· 1401, Timur sacks Damascus· 1603, Tokugawa Ieyasu is granted the title of shōgun· 1794, Tadeusz Kościuszko announces a general uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia· 1829, Ignacio Zaragoza is born· 1944, 76 Allied prisoners begin breaking out of the Stalag Luft III camp· 1944, Orde Wingate dies
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Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Museum Embarking on Project to Reconstruct WWII-Era Fairey Barracuda · The British Army Took Over the Village of Tyneham to Prepare for D-Day · Museum Releases Promotional Booklet Ahead of ‘The Third Man’ Film Anniversary · St. Ermin’s Hotel: The London Hotel Favorited By Spies Posts pagination 1 2 3 4 5 … 2,305
Sniper vs Trumpeter: The Normandy Orchard Solo That Stopped a Bullet · They Fought for a Country That Refused to Fight for Them: The Double V Campaign and America’s Segregated WWII Army · Ireland’s Secret WWII Bid to Team Up With Germany: Operation Dove · Before the Blitz, Britain’s Forgotten WWII Pet Massacre Killed 750,000 Pets · Johnny Appleseed Day Has a Surprising WWII Link: How Victory Gardens Helped Feed the War · The Night the U.S. Navy Task Force Attacked the Planet Venus Posts pagination 1 2 3 4 5 … 2,305
The Briefcase That Could End the World: Inside the “Nuclear Football” · M47 Patton Makes Running Debut at TANKFEST 2025 · The Tank Museum Receives Leopard AS1 Donation from Australian Army · The Tank Museum Announces Cold War Vehicle Line-Up for TANKFEST 2025 Posts pagination 1 2 3 4 5 … 2,305
You Won’t Believe the Bravery of These 5 Animal Soldiers · The Brave Cats of the Great War: Why Every Trench Unit Wanted a Feline Companion · The 1917 Intercept That Pulled America Into WWI—and Feels Like 2026 · Black History Month: The WWI Black Soldiers America Needed—but Didn’t Trust Posts pagination 1 2 3 4 5 … 2,305