Today in History

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1919 Remaining crews of the arrested German deep sea fleet scuttle their ships in Scapa Flow.

1931 The Schienenzeppelin reaches a top speed of 230,2km/h.

1942 Tobruk gets lost to the German Afrikakorps.

 

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1941 Operation Barbarossa begins, German Wehrmacht invading the Soviet Union, about 3.000.000 German soldiers involved.

1944 Soviet Operation Bagration begins, sweeping German troops out of the Soviet territory and shattering the German Heeresgruppe Mitte until end of year, bringing the heaviest losses in German military history.

 

[Turnip]

1972 Statutory National Military Service decreases from 18 months to 15 months duration.

1999 Belgium, France, Netherlands and Luxemburg cease prohibition for Coca-Cola beverages.

 

[Harp]

1972 Statutory National Military Service decreases from 18 months to 15 months duration.

I did a tour with the Hellenic Army advising an infantry battalion largely conscripted for two years service.
Greek Army draftees were paid thirty drachma a month, or $3 USD; punishment allocated additional time added
to mandated term. I knew a lot of Greek buck ass privates whom were still working off their two years three or more
years after induction. Greece also tossed in a bordello visit bonus two or three times a year.

 

[Turnip]

There you’ve got it, we poor guys in German Navy just got the traditional liter of duty free booze per month and two packs of duty free cigs per sea day...

 

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1812 Crossing the Memel with 475.000 men Napoleon Bonaparte´s Grand Armée rolls out the French Russia-campaign.

 

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1941 Begin of WWII´s first (double) encirclement battle at Bialystok/Minsk.

1960 Madagaskar gains independence from France.

1960 British Somalia gains independence from Great Britain.

 

[Turnip]

1843 Honkong declared to be British colony.

1976 CN Tower opens in Toronto, until 2007 the world´s highest free standing building. Been up there, impressive view!

 

[Turnip]

1942 German Wehrmacht rolls out "Fall Blau", their last strategic offensive opreation in Russia. Exhausting and wasting the remaining invasive troops and second outfit replacements, overstretching the frontlines and ending up in the Stalingrad desaster.

 

[AbbaDatDeHat]

1942 German Wehrmacht rolls out "Fall Blau", their last strategic offensive opreation in Russia. Exhausting and wasting the remaining invasive troops and second outfit replacements, overstretching the frontlines and ending up in the Stalingrad desaster.

Probably just distracted in France.
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[Turnip]

1880 France forces the abdication of King Pomaré V. and takes Tahiti into French Polynesia.

1976 The Seychelles gain independence from Great Britain.

 

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1984 A narrow majority of male citizens in Liechtenstein vote for female citizens to gain the right to vote in political elections.

 

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1876 British troops succeed in the deciding battle of the Zulu-war, near the Zulu-capital Ulundi.

1946 The Phillipines gain independence from USA.

 

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Today's date in 1954, Elvis had his first commercial recording session at Sun Records in Memphis. He recorded That's Allright, originally recorded by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup in 1946, I think it was.

 

[Edward Reed]

On this day in history July 5th, 1976, Forrest Gump started running across the USA. Three years, two months, 14 days and 16 hours later, in the middle of Utah, he suddenly stopped.
He was kinda tired…. Never Forget.

(Sorry couldn't resist. )

 

[Turnip]

1927 German Reichstag enacts a law about the umenployment insurance to be statutory for any German employee.

1978 The Salomon Islands gain independence from Great Britain.

 

[Harp]

Today's date in 1954, Elvis had his first commercial recording session at Sun Records in Memphis. He recorded That's Allright, originally recorded by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup in 1946, I think it was.

While at Hines VA Hospital for a routine check up, I met another vet who had served with Elvis in Germany.
Their company was permanently assigned battalion lawn maintenance sector using old push grass cutters
circa 1930s and swing blades. Elvis purchased modern gas powered lawn mowers without Army approval,
which they used for the duration till DEROS.

 

[Peacoat]

Today in 1940, the Battle of Britain began as the Luftwaffe started attacking southern England. The Royal Air Force was ultimately victorious.

 

[Turnip]

1921 The Irish Independence War ends with a truce.

1940 After the third national assembly of the third French republic passed a corresponding enabling law the day before, Marshal Petain proclaimed the first three constitutional acts that set the Vichy regime in place.

 

[Peacoat]

1939: Frank Sinatra made his first commercial recording, 'From the Bottom of My Heart' and 'Melancholy Mood,' with Harry James and his Orchestra for the Brunswick label.