Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.
3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA
3rd February 2021
On the 18th September 1931, the Manchurian Crisis – also known as the Mukden Incident –began when Japanese soldiers blew up a section of their own railway in the Chinese region of Manchuria.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019