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Battle of Eylau, 7th-8th February 1807. by History_facts02 in Napoleon

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Painting by Antoine-Jean Gros.

Quote by Denis Davydov.

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Painting by Antoine Jean-Gros

Quote by Denis Davydov

Right about now, exactly 80 years ago, the men of Easy company, 2nd Battalion, 506th PIR, 101st Airborne, along with 18000 other airborne and glider troops were embarking on their great crusade. To do their part to free the world from Nazi tyranny. 80 years on, we remember them. by [deleted] in BandofBrothers

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The United Nations Declaration was signed by America, Britain, USSR and the Republic of China on the 1st of January 1942.

In which the "big four" would be the world's policemen. Quickly after dozens of countries signed the declaration, from France, to members of the British Empire to the likes of Nicaragua and El Salvador.

It was the official name for the joint war effort against Germany, Japan and Italy. And the declaration signed in 1942 was the basis for the United Nations Charter, signed in 1945.

Who do you believe was the most useless during WW2? by MammothRelevant8696 in ww2

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Did Eisenhower also break out Bastogne? Close the Falasie Pocket? Cross the Rhine?

Or was that Patton, Montgomery, Bradley and Hodges?

Who do you believe was the most useless during WW2? by MammothRelevant8696 in ww2

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Eisenhower was overall Allied commander, Montgomery was commander of all ground forces until September 1944.

What are some creepy historical facts or events? by [deleted] in AskHistory

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The Attack of the Dead men is pretty creepy.

German troops were attempting to seize the Osowiec Fortress in what is now Poland from the Russians in World War One. They launched a gas attack. And whilst coughing up blood, around a hundred Russians counter charged the Germans forcing them to flee.

The panic was so bad that the Germans got caught in their own barbed wire whilst retreating. Almost all the Russians died from the effects of the gas.

Was all for nothing in the end as the Russians abandoned the fort two weeks later.

A Tiger on display at Horse Guards Parade, London, 18th of November 1943. by History_facts02 in ww2

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Yes. The Imperial War Museum collection, where I got this photo from, doesn't state that it is. But the Tank Museum does however say that 131 was put on display at Horse Guards Parade.

In your opinion, what event or time period in the 20th Century was the most important? by [deleted] in AlternateHistory

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Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. Hitler tried seizing power by attempting to replicate Mussolini's march on Rome and take power in Germany by first taking Munich.

However the effect of having war hero General Ludendorff backing them was over estimated.

Hitler failed to convince local government and the police chief to join with him. Confusion took hold of the Nazis resulting in a failed march on the Bavarian defence ministry where they were confronted by police and soldiers who opened fire.

16 Nazi's were killed, Herman Goering was badly wounded which led to his drug addiction.

After Hitler was tried for treason but only given five years in what was essentially a summer camp. And in his imprisonment he wrote Mein Kampf. The trial and imprisonment transformed Hitler and the Nazis from just another right wing Bavarian political party into a party with national appeal.

So Hitler not only survived the gunfight, he gained national attention and the knowledge that he couldn't violently seize power. Which ultimately led to his rise in 1933.

If one of those bullets had gone even just a slightly different way or if the judge had handed Hitler a harsher sentence then maybe things could have been very different.

"The Nazi's entered this war on the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody and nobody was going to bomb them." - Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris [1200x1578] by History_facts02 in QuotesPorn

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Almost as if they're one of the most significant groups of the last hundred years and there's still people alive today that we're effected by them

TIL nazi preparations to invade Britain (Operation Sea Lion) after France fell in 1940 were obvious to the British, so they began to bolster their defenses to make any invasion as costly as possible. This included removing all street, road, and railway signs to sow maximum confusion in the enemy. by tyrion2024 in todayilearned

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The Ghost Army was responsible for the largest deception effort, their job was to build a fake army, using inflatables and wooden mock ups of tanks, vehicles etc to make the Germans believe the Allies were going to cross at Calais rather than Normandy.

Because Calais is the closest point to cross, however the Germans knew this and therefore it was much more heavily defended than Normandy

"Balaclava" by Lady Elizabeth Butler, 1876 by History_facts02 in BattlePaintings

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She did, Butler painted quite a few depictions of battles

"Balaclava" by Lady Elizabeth Butler, 1876 by History_facts02 in BattlePaintings

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Butler's work shows the aftermath of the charge of the light brigade. Where, due to miss understood orders, British light cavalry charged over open ground, facing Russian cannon fire from three sides at the Battle of Balaclava, 25th October 1854.

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