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1941World War II: The Wehrmacht razes the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground and murders 180 of its inhabitants.[†]
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe. The designation "Wehrmacht" replaced the previously used term Reichswehr and was the manifestation of the Nazi regime's efforts to rearm Germany to a greater extent than the Treaty of Versailles permitted.
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Property seizure: Sen Reynolds offers bill sponsored by War and Navy Depts, Roosevelt and OPM; text; Cong reaction
Chief Justice Hughes to retire; health and age cited as reasons: lr to Roosevelt; text; Roosevelt replies; text
U S Sup Ct grants rev of income-tax case against aides
N Z troops use German light signals and capture enemy supplies and German troop plane, Crete
Death; career; pors; tributes
Hitler-Mussolini conf at Brenner Pass
Says no land is unconquerable for German forces
Brit poised on Syrian border