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On this day, German troops ended even the pretence of Czech independence when they entered the remaining portions of Bohemia and Moravia with little resistance!
On this day, 13th March 1954, the Battle of Dien Bien Phu began, when Viet Minh forces began an attack on the French fortress. This battle would begin the dissolution of the French Empire and set the scene for American involvement in the future.
After 11 days, it's now increasingly evident that Russia has already lost this war, this is my first video on my new channel that concentrates on politics and current events https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UC0uJtZMtpBlrDbDEjOFwNKg/videos
On this day, 23rd February, 1944, Soviet Authorities, under the supervision of the sadistic, murdering, rapist Beria, began the ethnic cleansing of the ancient homeland of the Chechens, deporting them into exile to Kazakstan and Siberia.
On this day, George Kennan, an American diplomat in Moscow sent the Long Telegram to Washington, explaining Soviet actions and advising a 'containment' policy. This would influence Truman to issue his 'Truman Doctrine' and set the course for the Cold War.
On this day, 21st February, 1848, one day before the outbreak of the revolution in Paris, marking the beginning of the year of revolution that would sweep Europe, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels published the Communist Manifesto in London.
On this day, 17th February, 1979, China begins an incursion into Vietnam, in order to save their Khmer Rouge allies in Cambodia, China got more than they had reckoned when the Vietnamese gave them a bloody nose.
On this day, 16th February, 1940, British Naval vessels intercepted a German ship in Norwegian waters, breaching Norwegian neutrality and freeing 300 British POWs, this would be later used by the Germans as part of their justification for the invasion of Norway less than two months later.
On this day, 15th February, 1971, British coinage became a little more beige!
On this day, 14th February, the first full day of the firebombing of Dresden, the RAF and USAAF dropped almost 1000 pounds of explosives on a prostrate city.
On this day, 11th February, 1812, the term 'Gerrymandering' was first used in response to Governor Gerry of Massachusetts signing onto law a new redistricting map.
On this day, 10th February, 1567, Lord Darnley of House Stuart, is found murdered in Edinburgh, Mary, Queen of Scots is suspected of conspiring to kill her estranged husband.
On this day, 9th February, 1822 Haitian troops entered Santo Domingo and began an occupation that would last 20 years.
On this day, 8th February, 1904, the Japanese Imperial Fleet attacked the Russian Fleet at Port Arthur, beginning the Russo-Japanese War.
On this day, 7th February, 1992, the Treaty of European Union was signed in Maastricht, it brought together various agencies and organisations to create this more centralised and centralising organisation.
On this day, 3rd February, 1509, a Portuguese fleet defeated a combined force of Ottoman Turks, Malmuk Egyptians, Venetians, Guajaratis and force from Calicut at the Battle of Diu, from here on in, it would be Portugal that ruled the waves.
On this day, 2nd February, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed by the defeated Mexicans and victorious Americans. The United States was to take almost half of Mexico as a result.
On this day, 1st February, 1662, the renegade Chinese general Koxinga takes Fort Zeelandia from the Dutch after a 9 months siege, marking the beginning of Chinese rule over the island.
On this day, 31st January 1968, in the early hours just after 3am a Viet Cong attack on the American Embassy in Saigon began, it shocked the world and demoralised America.
On this day, 30th January, 1945, American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas carried out an attack on a POW camp at Cabanatuan rescuing over 500 prisoners.
On this day, 29th January, 1814, the Battle of Brienne began, although a victory for Napoleon, it marked the end of his Empire.
On this day, 28th January 1624, the first English colony was founded in the Caribbean on the Island of St Kitts by the adventurer and Royal Guard Thomas Warner.
On this day, 28th January, 1671, Henry Morgan, a Welsh privateer sacked the city of Panama in a daring raid, but this led to fires in the city that destroyed it.
On this day, 27th January, 1944, the Siege of Leningrad, which had lasted almost 900 days, and cost the lives of over 1,500,000 people, is lifted.
On this day, 26th January, 1808, the Governor of New South Wales, Captain Bligh, was overthrown and arrested.
On this channel, I am talking about historical events that happened on each day of the year, some will be well known events, others will be less well known.
I've always had a passion for history, as a teenager I read voraciously about ancient Greece and Rome, when at university I studied modern World History, Modern British History, Modern American History and Modern European History and now I continue to study in my own time.
Unfortunately most people are not interested in history and so I have decided that the best way to talk about the things I am interested in is to do via YouTube!
I am new to all this, and so I intend to get better and make these videos better and better as time goes on!