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1939: Hitler and Stalin Plan to Dismember Poland

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1939: Hitler and Stalin Plan to Dismember Poland

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was named after Stalin’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Molotov (also known as F ...

The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was named after Stalin’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Molotov (also known as First Deputy Premier), and Hitler’s Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop. Vyacheslav Molotov was born ...

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1971: Death of German Field Marshal Wilhelm List

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1971: Death of German Field Marshal Wilhelm List

German field marshal Wilhelm List died on this day in 1971. He was born near the city of Ulm in Württembe ...

German field marshal Wilhelm List died on this day in 1971. He was born near the city of Ulm in Württemberg, in the immediate vicinity of the Bavarian border. Wilhelm List became a member of the Bavar ...

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1945: Last Chinese Emperor Pu Yi Arrested by Soviets

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1945: Last Chinese Emperor Pu Yi Arrested by Soviets

The last Chinese emperor Pu Yi was captured by Soviet troops on this day in 1945. This occurred one day b ...

The last Chinese emperor Pu Yi was captured by Soviet troops on this day in 1945. This occurred one day before Japan surrendered to the Allies in World War II. Pu Yi was the emperor of the vassal stat ...

August 16, 2015
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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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