1938: The German government orders all German
Jews to have red J's printed on their passports, in order to more easily identify and track them in the future.1939: Hitler enters Warsaw in triumph. The Soviet Union forces a treaty on Latvia that allows the Red Navy to establish bases in her Baltic harbours.
1941: Advancing in the southern Ukraine, Panzergruppe 1 reaches the Sea of Azov.
1943: German troops complete the evacuation of the island of Corsica.
1943: The first of two heavy raids by a US Navy Task Force against Wake Island, with 61 Japanese aircraft being reported as destroyed.
1944: The Canadians enter Holland.
1944: The First Baltic Front begins an offensive South of Riga to cut off Army Group North in Lithuania.
1947: In the first televised White House address, President Truman asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.
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