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1942: French General Henri Giraud Flees from Imprisonment in Nazi fortress

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1942: French General Henri Giraud Flees from Imprisonment in Nazi fortress

On this day the French General Henri Giraud escaped from a high-security prison in the Nazi Königstein Fo ...

On this day the French General Henri Giraud escaped from a high-security prison in the Nazi Königstein Fortress (pictured above). This fortress near Dresden is also called the "Saxon Bastille" and it ...

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1886: German Communist after whom an Island in Cuba is Named

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1886: German Communist after whom an Island in Cuba is Named

On this day a German who was the exact political opposite of Adolf Hitler was born. His name was Ernst T ...

On this day a German who was the exact political opposite of Adolf Hitler was born. His name was Ernst Thälmann and he was the leader of the German Communist Party (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands ...

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1945: Final Soviet Attack on Berlin Begins

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1945: Final Soviet Attack on Berlin Begins

The Soviet forces that attacked Germany from the east consisted of 26 armies and 2.5 million soldiers. ...

The Soviet forces that attacked Germany from the east consisted of 26 armies and 2.5 million soldiers. The final Soviet attack on Berlin began on this day in 1945. The Soviets prepared a huge n ...

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1945: The Elite Nazi Camp for Enemy Generals and British Lords

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1945: The Elite Nazi Camp for Enemy Generals and British Lords

On this day the American troops occupied what was probably the most “elite” Nazi prisoner-of-war camp in ...

On this day the American troops occupied what was probably the most “elite” Nazi prisoner-of-war camp in Germany. The camp was called Oflag IV-C, where the Oflag is the abbreviation for Offizierslager ...

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1927: Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) Born

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1927: Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) Born

On this day, Joseph Ratzinger was born in the Bavarian town of Marktl. Marktl is located not far from the ...

On this day, Joseph Ratzinger was born in the Bavarian town of Marktl. Marktl is located not far from the Austrian border, on the River Inn. Joseph had one brother and one sister, and his father was a ...

April 16, 2020
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1892: German Flying Ace who Shot Down Planes in Both World Wars

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1892: German Flying Ace who Shot Down Planes in Both World Wars

On this day in 1892 the German airman Theo Osterkamp was born. He is particularly interesting because he ...

On this day in 1892 the German airman Theo Osterkamp was born. He is particularly interesting because he flew military aircraft in both World Wars. Indeed, Osterkamp shot down enemy planes in both war ...

April 15, 2020
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1765: The Russian Scientist Lomonosov – a Peer of Ruđer Bošković from Dubrovnik

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1765: The Russian Scientist Lomonosov – a Peer of Ruđer Bošković from Dubrovnik

The famous Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov died in St. Petersburg on this day in 1765. He was very im ...

The famous Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov died in St. Petersburg on this day in 1765. He was very important for the development of science in Russia. Lomonosov Moscow State University has been na ...

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1932: Field Marshal von Hindenburg Beats Hitler in Presidential Election

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1932: Field Marshal von Hindenburg Beats Hitler in Presidential Election

On this day in 1932 Paul von Hindenburg defeated his opponent Adolf Hitler in the presidential elections ...

On this day in 1932 Paul von Hindenburg defeated his opponent Adolf Hitler in the presidential elections in Germany. This took place about a year before the Nazis took power in Germany. Hindenburg was ...

April 10, 2020
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