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... Under-Secretary for War announces measures to give Home guard more permanent shape and better equipment without changing its ‘local and friendly character'.
1940: Royal Canadian Navy destroyer Ottawa and Royal Navy destroyer Harvester sink Italian submarine Faa di Bruno off Ireland.
1940: Britain promises financial assistance to Greece, starting w... |
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... the 9th Australian Division which is besieged at Tobruk is relieved by sea, as Polish reinforcements arrive.
1942: Now codenamed operation 'Jubilee', some 6,100 British and Canadian troops conduct a raid-in-force against the port of Dieppe, which ends in disaster. In less than 10 hours of battle, the British and Canadian forces lose 1,380 KIA, 1,600 wounded, 2,000 made... |
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... the Czech village of Lidice (Bohemia) and then set fire to village in response to Heydrich's death.
1944: Before dawn, the Allied Expeditionary Force of British, American, Canadian, Polish, and Free French troops begins Operation Overlord, the long-awaited invasion of France. After an intensive naval and aerial bombardment, the first wave of 5 divisions (156,115 men) a... |
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... by Paramount Studios in 1948 and almost immediately handed co-starring parts after an unbilled bit part in "Portrait of Jennie" (1948).
Earning a prime role in the picture "Canadian Pacific" (1949), the relatively inexperienced starlet was given the role of a lifetime as script girl Betty Schaefer, who attracts ne'er-do-well writer William Holden and irks reclusive div... |
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... by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa.
1945. In northern Holland the Canadians take Harlingen, 50 miles Northeast of Amsterdam and occupies Leeuwarden and Groningen. The US First Army captures Solingen and Wuppertal.
1945. The US 7th Army reaches Nuremburg... |
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... sebesülttel és menekülttel Koppenhága kikötőjébe tart, egy szovjet tengeralattjáró megtorpedózza. Csupán 183 túlélőt találnak. (Vö. 1945. január 30.; 1945. május 3.)
1945: The Canadian First Army reaches the coast in northern Holland and captures Arnhem in the South. The US First Army captures Leuna and Merseburg in Saxony, while the French First Army captures Kehl and ... |
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December 28.
1811 December 28, CIVIL RIGHTS (Germany)
Were extended to Jews in Frankfurt.
1968. december 28. "A Galilei elleni szégyenletes pertől kezdve a mai napig az inkvizíció több kárt okozott, mint mi, újító teológusok valamennyien. Azt mondom: 'az inkvizíció', nem pedig a vallástanítás kongregációja, mert semmi változás nem történt. Az ink... |
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... destroyer damaged.
1940: Army Co-operation Command is formed under the command of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barrett, RAF.
1940: The Italian submarine Argo torpedoes Royal Canadian Navy destroyer Saguenay, killing 21, but not sinking the ship. Saguenay had been escorting an eastbound convoy 300 miles west of Ireland.
1941: US-Japanese talks continue, R... |
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... Under-Secretary for War announces measures to give Home guard more permanent shape and better equipment without changing its ‘local and friendly character'.
1940: Royal Canadian Navy destroyer Ottawa and Royal Navy destroyer Harvester sink Italian submarine Faa di Bruno off Ireland.
1940: Britain promises financial assistance to Greece, starting w... |
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... burned. Churches are destroyed and priests arrested. Even the wearing of crosses is forbidden. Owning a typewriter is now a crime.
1940: On a convoy in the North Atlantic, Royal Canadian Navy destroyer Margaree collides with freighter Port Fairy in poor visibility, 400 miles west of Ireland. It is the first convoy mission for the destroyer, and 140 lives are lost.... |
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