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WWI: End of Battle of Caporetto 19th November 1917 The Battle of Caporetto took place from 24th October to 19th November 1917, near the town of Kobarid (now in Slovenia), on the Austro-Italian front of World War I. The battle was named after the… Read more...
WWII: Operation Clipper - Battle for Geilenkirchen 18th November 1944 Part of Operation Clipper, the Battle for Geilenkirchen was the first battle on German soil to be fought by the British since Minden in 1759. For them, it was just one more battle on the… Read more...
Dave Molyneux was born 21st November 1963 Dave Molyneux is a Sidecar TT racer with fourteen Isle of Man TT wins and has had more TT wins than any other sidecar TT racer. Read more...
Escape From Auschwitz 6th November 1942 On 6 November 1942, 70 captured Red Army soldiers staged an extraordinary mass escape from Auschwitz. Read more...
German V-2 Rocket kills 168 shoppers in London 26th November 1944 At lunchtime on 26th November 1944, a German V-2 rocket fell on a packed Woolworths store in New Cross Road, killing 168 people (including 15 children), injuring 122 others and razing the building to the… Read more...
Seige of Ladysmith Begins 2nd November 1899 The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. Overall the British suffered 175 killed and 249 wounded. 52 dead Boers were left in the British positions, but… Read more...
