2003: Saddam Hussein’s Sons Killed
On this day the American troops in Iraq carried out a military operation in which they killed two sons of Saddam Hussein – Uday and Qusay. Uday was the older, at 39, and...
Read more
1944: Execution of Count von Stauffenberg – Conspirator against Hitler
On this day in 1944, Colonel Count von Stauffenberg was executed in Berlin, along with other conspirators who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler. It was Hitler’s swift...
Read more
1798: Napoleon’s Victory Near the Egyptian Pyramids
On this day in 1798, Napoleon Bonaparte achieved a military victory near the Egyptian pyramids not far from Cairo. It was his Egyptian expedition, during which he tried t...
Read more
1702: Battle of Klissow: Swedish Army Marches into Southern Poland
On this day the Swedish army, led by the young King Charles XII, managed to defeat an army of Poles and Germans twice its size in Poland. It was an example of the great m...
Read more
1942: Nazi Germany Tested the First Operational Jet Fighter in History
On this day, Nazi Germany tested an aircraft with a revolutionary engine. Unlike the previous propeller-powered aircraft, the new Messerschmitt Me-262 had jet engines. A...
Read more
1886: The Highest-Ranking U.S. Officer Killed in World War II
On this day General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., who was the highest ranking U.S. officer killed in action during World War II, was born. Specifically, General Buckner was...
Read more
1453: The Final Ending of the Hundred Years’ War
On this day the famous Hundred Years’ War between England and France finally ended. One of the longest wars in history lasted not only for 100, but as many as 116 years,...
Read more
1945: Ernst Busch – Hitler’s Field Marshal
Ernst Busch was the highest-ranking officer of the Wehrmacht who died in a prisoner of war camp in England. Aldershot is located in the English county of Hampshire, appro...
Read more