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World War II

Last Chinese Emperor Landed in USSR's Hands

After Soviet forces defeated the Japanese in North-Eastern China, the Red Army prepared for landings on the main Japanese islands. But maintaining relations with the U.S. was still a priority and the plan was abandoned.In the summer of 1945, the Allies were preparing to make a final strike to crush their last remaining enemy – the Japanese Empire. The Americans and British had been fighting Read More

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It began with a fourth-place finish in China, Japan, a result that, except in the mind of Tonya Harding, could not have been less extraordinary. Competing for something called the NHK Trophy, Harding fell on her combination jump in the technical program, a disastrous error, which eventuated in her being beaten by three of the best skaters in the world, Surya Bonaly of France, Yuka Sato of Japan an Read More

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