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1875: Hitler’s Field Marshal von Rundstedt – “Commander in Chief in the West”

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1875: Hitler’s Field Marshal von Rundstedt – “Commander in Chief in the West”

Hitler's Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt was born on this day in a prestigious German noble family that ...

Hitler's Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt was born on this day in a prestigious German noble family that belonged to the famous Prussian Junkers. Namely, the Junkers were nobles in northern Germany th ...

December 12, 2019
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1969: The American Soldiers in Vietnam were Drafted through Lottery

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1969: The American Soldiers in Vietnam were Drafted through Lottery

On this day, an unusual method of determining who will be drafted into the army in the United States was ...

On this day, an unusual method of determining who will be drafted into the army in the United States was administered for the first time. The method was as follows: only men born between 1944 and 1950 ...

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1968: American Pilot Heroically Saves an Entire Unit

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1968: American Pilot Heroically Saves an Entire Unit

On this day American helicopter pilot James P. Fleming made a heroic act for which he later received the ...

On this day American helicopter pilot James P. Fleming made a heroic act for which he later received the highest U.S. military decoration – the Medal of Honor. The recipients of that award have numero ...

November 26, 2019
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1887: Hitler’s Field Marshal von Manstein – Actually the Pole Lewinski?

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1887: Hitler’s Field Marshal von Manstein – Actually the Pole Lewinski?

On this day, one of Hitler’s most important field marshals – Erich von Manstein – was born. It is interes ...

On this day, one of Hitler’s most important field marshals – Erich von Manstein – was born. It is interesting that he, despite having a sky-high position in the Wehrmacht, was never a member of the Na ...

November 24, 2019
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1729: Suvorov: The General who Never Lost a Battle

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1729: Suvorov: The General who Never Lost a Battle

One of the most celebrated military leaders in Russian history – Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov – was born ...

One of the most celebrated military leaders in Russian history – Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov – was born on this day. It seems that he belongs among the rare commanders who never lost a single battle ...

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2006: Former KGB Agent Alexander Litvinenko Dies in London

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2006: Former KGB Agent Alexander Litvinenko Dies in London

On this day in 2006 former KGB and FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko died in London. The cause of death was ...

On this day in 2006 former KGB and FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko died in London. The cause of death was poisoning by lethal radioactive polonium-210. It is assumed that he was deliberately poisoned w ...

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1969: American Commit My Lai Massacre in Vietnam

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1969: American Commit My Lai Massacre in Vietnam

On this day the American newspaper The Plain Dealer published pictures of the massacre in Vietnam committ ...

On this day the American newspaper The Plain Dealer published pictures of the massacre in Vietnam committed by the U.S. military. The massacre took place in the village of My Lai, where between 347 an ...

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1906: The American General who Ordered the Death of 500,000 Japanese

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1906: The American General who Ordered the Death of 500,000 Japanese

On this day the famous American Air Force General Curtis LeMay was born. He was known for his belligerenc ...

On this day the famous American Air Force General Curtis LeMay was born. He was known for his belligerence, which is why he got the nickname “Bombs Away LeMay”. As a U.S. Air Force general, LeMay was ...

November 15, 2019
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