User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/February 3

February 3

 * 1917 - World War I: The United States breaks off diplomatic relations with Germany a day after Germany announces a new policy of unrestricted submarine warfare.
 * 1941 - World War II: The Nazis forcibly restore Pierre Laval to office in occupied Vichy, France.
 * 1944 - United States troops capture the Marshall Islands.
 * 1945 - World War II: Soviet Union agrees to enter the Pacific Theatre conflict against Japan.