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1940: Vichy France – An Ally of Adolf Hitler

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1940: Vichy France – An Ally of Adolf Hitler

On this day in 1940, a Parliament meeting of great significance that voted for the transfer of power to t ...

On this day in 1940, a Parliament meeting of great significance that voted for the transfer of power to the so-called Vichy government of Marshal Philippe Pétain took place in France. The vote was hel ...

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1944: Japan’s Largest Banzai Charge in World War II

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1944: Japan’s Largest Banzai Charge in World War II

On this day in 1944, the Japanese performed the largest banzai charge during World War II. It took place ...

On this day in 1944, the Japanese performed the largest banzai charge during World War II. It took place during the Battle of Saipan, in the Mariana Islands. Saipan is located about two hundred kilome ...

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1943: Kursk: The Largest Tank Engagement in History

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1943: Kursk: The Largest Tank Engagement in History

The first fighting in Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history, commenced on this day in 1943. ...

The first fighting in Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history, commenced on this day in 1943. Hitler’s German troops tried to encircle and destroy the Soviet troops in a large area. In ord ...

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2004: General George Patton IV died

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2004: General George Patton IV died

On this day, in 2004, the American General George S. Patton IV, son of the famous World War II General Ge ...

On this day, in 2004, the American General George S. Patton IV, son of the famous World War II General George Patton, died. It was a family with a long military tradition. Specifically, already the a ...

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2008: The First Indian Field Marshal in History

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2008: The First Indian Field Marshal in History

On this day, in 2008, Indian Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, the first man in history who was awarded the ra ...

On this day, in 2008, Indian Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw, the first man in history who was awarded the rank of Indian field marshal, died. Sam Manekshaw was born in Amritsar in 1914. He was a Parsi by ...

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1940: Hitler Defeats and Humiliates France

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1940: Hitler Defeats and Humiliates France

On this day in 1940, Adolf Hitler personally accepted the surrender of France in World War II. He deliber ...

On this day in 1940, Adolf Hitler personally accepted the surrender of France in World War II. He deliberately chose the forest at Compiègne as the location where the surrender would take place, since ...

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1941: Operation Barbarossa was Led by Three Aristocratic Field Marshals

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1941: Operation Barbarossa was Led by Three Aristocratic Field Marshals

On this day Operation Barbarossa, the Axis attack on the Soviet Union, was set in motion. More than three ...

On this day Operation Barbarossa, the Axis attack on the Soviet Union, was set in motion. More than three million members of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) and troops of their allies were deploye ...

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1942: Erwin Rommel Becomes the Youngest Field Marshal in the German Army

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1942: Erwin Rommel Becomes the Youngest Field Marshal in the German Army

On this day in 1942, German General Erwin Rommel was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal, as an reward ...

On this day in 1942, German General Erwin Rommel was promoted to the rank of Field Marshal, as an reward for successfully capturing the town of Tobruk in what is today Libya. Specifically, Rommel was ...

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