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The company was a major producer of the .303 Pattern 1914 Enfield rifle for the British Government and the similar .30-06 M1917 Enfield rifle for the United States during World War I. Working at the Winchester plant during the war, Browning developed the final design of the Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), of which it produced some 27,000 ...
World War I 1923 Revolution [21] Constitutionalist Revolution [22] Spanish Civil War [23] World War II Indonesian National Revolution East German uprising of 1953 Araguaia Guerrilla War [24] Production history; Designed: 1866: Manufacturer: Winchester Repeating Arms Company: Produced: 1866–present: No. built: c. 720,000: Variants: Full ...
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 ...
He was the son of Samuel Winchester and Hannah Bates and was born in Boston on November 30, 1810. He married Jane Ellen Hope in Boston on February 20, 1834. Their children were: Ann Rebecca Winchester (1835–1864) who married Charles B. Dye; William Wirt Winchester (1837–1881) who married Sarah Lockwood Pardee
World War II began in Europe on 1 September 1939 [1] [2] with the German invasion of Poland and the United Kingdom and France's declaration of war on Germany two days later on 3 September 1939. Dates for the beginning of the Pacific War include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] or the earlier Japanese ...
20 Start of the Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal. 21 US Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson opens for the prosecution with a speech lasting several hours, leaving a deep impression on both the court and the public. 26 The Hossbach Memorandum (of a conference in which Hitler explained his war plans) is presented.
Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
Last outbreak of war during the entire Second World War. Soviet–Japanese War: 1945-08-10: Mongolia Japan: W [26] W (de jure) A (de facto 1945-08-09) War declared 24 hours after crossing the border with Soviet troops: Soviet Invasion of Manchuria Mongolia in World War II