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VICHY, France, March 26 (UP) -- Violent pan-Arab nationalist disorders, allegedly spurred by foreign agents, spread tonight throughout Syria, where French troops, open-...
Matsuoka arrives, Berlin; issues message to Germans on Japanese-Axis unity; wishes them early victory; welcome described; illus; Matsuoka may conf with Japanese diplomats from Eur capitals; German qrs see visit as answer to lend-lease act
Yugoslav shipping men in U S to give allegiance and aid to Brit if pact adherence brings Yugoslavia into war
1941Ivan Gašparovič, Slovak lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Slovakia[†]
Ivan Gašparovič is a Slovak politician and lawyer who was the third president of Slovakia from 2004 to 2014. He was also the first and currently the only Slovak president to be re-elected.
1941Liese Prokop, Austrian pentathlete and politician, Austrian Minister of the Interior (died 2006)[†]
Liesel "Liese" Prokop-Sykora was an Austrian athlete and, later in her life, a politician. She competed mainly in the pentathlon.
1941World War II: Yugoslav Air Force officers topple the pro-Axis government in a bloodless coup.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.