Events for December 2019

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Battle of the River Plate

13th December 1939

The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. The dramatic sea fight between German pocket battleship Admiral Graf… Read more...

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WWII: Malmedy massacre

17th December 1944

Kampfgruppe Peiper, part of the 1st SS Panzer Division, massacres 84 unarmed American Prisoners of War at Malmedy. Read more...

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Attack on Pearl Harbor

7th December 1941

On the morning of December 7th 1941, aircraft and midget submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy began a surprise attack on the U.S. under the command of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. Despite long-standing assertions that this… Read more...

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Frederick II of Hohenstaufen was born

26th December 1194

One of the most remarkable personalities of the Middle Ages, Frederick II of Hohenstaufen was born in 1194. His parents - the reigning Holy Roman Emperor and the heiress to the Kingdom of Sicily -… Read more...

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Worst air raid on London

29th December 1940

On the evening of 29th December 1940, London suffers its most devastating air raid when German planes firebomb the city. Hundreds of fires caused by the exploding bombs engulfed areas of London, but fire fighters… Read more...

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Start of the Soviet war in Afghanistan

27th December 1979

This nine-year conflict involving the Soviet Union, supporting the Marxist government of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan at their own request, against the Islamist Mujahideen Resistance. The Afghan government was also supported by India, while… Read more...

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