1914 First Lord of the Admiralty (British Minister of Navy) Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain alert.
1914 For the next two days, the foreign ministries and leaders of major states work feverishly to avert war.
1944 The first German V-2 rocket hits Great Britain (nicknamed "gasometer")
1945 Declaration of Potsdam: US, Britain and China demand the unconditional surrender of Japan during WWII
1945 Japanese government disregards US ultimatum.
1945 US cruiser Indianapolis reaches Tinian with atom bomb.
1945 Winston Churchill resigns as Britain's Prime Minister after election defeat.
1945 Physicist Raemer Schreiber and Lieutenant Colonel Peer de Silva depart Kirtland Army Air Field to transport the plutonium core for the Fat Man bomb (bombing of Nagasaki) to the island of Tinian where the bomb is assembled.
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