Operation Himmler, led by the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, and the Gestapo chief Reinhard Heydrich, served as an excuse for the attack. Their people, dressed in unif...
The French Emperor Napoleon III decided to take personal command of the army, and his goal was to prevent the German army’s penetration into France. He was heading toward...
The Russian capital of St. Petersburg was renamed Petrograd on this day in 1914. The Russian Empire wanted to avoid the German name of its capital (the name of Saint Pete...
On this day in 1798, an unusual republic was proclaimed in Ireland. Ireland had been ruled by the British since the 12th century i.e for about 600 years. This attempt to...
The Battle on the Marchfeld took place on this day in 1278. Ottokar II of Bohemia, one of the most powerful Bohemian kings at the time, was killed during that battle. He...
On this day in 1944, the Nazi German garrison in Paris surrendered to the Allies. Paris had been occupied since June 1940, i.e. for more than four years. The Allies lande...
On this day in 1914, the Germans committed one of the most terrifying culturecides of World War I. They burned the library of the Catholic University of Leuven, the most...
One of the greatest catastrophes in the history of the USA took place on this day. Their capital at Washington, including the White House and the Senate Building, was bu...