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26. 1. 1880

General Douglas MacArthur

Douglas MacArthur,(born January 26, 1880 in Arkansas) was a five-star general in the United States Army and a field marshal in the Philippine Army...

23. 1. 1919

23.01.1919 - Czechoslovak army invaded Těšín

It has claimed dozens of dead soldiers, and hundreds more missing. Although 101 years have passed since the Seven-Day War, there is still one incorrect claim in Polish literature...

22. 1. 1941

22.01. 1941 - Conquest of Tobruk

On June 10, 1940, Italian leader Benito Mussolini decided that the time was right for his brave and fearless army to go into battle and win some glorious victories.

21. 1. 1933

21.01.1933 - The only attempt at a fascist coup in our country ended in fiasco

At the same time that Hitler was taking power in Germany, a fascist coup was also being prepared in Czechoslovakia.

They created an image of the plane that crashed 77 years ago

Scientists have created an image of a World War II TBF Avenger that crashed near Hawaii. The crew of three died. They were part of a squadron that took part in the Battle of Midway.

19. 1. 1862

19.01.1862 - General Kralíček

He was born on 19 January 1862 in Hustěnovice in the Uherské Hradiště region as the youngest of eight children and was orphaned as a boy. Life was not kind to him, yet General Rudolf Králíček ranked among the most important military leaders of the Austro-Habsburg army. He could have become even the most influential.

15. 1. 1950

15.1.1950 - Death of General Henry H. Arnold

In 1911, he became a student of the Wright Brothers Flight School, where he received his Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) pilot's certificate No. 29 and his military airman's certificate No. 2.

9. 1. 1916

9.1.1916 - End of the Battle of Gallipoli

The Ottoman Empire fought alongside the Central Powers against Tsarist Russia in the Caucasus, where Russian troops were numerically weaker and poorly supplied. Russia therefore asked Great Britain for help in this area on 2 January 1915.

Prison camps Jeseník 1941-1945

If you are interested in visiting Jeseniky you can visit the Museum of the history of the village and prison camps 1941-1945.

Search for Holocaust victims

Investigators from the Institute of National Memory (IPN) have announced the discovery of another massgrave near the site of the Treblinka I extermination camp during World War II. Scientists from other institutions were also invited to join the research. It is not yet clear how many of the dead are in the pit, which measures roughly 3.4 by 4.5 metres.

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