1942 First "Eichmann transport" to Auschwitz & Birkenau concentration camps.
1945 Allied generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and George S. Patton launch attack at Remagen on the Rhine.
1945 Allies led by US Marine Corps secure island of Iwo Jima from Imperial Japanese Army, after 18,000 Japanese & 6,000 Americans killed.
1970 500th nuclear explosion announced by the US since 1945
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