World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a> begins the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_of_East_Prussia" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Evacuation of East Prussia">evacuation of 1.8<span id="mwyw" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>million people</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Prussia" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East Prussia">East Prussia</a>, a task which will take nearly two months.