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Today in World War II History—February 7, 1940 & 1945

Friday, February 7, 2025 by Sarah Sundin
British railway poster, WWII

British railway poster, WWII

85 Years Ago—Feb. 7, 1940: British railways are nationalized.

German General Staff recommends no research or development be pursued unless it promises military results within four months, effectively killing atomic bomb research.

Movie premiere of Disney’s Pinocchio in New York City.

Damage to the Schwammenauel Dam causes flooding of the Roer River, Feb. 1945 (US Army Center of Military History)

Damage to the Schwammenauel Dam causes flooding of the Roer River, Feb. 1945 (US Army Center of Military History)

80 Years Ago—Feb. 7, 1945: Germans blow up floodgates in the Ruhr Valley, flooding the area west of Cologne, Germany.

Japanese take US Fourteenth Air Force base in Kanchow, China.

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