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17th May 1943: Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron carries out the ‘Dambusters’ raids

17th May 2022
Tagged as: Aircraft, Barnes Wallis, Bomb, Bouncing Bomb, Britain, Germany, Guy Gibson, Royal Air Force, Ruhr Valley, Second World War

Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron attacked German dams in Operation Chastise, otherwise known as the Dambuster Raids.

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26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr

26th September 2021
Tagged as: Germany, Reparations, Ruhr Valley, Stresemann

Despite the anger from some Germans, Stresemann’s actions laid the foundation for the economic recovery that Germany experienced up until the onset of the Great Depression.

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17th May 1943: Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron carries out the ‘Dambusters’ raids

26th September 1923: Gustav Stresemann of Germany ends passive resistance in the Ruhr

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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

31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

30th January 1649: Execution of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland outside the Banqueting House in London

29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

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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