Progress

2013-06-06 02:08:39 AM

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

Recent


	1940-06-10		Paris an open city	The French government flees to Bordeaux. They declare Paris an 'open city' to avoid its destruction.	Read about 'Paris an open city' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Paris an open city'
	1940-06-14		Fall of Paris	Having entered the city on the 4th of June, German troops complete the occupation of Paris.	Read about 'Fall of Paris' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Fall of Paris'
	1941-06-03		Kandanos Razed	German paratroopers raze the village of Kandanos to the ground. All 180 of its inhabitants are murdered.	Read about 'Kandanos Razed' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Kandanos Razed'
	1945-02-19	1945-03-26	Iwo Jima	Of the more than 18,000 Japanese soldiers charged with the defense of Iwo Jima, the first of the Japanese Home Islands, only 216 survive the battle. This was the only battle in the Pacific where US casualties (KIA+Wounded) outnumbered Japanese casualties.	Read about 'Iwo Jima' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Iwo Jima'
	1944-09-15	1944-11-27	Peleliu	The 1st Marine division suffers the highest casualty rate, per US soldier, of any battle in the Pacific. The small coral island and airfield was ultimately of little strategic value to the allies.	Read about 'Peleliu' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Peleliu'
	1941-06-02		Kondomari Massacre	Greek civilians are murdered by an ad-hoc firing squad consisting of German Paratroopers. The killings were part of a series of mass reprisals in Crete for civilian involvement in the defense of the island.	Read about 'Kondomari Massacre' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Kondomari Massacre'
	1941-05-31		Dublin Bombing	28 people are killed and 90 injured when Luftwaffe planes bomb a working class area of Dublin.	Read about 'Dublin Bombing' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Dublin Bombing'
	1942-05-31	1942-06-08	Midget Subs in Sydney	On the 31st of May three Ko-hyoteki class subs entered Sydney Harbour, avoided the partially constructed Sydney Harbour anti-submarine boom net, and attempted to sink Allied warships. On the 8th of June a sub fired shells at the Sydney Harbour Bridge.	Read about 'Midget Subs in Sydney' on WikiPedia	Discuss 'Midget Subs in Sydney'

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