Normandy · prisoners of war
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Enero
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1419 Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1945 World War II: The Battle of the Bulge ends.
Febrero
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1945 World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Army begin a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
151 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1942 World War II: Fall of Singapore. Following an assault by Japanese forces, the British General Arthur Percival surrenders. About 80,000 Indian, United Kingdom and Australian soldiers become prisoners of war, the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.
Marzo
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1940 Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre.
61 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1204 The Siege of Château Gaillard ends in a French victory over King John of England, who loses control of Normandy to King Philip II Augustus.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1973 The Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Burst of Joy is taken, depicting a former prisoner of war being reunited with his family, which came to symbolize the end of United States involvement in the Vietnam War.
231 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1918 First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment is annihilated with many of the men becoming prisoners of war.
Abril
132 hechos ·
acontecimiento · 1943 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre: British Indian Army troops led by Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer kill approximately 379–1,000 unarmed demonstrators including men and women in Amritsar, India. Approximately 1,500 are injured.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1942 World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
281 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: Nine German E-boats attack US and UK units during Exercise Tiger, the rehearsal for the Normandy landings, killing 946.
Mayo
131 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1833 Major-General Sir Francis Edward Archibald Chamier, CB, CIE, IMM** British-Indian officer during the British Raj (died 1923)
251 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1738 A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
Junio
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: More than 1,000 British bombers drop 5,000 tons of bombs on German gun batteries on the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day.
62 hechos ·
celebración · D-Day Invasion Anniversary
1 más ese día
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: Commencement of Operation Overlord: The Allied invasion of Normandy begins with the execution of Operation Neptune—commonly referred to as D-Day—the largest seaborne invasion in history. Nearly 160,000 Allied troops cross the English Channel with about 5,000 landing and assault craft, 289 escort vessels, and 277 minesweepers participating. By the end of the day, the Allies have landed on five invasion beaches and are pushing inland.
71 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: Battle of Normandy: At Ardenne Abbey, members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.
Agosto
21 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1897 Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
51 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later either killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: Waffen-SS troops massacre 560 people in Sant'Anna di Stazzema.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1950 Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war are massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.
221 hecho ·
nacimiento · 1915 Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, 15th Prime Minister of the Polish Republic in Exile (died 2005)
Septiembre
121 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1942 World War II: RMS Laconia, carrying civilians, Allied soldiers and Italian POWs is torpedoed off the coast of West Africa and sinks with a heavy loss of life.
Noviembre
91 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1940 Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari by the Polish government-in-exile.
191 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.
Diciembre
41 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1259 Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
101 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1942 World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
111 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1941 World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.
161 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: The Battle of the Bulge begins with the surprise offensive of three German armies through the Ardennes forest.
171 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: Battle of the Bulge: Malmedy massacre: American 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion POWs are shot by Waffen-SS Kampfgruppe Joachim Peiper.
221 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1944 World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"
241 hecho ·
acontecimiento · 1943 World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for Operation Overlord.
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