• Hr
  • Ger
  • search
History.info History.info History.info
  • On This Day
  • Society
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • Sport
    • Civilization
  • People
  • Wars
  • Science
  • Did You Know
Menu
  • On This Day
  • Society
    • Politics
    • Culture
    • Sport
    • Civilization
  • People
  • Wars
  • Science
  • Did You Know
  • Grid
  • List
  • Did you know an American scientist named H. O. Whitnall proposed a plan to bomb Japan’s volcanoes?

    Posted by Boris
    |Date: December 29, 2019
    | 0 comments
    Did you know an American scientist named H. O. Whitnall proposed a plan to bomb Japan’s volcanoes?

    Did you know an American scientist named H. O. Whitnall proposed a plan to bomb Japan’s volcanoes?

    By 1944 it became obvious the tide was turning against Imperial Japan in World War II. However, the Japan ...

    By 1944 it became obvious the tide was turning against Imperial Japan in World War II. However, the Japanese troops fought fanatically and it looked like the Allies were going to take severe casualtie ...

    December 29, 2019
    | by Boris
    | 0 comments
    Read more
  • 1904: Nazi Physician Ernst-Gunther Schenck

    Posted by
    |Date: October 03, 2019
    | 0 comments
    1904: Nazi Physician Ernst-Gunther Schenck

    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
    | by
    | 0 comments
    Read more
  • 1882: Wilhelm Keitel – Commander of the Wehrmacht

    Posted by
    |Date: September 22, 2019
    | 0 comments
    1882: Wilhelm Keitel – Commander of the Wehrmacht

    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
    | by
    | 0 comments
    Read more
  • 1957: Admiral Toyoda – Last Commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy

    Posted by
    |Date: September 22, 2019
    | 0 comments
    1957: Admiral Toyoda – Last Commander of the Imperial Japanese Navy

    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
    | by
    | 0 comments
    Read more
  • 1942: The First Flight of the Prototype of B-29 Superfortress Bomber

    Posted by
    |Date: September 21, 2019
    | 0 comments
    1942: The First Flight of the Prototype of B-29 Superfortress Bomber

    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
    | by
    | 0 comments
    Read more
  • 1940: Hitler Stops the Invasion of Britain

    Posted by
    |Date: September 17, 2019
    | 0 comments
    1940: Hitler Stops the Invasion of Britain

    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 ...

    September 17, 2019
    | by
    | 0 comments
    Read more
  • 1891: The Man who Briefly Ruled the Third Reich after Hitler

    Posted by
    |Date: September 16, 2019
    | 0 comments
    1891: The Man who Briefly Ruled the Third Reich after Hitler

    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 ...

    September 16, 2019
    | by
    | 0 comments
    Read more
  • 1941: The Siege of Leningrad – the Bloodiest Siege in Human History

    Posted by
    |Date: September 08, 2019
    | 0 comments
    1941: The Siege of Leningrad – the Bloodiest Siege in Human History

    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 ...

    September 08, 2019
    | by
    | 0 comments
    Read more
«‹56789101112›

Quotes

"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.

Nikita Khrushchev

Soviet prime minister

Facebook

Tag Cloud

Modern Age (the 19th century) Cities Germany Politicians & Statesmen Nobility & Royalty WW2 Religions Artists & Intellectuals USA Soldiers Contemporary History (20th century onwards) Italy Russia Early Modern History (16th to 18th century) North & Central America Asia France Middle Ages Europe Religious Occupations

Photo of the week

  • The Oath of the Horatii (1784)

    The Oath of the Horatii (1784)

    May 09, 2020
    (0) Comments
    Read more...
Copyright © 2018 Motus d.o.o.
Impressum, Marketing