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         <title>Invasion Of Poland</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>September 1, 1939</p></li><li><p>"expanding our living space in the east and making our food supply secure; to have sufficient food you must have sparsely settled areas."</p></li><li><p>The object of the war was to physically destroy the enemy. </p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/invasion-poland-september-1939">https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/invasion-poland-september-1939</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-28 18:07:53 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Invasion of France</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>started on May 10, 1940</p></li><li><p>"France declared war on Germany in September 1939 in response to the invasion of Poland they placed great faith in the strength of the Maginot Line to defend the French border with Germany.&nbsp;"</p></li><li><p>"French troops rushing into Belgium to meet the German attack, German forces invaded France through the dense forests of the Ardennes"</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-france">https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-battle-of-france</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-01 17:50:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Invasion of Belgium</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Aug. 26, 1914</p></li><li><p>"Germany declared war on France. To avoid the French fortifications along the French-German border, the troops had to cross Belgium and attack the French Army by the north"</p></li><li><p>"Belgians refused to let them through, so the Germans decided to enter by force and invaded Belgium. Despite their resistance and the British Army's help, the German troops soon invaded the country, which remained in their hands for four years"</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.army.mil/article/200760/belgium_u_s_involvement_in_world_war_i">https://www.army.mil/article/200760/belgium_u_s_involvement_in_world_war_i</a></p></li></ul><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-01 18:11:32 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chief commander Gerald Liebenau</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Gerald Liebenau was born on November 30, 1925</p></li><li><p>"Gerald was born to a Jewish family in <a rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany. His father worked in the textile business. Gerald was the eldest of two children; he had a younger sister only and attended public school until 1936."</p></li><li><p>"In December 1938, Gerald’s family moved to London, England Since then they emigrated to United States when Gerald continued his studies after  after finishing high school he became a solider when he finished his service in the military.Gerald went back to school and in 1950 graduated from Yale University."</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-survivors/volunteers/gerald-liebenau">https://www.ushmm.org/remember/holocaust-survivors/volunteers/gerald-liebenau</a></p></li></ul><p> </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-02 17:48:00 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Patriot Zhang Zuolin</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Zhang Zoulin born in march 19, 1875 </p></li><li><p>"Zhang Zuolin enlisted in the Chinese army and fought in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95. After the war he organized a self-defense militia in his native district."</p></li><li><p>"In 1920 Zhang began to try to expand his power southward into North China proper. By 1924 his position was strong enough for him to extend his control to Beijing, then the capital of the Chinese republic, where he established himself, assuming the powers of a military dictator."</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/warlord-Chinese-history">"https://www.britannica.com/topic/warlord-Chinese-history"</a></p></li></ul><p><br></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-02 18:03:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Chief commander Keith Rodney</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Keith Rodney was born in jun 15, 1892 </p></li><li><p>Keith Park was the Commander in Chief of 11 Group, the most important Group in Fighter Command.</p></li><li><p>Keith Park organized the air protection, shuttling his fighters back and forth across the English Channel. He stayed at the war-commanding squadrons in Egypt in 1941, Malta in 1942 and in South East Asia in 1944-45. After the war.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.sirkeithparkmemorial.org.nz/biography-of-sir-keith-park/">https://www.sirkeithparkmemorial.org.nz/biography-of-sir-keith-park/</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-03 03:39:43 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>V-2 Missile</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>V-2 Missile was created on 1936 and used until 1942 </p></li><li><p>World's First Long-Range Ballistic Missile.</p></li><li><p>U.S. and Soviet Union used captured V-2s to develop their own large rockets, the ancestors of today's launch vehicles.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/missile-surface-surface-v-2-4/nasm_A19600342000">https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/missile-surface-surface-v-2-4/nasm_A19600342000</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-03 03:53:54 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jeep</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>The Jeep was the result of a request by the Army&nbsp; in 1940.</p></li><li><p>Jeep symbolized American ingenuity, military prowess, and the possibility of victory.</p></li><li><p>the roles of the jeep were ranging from being the mount for cavalry units conducting combat reconnaissance missions, the vehicle from which commanders led their units.