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 ( 1940s: )  1944    | |
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 The liberation of Paris in 1944 |
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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. | |
| Manhattan Project | A top secret project to develop nuclear weapons for use in WW2 | |
| Soldatensender Calais | British black propaganda broadcaster during the Second World War | |
| Red House meeting | A purported meeting of an elite group of German industrialists to plan for Germany's post-war recovery, preparing for the Nazis' return to power and work for a "strong German empire". | |
| Morgenthau Plan | ||
| WW2/Operation Market Garden |
New Groups
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire |  | Intelligence agency | |
| Le Siècle | | Think tank Influence network | A long established elite network in the French elite |
| SDECE | |
==Quotations==
Deaths
| Title | Born | Died | Place of death | Cause of death | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul-Emile Janson | 30 May 1872 | 3 March 1944 | Germany 1) Buchenwald concentration camp | |||
| Orde Wingate | 26 February 1903 | 24 March 1944 | India Near Bishnupur Manipur State | Soldier Special Forces | ||
| George Norris | 11 July 1861 | 2 September 1944 | Nebraska McCook | Politician Lawyer | ||
| Thomas M. Carnegie | 6 January 1874 | 22 September 1944 | ||||
| Al Smith | 30 December 1873 | 4 October 1944 | New York Manhattan U.S. | Politician | ||
| Walter Guinness | 29 March 1880 | 6 November 1944 | Gunshot | Politician Businessperson | Lord Moyne. An Anglo-Irish politician and businessman. Served as Minister of State in UN Mandate Palestine in 1944 when he was assassinated by members of Lehi | |
| Friedrich von der Schulenburg | 20 November 1875 | 10 November 1944 | Berlin Plötzensee Prison | Diplomat |
Births
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