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1943: The Nazis Shoot Down a Passenger Plane in an Attempt to Kill Churchill

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1943: The Nazis Shoot Down a Passenger Plane in an Attempt to Kill Churchill

On this day, during World War II, German Luftwaffe aircraft shot down a Douglas DC-3 civilian airliner ov ...

On this day, during World War II, German Luftwaffe aircraft shot down a Douglas DC-3 civilian airliner over the Bay of Biscay, killing all 17 people on board. The passenger aircraft was flying along ...

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1962: The Execution of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel

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1962: The Execution of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Israel

On this day, in 1962, Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in Israel. His arrest in Argentina and h ...

On this day, in 1962, Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann was executed in Israel. His arrest in Argentina and his covert transfer to Israel for trial was an event of international importance. Eichmann’s tri ...

May 31, 2020
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1960: Walther Funk – The Man who Printed Money during Hitler’s Regime

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1960: Walther Funk – The Man who Printed Money during Hitler’s Regime

Walther Funk, who was the president of the Reichsbank during Hitler's regime, died on this day in 1960. T ...

Walther Funk, who was the president of the Reichsbank during Hitler's regime, died on this day in 1960. The Reichsbank was headquartered in Berlin. It was a large building, which later served as the s ...

May 31, 2020
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1947: August Eigruber – an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter of “Reichsgau Oberdonau” (Upper Danube)

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1947: August Eigruber – an Austrian-born Nazi Gauleiter of “Reichsgau Oberdonau” (Upper Danube)

August Eigruber was born in Steyr, Upper Austria. The young Hitler had also lived in Steyr when he attend ...

August Eigruber was born in Steyr, Upper Austria. The young Hitler had also lived in Steyr when he attended school. It is interesting to note that the Austrian province of Styria (Steiermark) was name ...

May 28, 2020
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1942: Ambush Assassination of the Powerful Nazi Reinhard Heydrich

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1942: Ambush Assassination of the Powerful Nazi Reinhard Heydrich

On this day one of the most famous assassinations in World War II happened. Reinhard Heydrich, one of the ...

On this day one of the most famous assassinations in World War II happened. Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most notorious Nazis, whom Hitler himself called "the man with the iron heart”, was attacked. ...

May 27, 2020
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1944: Yugoslav Partisans Kill SS-Sturmbannführer Christian Wirth

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1944: Yugoslav Partisans Kill SS-Sturmbannführer Christian Wirth

Christian Wirth held the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer, and participated in Nazi projects – the Aktion T4 pr ...

Christian Wirth held the rank of SS-Sturmbannführer, and participated in Nazi projects – the Aktion T4 program and Operation Reinhard (German: Aktion Reinhard). They included the most terrible mass c ...

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1944: Raid on Drvar with the Aim of Capturing or Killing Tito

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1944: Raid on Drvar with the Aim of Capturing or Killing Tito

On this day in World War II, about 900 German paratroopers landed near Drvar, the center of Partisan Supr ...

On this day in World War II, about 900 German paratroopers landed near Drvar, the center of Partisan Supreme Headquarters, with the aim of capturing or liquidating Josip Broz Tito and his associates. ...

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1945: Robert Ritter von Greim: The Last Man who Attained the Rank of German Field Marshal

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1945: Robert Ritter von Greim: The Last Man who Attained the Rank of German Field Marshal

Robert Ritter von Greim, the last man who received the rank of German field marshal, died on this day in ...

Robert Ritter von Greim, the last man who received the rank of German field marshal, died on this day in 1945 (Ritter is a noble title, which means knight in German). Greim received this title in 1918 ...

May 24, 2020
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