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Old 09-08-18, 05:35 AM   #2491
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1914 Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during WW1.

1943 Italy surrenders to Allies in WWII.

1944 First V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp.

1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged.

1994 Last US, British & French troops leave West Berlin.
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