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Eighty years ago Churchill's general election campaign flounders even more deeply

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Eighty years ago moves to reorder the world for peace follows different paths.

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Eighty years ago this week Churchill combines gracious respect for Parliament with partisan vituperation

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Eighty years ago Churchill and Tito back down when challenged

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Eighty years ago this week Churchill makes a catastrophic speech

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Eighty years ago Himmler is arrested and kills himself

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Eighty years ago this week Labour declines to remain in coalition with Churchill

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Eighty years ago Germany was to be placed under military rule

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Eighty years ago this week a shrivelled Reich surrenders in the midst of diplomatic squabbles

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Eighty years ago this week the curtain falls on Europe's dictators

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Eighty years ago the Third Reich enters its death throes

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Eighty years ago this week Roosevelt's death inspires deluded hopes in Berlin

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Eighty years ago this week the Luftwaffe adopts kamikaze tactics

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Eighty years ago this week the largest amphibious operation of the Pacific war begins

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Eighty years ago this week the last, tarnished titan of the Great War departs

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Eighty years ago this week Hitler makes a final appearance in public

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Eighty years ago the US Air Force launches the most lethal air-raid of history

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Eighty years ago this week Princess Elizabeth joins the army

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Eighty years ago this week MPs protest against Yalta agreement

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Eighty years ago this week the fault lines of post-war diplomacy open further

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Eighty years ago this week Churchill stores trouble for his historical reputation

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Eighty years ago this week the Soviet occupation of eastern Europe takes shape

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Eighty years ago this week Auschwitz is liberated

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Eighty years ago this week the Red Army occupation of eastern European capitals brings Soviet methods in its wake.

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Eighty years ago this week the USN sweeps the South China Sea

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Eighty years ago this week Churchill chooses a new Archbishop of Canterbury for his toughness

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Eighty years ago this week the Luftwaffe makes a huge and pointless sacrifice

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