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Gottlieb Hering
1945Oct, 9

Gottlieb Hering

Gottlieb Hering, German captain (b. 1887)
Gottlieb Hering (2 June 1887 – 9 October 1945) was an SS commander of Nazi Germany. He served in Action T4 and later as the second and last commandant of Bełżec extermination camp during Operation Reinhard. Hering directly perpetrated the genocide of Jews and other peoples during The Holocaust.

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  • 23Feb

    History of Poland (1939-45)

    World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
  • 25Feb

    Turkey

    World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany.
  • 9Mar

    Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    World War II: The first nocturnal incendiary attack on Tokyo inflicts damage comparable to that inflicted on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later.
  • 6Aug

    Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
  • 30Aug

    Douglas MacArthur

    The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.