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British and USSR troops invade Iran to depose the oil-rich Reza Shah, fearing that he may take the side of the Germans
A week or two after reaching Leningrad a Germany army establishes a siege that will last 900 days
Enigma is now being decoded fast enough at Bletchley to give the Allies advance warning of German plans
In three adapted vans at Chelmno, in western Poland, the Germans begin using poison gas to kill Jews
Thornton Wilder's play The Skin of our Teeth has a mixed reception at its New Haven premiere
US planes, flying from an aircraft carrier, undertake a difficult bombing raid on Tokyo
US planes sink four Japanese aircraft carriers in the battle of Midway, halting for the first time Japan's aggressive expansion
A renewed German campaign eastwards in Russia results in the capture of Sebastopol and the Crimea
A desperate battle begins for the city of Stalingrad, with house-to-house fighting between Germans and Russians
Soviet tanks complete the encirclement of 20 German divisions at Stalingrad
Zoot Suit riots, starting in Los Angeles, target young Mexican Americans
Pablo Picasso transforms a bicycle's handlebars and saddle into Head of a Bull
With much of the German Sixth Army destroyed, the survivors led by Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus surrender at Stalingrad
Jews in Warsaw resist a fierce German onslaught for a month before their ghetto is finally destroyed
Italians signs a secret armistice with the Allies, as Allied troops land in Sicily
A premature uprising against the Germans in Naples results in a massacre of the inhabitants
The Germans halt the Allied advance along the Gustav Line, which includes Monte Cassino
Harold Macmillan negotiates with the Italian king, Victor Emmanuel III, about transition arrangements after Italy's change of side
Churchill extends Harold Macmillan's responsibilities to include developments in Greece and the Balkans
After relieving Leningrad, the Russians begin to drive the Germans back on all fronts
German troops massacre more than 600 civilians in the French village of Oradour
The Messerschmitt Me 262 fighter-bomber flies into combat, introducing the jet era in aerial warfare
from July - more than 5000 Germans, among them Rommel, die because of the Stauffenberg plot
Members of the Polish resistance rise against the Germans in Warsaw, in a conflict lasting two months and bringing massive casualties
Barricades are built in the streets as Parisians stage an impromptu uprising against the Germans
