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  2. Operation Sunrise (World War II) - Wikipedia

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    SS General Karl Wolff's Proxy of Surrender for northern Italy, 2 May 1945. Operation Sunrise (sometimes called the Berne incident) was a series of World War II secret negotiations from February to May 1945 between representatives of Nazi Germany and the United States to arrange a local surrender of German forces in northern Italy. [1]

  3. Karl Wolff - Wikipedia

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    Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff was born the son of a wealthy district court judge in Darmstadt on 13 May 1900. [2] During World War I he graduated from school in 1917, volunteered to join the Imperial German Army (Leibgarde-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 115) and served on the Western Front. [3]

  4. List of World War II battles involving the United States

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    Caused the United States to formally enter World War II and declare war on Japan, Germany, and Italy; Resulted in reorganization and buildup of the U.S. Armed Forces; Resulted in shift in public opinion in favor of entering the war; Battle of Wake Island: December 8, 1941 December 23, 1941 Wake Island: 627 (130 killed, 49 wounded and 448 ...

  5. Declarations of war during World War II - Wikipedia

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    Below is a table showing the outbreak of wars between nations which occurred during World War II. Indicated are the dates (during the immediate build-up to, or during the course of, World War II), from which a de facto state of war existed between nations. The table shows both the "Initiator Nation(s)" and the nation at which the aggression was ...

  6. Timeline of World War II (1939) - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...

  7. Germany–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    Trefousse, Hans Louis, ed. Germany and America: essays on problems of international relations and immigration (Brooklyn College Press, 1980), essays by scholars. Trommler, Frank and Joseph McVeigh, eds. America and the Germans: An Assessment of a Three-Hundred-Year History (2 vol. U of Pennsylvania Press, 1990) vol 2 online Archived 2018-12-17 ...

  8. Peace efforts during World War II - Wikipedia

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    In the final months of the war, Heinrich Himmler, one of Hitler's closest associates and head of the SS, made secret overtures to the Western Allies in an attempt to negotiate a peace settlement. Himmler hoped to save himself and perhaps create a division between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union.

  9. Military history of the United States during World War II

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    June 21–22, 1942 – Bombardment of Fort Stevens, the second attack on a U.S. military base in the continental U.S. in World War II. September 9, 1942, and September 29, 1942 – Lookout Air Raids, the only attack by enemy aircraft on the contiguous U.S. and the second enemy aircraft attack on the U.S. continent in World War II.