The Battle of Berlin ended after German General Helmuth Weidling surrendered to Soviet General Vasily Chuikov.
12th July 1862: Creation of the Congressional Medal of Honor
12th July 2020
Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the ‘mutilated victory’ of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in 1919.
Giacomo Matteotti, an Italian socialist politician, was kidnapped and then murdered by members of the Fascist party.
The Battle of Cable Street saw demonstrators block a march by Oswald Mosley’s British Union of Fascists.
3rd August 1492: Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain
3rd August 2020
1st August 1981: Cable music television channel MTV is launched
1st August 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018