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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 ...

May 26, 2019
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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. ...

May 25, 2019
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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, 2019
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1900: Hans Frank: The Governor-General of Poland

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1900: Hans Frank: The Governor-General of Poland

The famous Nazi official Hans Frank, one of the 23 defendants in the Nuremberg Trials, was born on this d ...

The famous Nazi official Hans Frank, one of the 23 defendants in the Nuremberg Trials, was born on this day in 1900. During World War II, he held an important position, and responsible for the crimes ...

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1942: Mexico Declares War on Nazi Germany

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1942: Mexico Declares War on Nazi Germany

On this day in 1942, Mexico declared war on the Axis powers. It happened after German submarines attacked ...

On this day in 1942, Mexico declared war on the Axis powers. It happened after German submarines attacked Mexican tankers Potrero del Llano and Faja de Oro, which had been carrying oil to the United S ...

May 22, 2019
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1941: Operation Mercury – Hitler’s Airborne Invasion of Crete

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1941: Operation Mercury – Hitler’s Airborne Invasion of Crete

This day in 1941 marked the German invasion of the island of Crete during World War II, when the so-calle ...

This day in 1941 marked the German invasion of the island of Crete during World War II, when the so-called "Fallschirmjäger" units were used. ("Fallschirm" means parachute in German, and a "Jäger", ...

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1940: Germany Occupies Brussels

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1940: Germany Occupies Brussels

On this day the army of the Third Reich invaded the Belgian capital Brussels. The Belgian government fled ...

On this day the army of the Third Reich invaded the Belgian capital Brussels. The Belgian government fled to Ostend – a small town on the coast, away from the advancing Germans. Of course, the Wehrmac ...

May 17, 2019
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1954: Death of Heinz Guderian – Hitler’s “Panzer General”

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1954: Death of Heinz Guderian – Hitler’s “Panzer General”

The famous General Heinz Guderian died on this day in 1954. He is famous for German military successes at ...

The famous General Heinz Guderian died on this day in 1954. He is famous for German military successes at the beginning of World War II. His strategy of rapid and deep penetration of tank units into t ...

May 14, 2019
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