The four people killed in the air raids were all civilians, which served as a stark message about the changing nature of warfare in the 20th Century.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019
The Battle of Monte Cassino began when Allied forces launched the first of four attacks against the Gustav Line in Italy.
The Ottomans had suffered up to 20,000 casualties compared to Skanderbeg’s 1,000 during the siege.
By the end of the Battle of the Somme, the Allies had advanced more than six miles into German-held territory.
Giuseppe Garibaldi met with Victor Emmanuel II, the King of Sardinia, at Teano and handed him control of southern Italy.
The writer Thomas Carlyle is credited with giving the conflict its name in his 1858 biography of the Prussian King Friedrich II.
On the 27th July 1942, Allied forces in North Africa stopped the advancing Axis powers in the First Battle of El Alamein.
The Franco-Prussian War began with a declaration of war by the French emperor, Napoleon III.
Approximately 23,000 Union soldiers and 28,000 Confederates were killed, wounded, or captured in just three days.
On the 25th June 1876, the Battle of Little Bighorn began when American Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer led federal troops against the combined forces of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Plains Indians.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2020
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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