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://studebakermuseum.org/the-jeep-in-world-war-ii/#:~:text=The%20Jeep%20was%20the%20result,producing%20over%20360%2C000%20of%20them">https://studebakermuseum.org/the-jeep-in-world-war-ii/#:~:text=The%20Jeep%20was%20the%20result,producing%20over%20360%2C000%20of%20them</a>.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-03 04:14:56 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Discovery of Penicillin</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Penicillin, the first antibiotic, was accidentally discovered in 1928 by Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming.</p></li><li><p>the first person to receive penicillin was a policeman who was exhibiting a serious infection with abscesses throughout his body.</p></li><li><p>After 75 years of penicillin’s clinical use, the world can see that its impact was immediate and profound.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5403050/#:~:text=The%20success%20of%20sulfa%20drugs,treated%20mice%20were%20still%20alive">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5403050/#:~:text=The%20success%20of%20sulfa%20drugs,treated%20mice%20were%20still%20alive</a>.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-03 22:48:18 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Battle Of Okinawa </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>April 1, 1945 until June 22, 1945</p></li><li><p>U.S. Army and Marine Corps troops descended on the Pacific island  of Okinawa attacking them on surprise creating a horrific scene. </p></li><li><p>Japanese troops had been instructed not to fire on the American landing forces but General Ushijima had set up a triangle of defensive positions known as the Shuri Defense Line to trap the U.S. army. </p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.history.com/articles/battle-of-okinawa">https://www.history.com/articles/battle-of-okinawa</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-03 23:34:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The Battle of El Guettar
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>March 23, 1943 to April 3, 1943</p></li><li><p>"The battle was fought between American forces against German and Italian forces that were working together."</p></li><li><p>As all the force against Germany and italy it became clear that they would not be able to break through to El Guettar, and they ended the attack and retreated since America found their weak points and end up winning.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.themightyendeavor.com/battles/the-battle-of-el-guettar-80">https://www.themightyendeavor.com/battles/the-battle-of-el-guettar-80</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-04 00:26:21 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Battle Of The Iwo Jima</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>it stared Feb 19, 1945 until march 26, 1945</p></li><li><p>The Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks. The first impression of the U.S. army when they arrived was a horrific scene since they saw dead bodies around the island and some abandoned ships.</p></li><li><p>The japan military had an entrap for the U.S. army attacking them at night and taking advantage of the U.S. soldiers but which the japan army did not know is that the U.S. The army had starshields which helped them to take the japanese soldiers away.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.history.com/articles/battle-of-iwo-jima">https://www.history.com/articles/battle-of-iwo-jima</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-04 00:42:08 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry (1941)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>June of  1941 </p></li><li><p>African people start to see an opportunity when millions of jobs were being created, primarily in urban areas, as the United States prepared for World War II but end up been treated with violence and discrimination.</p></li><li><p>Philip Randolph President of the National Brotherhood of Workers of America end this act by making African Americans marching on the nation’s capitol making Roosevelt responded to the Black leaders and issued Executive Order 8802 on June 25th.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/executive-order-8802">https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/executive-order-8802</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-13 02:08:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Japanese American Internment</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>December 7, 1941</p></li><li><p>120,000 Japanese Americans were alienated from the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The military broke into houses of Japanese Americans and began to take their belongings after President Roosevelt Executive Order 9066. </p></li><li><p>Japanese Americans were pushed out of the United States some of them migrated and others stayed by force. 7,000 Japanese Americans were settled to camp Harmony in Puyallup, Washington where entire families were packed into converted stables and barracks. Many of them were settled in camps and did not receive medical care and most of the children were taught in poorly equipped classrooms. </p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/hI4NoVWq87M?si=DsxxNdgaZ3UqogmO">https://youtu.be/hI4NoVWq87M?si=DsxxNdgaZ3UqogmO</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-13 02:49:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Holocaust</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Concentration camps in Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945.</p></li><li><p>Nazis wanted to exterminate the Jews because most of the Jews in Europe have been discriminated against and persecuted for hundreds of years, often for religious reasons. For a start, they were held responsible for the death of Christ.