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This Day In History: The Allies Celebrate Victory Over Japan (1945)
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This Day In History: The Allies Celebrate Victory Over Japan (1945)

On this day in history in 1945, the USS Missouri was the scene for the formal Japanese surrender to the…

This Day In History: Hitler’s Germany Invaded Poland (1939)
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This Day In History: Hitler’s Germany Invaded Poland (1939)

On this day in 1939, German forces invaded Poland by land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to…

This Day In History: The British Breakthrough the Gothic Line (1944)
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This Day In History: The British Breakthrough the Gothic Line (1944)

On this day in history in 1944, the British  break through the German ’ “Gothic Line,” a defensive line drawn…

This Day In History: Lenin Is Shot (1918)
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This Day In History: Lenin Is Shot (1918)

On this day in 1918, Lenin was shot after speaking to workers at a factory in Moscow. The Soviet leader…

10 Air Attacks That Shook The World
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10 Air Attacks That Shook The World

In order to maintain security in a conflicted world, air superiority has been essential for global-leading countries. Since the invention…

This Day In History: The Germans Murder 20,000 Innocent People in The Ukraine (1941)
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This Day In History: The Germans Murder 20,000 Innocent People in The Ukraine (1941)

On this day in Ukraine in 1941, more than 22,000 Hungarian Jews are murdered by the Nazi death squad. Ukraine…

This Day In History: The Battle of Crecy Was Fought (1346)
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This Day In History: The Battle of Crecy Was Fought (1346)

  On this day in history, the battle of Crecy was fought between the armies of France and England. On…

This Day In History: Washington Tried to Persuade Hessian Mercenaries to Desert (1776)
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This Day In History: Washington Tried to Persuade Hessian Mercenaries to Desert (1776)

During a campaign in the New York area, in 1776, George Washington plans to weaken the British Army. He decided…

This Day In History: The Battle of Tannenberg Begins (1914)
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This Day In History: The Battle of Tannenberg Begins (1914)

On this day in history the German 8th Army, under the dual leadership of Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff,…

This Day In History: The British Burn the White House (1814)
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This Day In History: The British Burn the White House (1814)

On this day in 1814, America was shocked when  British troops enter Washington, D.C. and burn the White House. The…

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