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1904: Nazi Physician Ernst-Gunther Schenck

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1904: Nazi Physician Ernst-Gunther Schenck

Nazi physician Ernst-Günther Schenck, known for having spent the last days of World War II in Hitler's co ...

Nazi physician Ernst-Günther Schenck, known for having spent the last days of World War II in Hitler's command bunker in Berlin, was born on this day in 1904. His accounts of the events that transpire ...

October 03, 2019
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1882: Wilhelm Keitel – Commander of the Wehrmacht

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1882: Wilhelm Keitel – Commander of the Wehrmacht

Wilhelm Keitel, one of Hitler's highest-ranking military commanders, was born on this day in 1882. He hel ...

Wilhelm Keitel, one of Hitler's highest-ranking military commanders, was born on this day in 1882. He held the rank of Field Marshal in the armed forces of the Third Reich, and was also chief of the G ...

September 22, 2019
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1957: Admiral Toyoda – Last Commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy

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1957: Admiral Toyoda – Last Commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy

Japanese admiral Soemu Toyoda – the last commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, died on this d ...

Japanese admiral Soemu Toyoda – the last commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, died on this day in 1957. Imperial Japan's massive navy was formally abolished after World War II and was nev ...

September 22, 2019
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1942: The First Flight of the Prototype of B-29 Superfortress Bomber

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1942: The First Flight of the Prototype of B-29 Superfortress Bomber

The first prototype of the B-29 Superfortress bomber flew for the first time on this day in 1942. The dev ...

The first prototype of the B-29 Superfortress bomber flew for the first time on this day in 1942. The development of this American heavy bomber had started before World War II, but the U.S. Army start ...

September 21, 2019
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1940: Hitler Stops the Invasion of Britain

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1940: Hitler Stops the Invasion of Britain

Nazi Germany planned to invade Britain, and that plan is also known as Operation Sea Lion (German: Untern ...

Nazi Germany planned to invade Britain, and that plan is also known as Operation Sea Lion (German: Unternehmen Seelöwe). They planned to land on the coast of England, the part of England closest to Fr ...

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1891: The Man who Briefly Ruled the Third Reich after Hitler

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1891: The Man who Briefly Ruled the Third Reich after Hitler

German admiral Karl Dönitz was born on this day in 1891. He is notable for being the man who Adolf Hitler ...

German admiral Karl Dönitz was born on this day in 1891. He is notable for being the man who Adolf Hitler appointed as his successor in his will. Namely, just before he committed suicide in his Berlin ...

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1941: The Siege of Leningrad – the Bloodiest Siege in Human History

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1941: The Siege of Leningrad – the Bloodiest Siege in Human History

This day marked the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted for almost 900 days. Almost two mil ...

This day marked the beginning of the Siege of Leningrad, which lasted for almost 900 days. Almost two million people died. When the last road to the city was severed (two million people lived in that ...

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1940: Hitler’s “Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing” Sent to London

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1940: Hitler’s “Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing” Sent to London

The first German bombing of London during World War II started on this day in the late afternoon. East Lo ...

The first German bombing of London during World War II started on this day in the late afternoon. East London, the so-called East End (not far from the Olympic Center, which was completed in 2012) was ...

September 07, 2019
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