Events for November 2021

November in History

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The first Battle of Ypres ends

22nd November 1914

The result was a victory for the Allies, although losses were particularly heavy on both sides. The Germans called the battle "The Massacre of the Innocents of Ypres" (in German Kindermord bei Ypern) as most… Read more...

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Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to reach 100mph

30th November 1934

The LNER Class A3 Pacific locomotive no. 4472 "Flying Scotsman" (originally no. 1472) was built in 1923 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of H.N. Gresley. It… Read more...

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End of World War I

11th November 1918

11th minute, of the 11th hour, on the 11th day - 1918. No other war had changed the map of Europe so dramatically - four empires disappeared: the German, Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman and the Russian. Four… Read more...

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Battle of Berezina ends

29th November 1812

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon's army retreated from Moscow under appalling conditions, hunted by three separate Russian armies, its chances of survival apparently nil. By late November Napoleon had reached the banks of the… Read more...

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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...

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Hitler survives assassination attempt!

8th November 1939

"On this day in 1939, on the 16th anniversary of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch, a bomb explodes just after Hitler has finished giving a speech. He was unharmed. Hitler had made an annual ritual on… Read more...

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