Leon Trotsky was fatally wounded with an ice axe by Spanish communist Ramón Mercader.
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Leon Trotsky in hospital after ice axe attack
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20th August 1940: Leon Trotsky attacked with an ice axe in Mexico
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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