Christian Wirth held the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer, and participated in Nazi projects – the Aktion T4 program and Operation Reinhard (German: Aktion Reinhard). They inc...
On this day in World War II, about 900 German paratroopers landed near Drvar, the center of Partisan Supreme Headquarters, with the aim of capturing or liquidating Josip...
On this day in 1430, St. Joan of Arc was captured at Compiègne in northern France. She was captured by the Burgundians, who had allied with the British against the Frenc...
On this day in 1915 the Kingdom of Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary (during World War I, which had started in 1914). Italy was originally neutral during World War I,...
French general Geraud Duroc, one of the closest collaborators of Napoleon, died a horrible death on this day in 1813. Before Napoleon became Emperor, Duroc had been his f...
On this day in 1942, Mexico declared war on the Axis powers. It happened after German submarines attacked Mexican tankers Potrero del Llano and Faja de Oro, which had bee...
The Battle of Aspern-Essling, one of the most famous battles during the Napoleonic Wars, began on this day in 1809. It was the first major battle which Napoleon Bonaparte...
