Day: August 16, 2024

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@MilHistNow: Today in 1819, cavalry from the British army’s 15th Hussars charge into a crowd of political demonstrators in Manchester’s St. Peter’s Fields killing 18 and injuring hundreds. The slaughter will be dubbed the Peterloo Massacre — a sardonic reference to the Battle of Waterloo.



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@MilHistNow: On this day in 1914, a 25-year-old drifter from Austria named Adolf Hitler enlists to fight in the German Army’s 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry. Before the war is over, he’ll be awarded two Iron Crosses and be promoted to corporal.


On this day in 1914, a 25-year-old drifter from Austria named Adolf Hitler enlists to fight in the German Army’s 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry. Before the war is over, he’ll be awarded two Iron Crosses and be promoted to corporal.

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Revealed: Ukraine’s plan to force Putin to retreat in shame


Exclusive: Ukraine’s top adviser to president Volodymyr Zelensky tells Tom Watling that Western partners knew about their incursion into the Russian Kursk region and details why Moscow must be bullied into a peace negotiation

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Putin promised poorly-trained conscripts wouldn’t be sent to war. Now the front line has come to them


Messages on social media have revealed how unprepared Moscow was for this kind of attack, leaving conscripts in charge of defending the border with Ukraine.

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Ukraine troops seize largest Russian town yet as Zelensky hints at more attacks- live


Volodymyr Zelensky said his troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha as the offensive into Kursk moves forward