. | Read about 'US rejects Japan's terms' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'US rejects Japan's terms' |
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