World War II History
1940 - U.S. President Roosevelt made a radio appeal to the Red Cross due to the dire straits of Belgian and French civilians.
1940 - The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began. The evacuation was known as Operation Dynamo.
1952 - The border between East and West Germany and between East Germany and West Berlin were closed. The border between East and West Berlin remained open.
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| "The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages...onward, to victory!" Josef Stalin - July 1941 |