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22nd April 1915: Chlorine gas marks start of 2nd Battle of Ypres

22nd April 2021
Tagged as: Belgium, Chemical warfare, First World War, France, Germany, Military

On the 22^nd April 1915, the Second Battle of Ypres began in Belgium.

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8th June 1972: Nick Ut takes his harrowing photo of Vietnamese girl, Phan Thị Kim Phúc, running from napalm

8th June 2020
Tagged as: Chemical warfare, Children, Civilians, Cold War, Communism, Napalm, Vietnam, War

On the 8^th June 1972 one of the most iconic photographs of the Vietnam War was taken of Phan Thị Kim Phúc, a nine-year-old girl from the South Vietnamese village of Trang Bang.

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22nd April 1915: Chlorine gas marks start of 2nd Battle of Ypres

8th June 1972: Nick Ut takes his harrowing photo of Vietnamese girl, Phan Thị Kim Phúc, running from napalm

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

24th January 41: Caligula is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard

23rd January 1556: The deadliest earthquake ever recorded hit the Chinese province of Shaanxi and surrounding areas

22nd January 1808: Portuguese royal court relocates to Brazil

21st January 1793: Former French King Louis XVI executed by guillotine at the Place de la Revolution in Paris

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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