</p></li><li><p> Jews fell victim to discrimination, exclusion, robbery, and violence. The Nazis sometimes killed Jews, but not systematically or with the intention of killing all Jews. at the point that Nazi had a goal to create Concentration camps. </p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/go-in-depth/what-is-the-holocaust/">https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/go-in-depth/what-is-the-holocaust/</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-13 18:16:47 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Computer</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>The first computer was invented by Charles Babbage in 1822</p></li><li><p>The American industrial base was virtually limitless, providing factories to have many brilliant minds who came together to create mechanical and electronic devices that would become the foundations for everything to eventually become a modern computer.</p></li><li><p>tabulating machine was the beginning of the transformation of the first computer because it offered a mechanical means of sorting and tabulating figures, which proved invaluable for processes such as keeping inventory and tracking figures such as tax revenue and, most famously in the 2000 election, voting.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.slashgear.com/1400188/how-ww2-accelerated-computer-technology-history/">https://www.slashgear.com/1400188/how-ww2-accelerated-computer-technology-history/</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-13 18:57:55 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Radar </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>created between 1916 and 1930s </p></li><li><p>The purpose of the radar was to detect the enemy movements and control of their targets.</p></li><li><p>The transformation of radars in Germany increased having different stations with antennas.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.radarmuseum.co.uk/history/world-war-two/#top">https://www.radarmuseum.co.uk/history/world-war-two/#top</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-13 19:54:11 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Dogs Of War </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p> Organization of Dogs for Defense, Inc. (DFD).</p></li><li><p>Dog owners across the country donate their dogs for training as sentry dogs that would be used to patrol borders, beaches, and industrial facilities in order to prevent sabotage.</p></li><li><p>Training the dogs was a slow and brutal process, both for men and dogs.&nbsp;Then things got worse when in order to instill an aggressive spirit in the dogs having such brutal methods as whipping and shocking the dogs. Others were also forced to abuse the dogs in order to make them more vicious.&nbsp;Then the dogs would be set loose upon the Nisei.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://armyhistory.org/the-dogs-of-war-the-u-s-armys-use-of-canines-in-wwii/#:~:text=Alene%20Stern%20Erlanger%2C%20who%20wrote,;%20and%20San%20Carlos%2C%20California">https://armyhistory.org/the-dogs-of-war-the-u-s-armys-use-of-canines-in-wwii/#:~:text=Alene%20Stern%20Erlanger%2C%20who%20wrote,;%20and%20San%20Carlos%2C%20California</a>.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <title>Pivotal General Charles de Gaulle</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>Born Nov,22 1890 </p></li><li><p>pivotal general who led French forces in their fight against Germany during World War II.</p></li><li><p>De Gaulle’s support of the nascent plan "<em>Les Jours Heureux</em>, French for Happy Days”.  He remained faithful to the communist and socialist party members who had supported him from within France.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://casdinteret.com/2022/05/secret-governing-body-of-the-french-resistance/#:~:text=An%20Isolated%20General%20Today%2C%20Charles%20de%20Gaulle,fight%20against%20Germany%20during%20World%20War%20II">https://casdinteret.com/2022/05/secret-governing-body-of-the-french-resistance/#:~:text=An%20Isolated%20General%20Today%2C%20Charles%20de%20Gaulle,fight%20against%20Germany%20during%20World%20War%20II</a>.</p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-13 21:16:15 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Victory Of World War II</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<ul><li><p>The Battle of Stalingrad and Allied Invasions Shaped the End of WWII.</p></li><li><p>Germany found itself squeezed on both sides as Soviet troops advanced into Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Romania while the Western Allies continued to push eastward After the firebombing of Dresden and other German cities that killed tens of thousands of civilians, the Western Allies crossed the Rhine River and moved eastward toward Berlin. As they closed in on the capital, Allied troops discovered the horror of the Holocaust as they liberated concentration camps such as Bergen-Belsen and Dachau.</p></li><li><p>Franklin D. Roosevelt, authorized the atomic bomb  against Japan in the hopes of bringing a swift end to the war. Having an effect on Japan’s Emperor Hirohito broke the tie and decided that his country must surrender. At noon on August 15 (Japanese time), the emperor announced Japan’s surrender in his first-ever radio broadcast. On September 2, World War II ended when U.S. General Douglas MacArthur accepted Japan’s formal surrender aboard the U.S. battleship <em>Missouri,</em> anchored in Tokyo Bay along with a flotilla of more than 250 Allied warships.</p></li><li><p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-end-events">https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-end-events</a></p></li></ul>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-04-13 21:42:16 UTC</pubDate>
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