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1941: Nazis Execute Maximilian Kolbe via Lethal Injection

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1941: Nazis Execute Maximilian Kolbe via Lethal Injection

On this day in 1941 Catholic priest and Franciscan Conventual Friar St Maximilian Maria Kolbe died in the ...

On this day in 1941 Catholic priest and Franciscan Conventual Friar St Maximilian Maria Kolbe died in the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz. Kolbe became one of most prominent saints of the 20th ce ...

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1958: Nazi Baron Konstantin von Neurath – Hitler’s Distinguished Foreign Minister

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1958: Nazi Baron Konstantin von Neurath – Hitler’s Distinguished Foreign Minister

Nazi politician Baron Konstantin von Neurath died on this day. He is best-known for being the Third Reich ...

Nazi politician Baron Konstantin von Neurath died on this day. He is best-known for being the Third Reich’s foreign minister from 1932 until 1938. As the head of the German diplomacy, von Neurath gave ...

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1945: The Japanese Surrendered the War because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

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1945: The Japanese Surrendered the War because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

On this day, in 1945, Stalin's USSR declared war on imperial Japan. Of course, it was already very late ...

On this day, in 1945, Stalin's USSR declared war on imperial Japan. Of course, it was already very late in World War II, since the Americans dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima two days earlier and, ...

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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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