Today in WW II History
World War II History for August 2
1934 - German President Paul von Hindenburg died. His successor was Adolf Hitler.
1939 - Albert Einstein signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging the U.S. to have an atomic weapons research program.
1944 - Turkey ended all relations with the Nazis. Turkey had stopped exporting chrome to Germany on April 20.
1945 - The Allied conference at Potsdam was concluded.
Author Bio: World War II researcher and historian working to preserve history and educate future generations. A student of Military History working to author and collect as much data as possible on the WWII time period. 
