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  2. French Resistance - Wikipedia

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    During the war, about 200,000 French citizens were deported to Germany under the Nacht und Nebel decree, about 75,000 for being résistants, half of whom did not survive. [92] After Germany declared war on the United States on 11 December 1941, the SOE was joined by the American Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to provide support for the ...

  3. 1943 Detroit race riot - Wikipedia

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    The 1943 Detroit race riot took place in Detroit, Michigan, from the evening of June 20 through to the early morning of June 22.It occurred in a period of dramatic population increase and social tensions associated with the military buildup of U.S. participation in World War II, as Detroit's automotive industry was converted to the war effort.

  4. Anti-Zionist purge in the Polish Army - Wikipedia

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    The Polish People's Army was a successor of the Polish armies formed in the Soviet Union during WW2. Due to the mass execution of Polish officers in the Katyn Massacre, most of the officers were people who were educated in the Soviet Union, with a large proportion having Jewish roots.

  5. Peace movement - Wikipedia

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    After World War II, peace efforts in the United Kingdom were initially focused on the dissolution of the British Empire and the rejection of imperialism by the United States and the Soviet Union. The anti-nuclear movement sought to opt out of the Cold War, rejecting "Britain's Little Independent Nuclear Deterrent" (BLIND) on the grounds that it ...

  6. Underground media in German-occupied Europe - Wikipedia

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    The Faux Soir was a one-edition satirical issue of the German-controlled Le Soir newspaper. Since they were usually free, the costs of printing were financed by donations from sympathisers. [ 8 ] The papers achieved considerable circulation, with La Libre Belgique reaching a regular circulation of 40,000 by January 1942 and peaking at 70,000 ...

  7. Social impact of YouTube - Wikipedia

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    Though viewership of far-right videos peaked in 2017—before YouTube's 2019 algorithm changes—through at least 2020 YouTube remained the only major social networking platform that was more popular among right-leaning users. [97] In 2019–2020, mainstream conservatives fueled most growth in both video production and viewership. [97]

  8. Four Policemen - Wikipedia

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    The Sino-American alliance during World War II and the lifting of the Chinese exclusion acts. New York: Routledge. pp. 203–204. ISBN 0-415-94028-1. United States Department of State (1942). "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics". Foreign relations of the United States diplomatic papers, 1942. Europe Volume III. U.S. Government Printing Office ...

  9. Wikipedia:List of controversial issues - Wikipedia

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    Japanese American internment during World War II. Jesus Christ – historical/biographical studies (the Bible and other sources). Jews in Ukraine and Poland, "Ukrainian and Polish antisemitism". Kennedy assassinations of 1963 and 1968. Korean War; Kosovo War; Kurdish genocide; Kuril Islands; Libyan civil war; Louisiana Purchase of 1803 ...