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

28th May 1987: Mathias Rust, an 18-year-old amateur pilot from West Germany, illegally landed a private aircraft near Moscow’s Red Square

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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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