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   Abdication   Zog
  11th Jan Tirana   Deposed in absentia
   Abdication   Umberto II
  18th June   Abdication of Umberto II, the monarchy is abolished by a referendum
   Abdication   Victor Emmanuel III
  9th May   Victor Emmanuel III abdicates
  9th May Rome   Victor Emmanuel III abdicates
   Alliance   Kai-Shek, Chiang
     Civil war between Chiang and Mao continues, with Chiang (southern China and northern cities) helped by the USA and Mao (northern countryside) helped by the Soviet Union
  28th July   The truce breaks down & the USAsupplies to the Nationalists are halted
   Sep   The USAMarines begin their withdrawal
   Alliance   Tse-Tung, Mao
     Civil war between Chiang and Mao continues, with Chiang (southern China and northern cities) helped by the USA and Mao (northern countryside) helped by the Soviet Union
   Allied Control Commission   Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich
   July Moscow   Walks out of the Allied Control Commission
   Allied Control Council   Byrnes, James Francis
   Stuttgart   "Allied Control Council is neither governing Germany nor allowing Germany to govern"
   Ambassador   Blum, Leon
   Washington   Appointed Ambassador to USA
   Ambassador   Brosio, Manilo
     Appointed Ambassador to Russia
   Arrest   Doenitz, Karl
   Nuremberg Germa   Sentenced to 10 yrs imprisonment, released 30 September 1956
   Arrest   Hoess, Ru