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6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the USSR

6th July 2026
Tagged as: Cold War, Firearms, Guns, Innovation, Invention, Russia, Technology, USSR, War, Warfare, Weapon

The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle went into production in the Soviet Union.

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27th July 1942: Allied forces in North Africa stop the advancing Axis powers in the First Battle of El Alamein

27th July 2025
Tagged as: Axis, Axis Alliance, Desert, Egypt, El Alamein, Rommel, Second World War, Tank, Warfare

The First Battle of El Alamein continued for nearly 4 weeks and saw both sides launch attacks and counter-attacks, eventually ending in stalemate with both sides taking time to reorganise and re-equip.

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6th July 1947: The Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle goes into production in the USSR

27th July 1942: Allied forces in North Africa stop the advancing Axis powers in the First Battle of El Alamein

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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

12th September 1940: Prehistoric cave paintings discovered at Lascaux, in the Dordogne region of southwestern France

11th September 1978: Janet Parker becomes the last recorded person in the world to die from smallpox

10th September 1919: Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain at the end of the First World War

9th September 1513: Battle of Flodden marks the largest battle to ever take place between Scotland and England

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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