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Bob Pool, Los Angeles Times
1946Nuremberg Trials: War Criminals Hanged
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1945Nuremberg Trials Ends
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A Sheaf of Paper, a Bullet, and Teddy Roosevelt
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1912Theordore Roosevelt Shot in Milwaukee
John Brown's Road to Start of Civil War
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World War II

Could Me-262 Have Turned WW II in Germany’s Favor?

The outcome of World War II still has a tremendous impact on the political and economic relationships in effect throughout the world. The events that occurred nearly 80 years ago resonate with a profound relevance that persists even to this day.In the European Theater of World War II (September 1939-May 1945), the British and American allies mounted an intense aerial bombing campaign against Germa Read More

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I.On April 12, 1987, Michael Morton sat down to write a letter. 
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