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 ( 1940s: )  1942   | |
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 A Soviet spy laughs in the face of death in Rukajärvi, in East Karelia, in November 1942. |
Contents
Events
| Event | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tuskegee syphilis experiment | A murderous experiment which looked at the progression of syphilis. Subjects were told that they were being treated, while in fact treatment was denied them. Exposed after 40 years by a whistleblower who went to the press. | |
| The Nazi atom bomb programme | ||
| WW2 | The second world war. | |
| "The Holocaust" | In its capitalised form 'The Holocaust' has become the concensus Western term for the treatment of the Jewish populations of Germany and German occupied territories through the period of the second world war (1939-45). Its use in this format stems from about the mid-1960's (i.e. more than 20 years after the events it claims to define). It does not appear in histories or documents before that time. | |
| Operation Reinhard | ||
| Manhattan Project | A top secret project to develop nuclear weapons for use in WW2 | |
| WW2/Dieppe Raid | A WW2 raid on Dieppe which thousands of men were killed or captured. |
New Groups
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Chiefs of Staff |  | ||
| Office of Strategic Services |  | Intelligence agency | Precursor to the CIA. |
Deaths
| Title | Born | Died | Place of death | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur William Patrick Albert | 1 May 1850 | 16 January 1942 | Surrey Bagshot Park England | Diplomat Soldier |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt III | 5 September 1873 | 1 March 1942 | Florida Miami Beach | |
| Vernon Kell | 21 November 1873 | 27 March 1942 | Spook Soldier | |
| Henricus Sneevliet | 13 May 1883 | 13 April 1942 | Amersfoort concentration camp | Politician |
| Hugh Johnson | 5 August 1881 | 15 April 1942 | US Washington DC | |
| Reinhard Heydrich | 7 March 1904 | 4 June 1942 | Czech Republic Prague-Liben Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia (now Prague | Soldier |
| George Sutherland | 25 March 1862 | 18 July 1942 | Massachusetts Stockbridge U.S. | Politician Lawyer |
| François Darlan | 7 August 1881 | 24 December 1942 | French Algeria Algiers | Politician |
