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1944: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Author of “The Little Prince”, Disappears over Nazi Territory

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1944: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Author of “The Little Prince”, Disappears over Nazi Territory

On this day the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean while flying hi ...

On this day the famous writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean while flying his military plane on a reconnaissance mission during World War II. The famous author of "The Lit ...

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1942: Stalin Orders the Immediate Execution of those Fleeing from the Germans

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1942: Stalin Orders the Immediate Execution of those Fleeing from the Germans

On this day during World War II, Soviet leader Stalin issued the infamous Order no. 227 (Директива Ставки ...

On this day during World War II, Soviet leader Stalin issued the infamous Order no. 227 (Директива Ставки ВГК №227), which forbade any retreat before the enemy. According to this command, no commander ...

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1879: Japanese Marshal who was in Hiroshima During the Nuclear Explosion

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1879: Japanese Marshal who was in Hiroshima During the Nuclear Explosion

On this day Japanese Field Marshal Shunroku Hata was born - one of only five of Imperial Japanese Army of ...

On this day Japanese Field Marshal Shunroku Hata was born - one of only five of Imperial Japanese Army officers with a marshal's rank during World War II. Indeed, two of them were imperial princes, an ...

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1943: Italian King Deposes Benito Mussolini

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1943: Italian King Deposes Benito Mussolini

This day in 1943 marked one of the most famous events in Italian history. On this day, the Italian King d ...

This day in 1943 marked one of the most famous events in Italian history. On this day, the Italian King deposed Benito Mussolini, who had been the fascist Duce and the head of the Italian government a ...

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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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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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