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Today in 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escapes from the Mediterranean island of Elba after nine months of exile. Three weeks later, he'll be back on the throne of France. His dramatic return kicks off what's remembered as 'the Hundred Days' leading to his final defeat at Waterloo
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Marines quickly haul an ammunition cart onto the beach at Iwo Jima. 🪖
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81 years ago today, two Marines look out over Iwo Jima from atop Mt. Suribachi, where two days prior, the US flag was raised. 🇺🇸
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81 years ago today, Pfc. Morton Fernberg of the 8th Infantry Division takes shelter from an artillery barrage in Duren, Germany. 🪖
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81 years ago today, an M4A3 (76) 'Sherman' of the 771st Tank Battalion after fighting in ruins of the German town of Linnich. 🪖
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82 years ago today, Americans fire their heavy 81mm mortar at Japanese positions across the Tsinamutu River on Bougainville. 🪖
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81 years ago today, Hershel “Woody” Williams of the 3rd Marine Division would earn the Medal of Honor on Iwo Jima with his flame thrower. 🪖
He was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II passing away in July of 2022. 🇺🇸
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⚔️ The bronze Greek sculptures known as the Riace Bronzes or the Riace Warriors, c. 460-450 BCE.
The statues were rescued from the Ionian Sea near Riace Marina, Italy in 1972 CE. The bronze figures are around 2 metres tall.
(National Archaeological Museum of Reggio Calabria, Italy).
📷 Photo by Alexander van Loon.
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On this day in 1799, the frigate USS Constellation defeats the French warship L'Insurgente off Nevis. It's the first battle of America's undeclared (and largely forgotten) "Quasi War" against its former ally France.
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Today in 1258, the Mongols capture Baghdad and end the 500-year Abbasid Caliphate. The invaders slaughter 90,000 inhabitants and destroy the city's prized Grand Library. The Tigris reportedly runs both red from blood and black from the ink of the books thrown into the water.
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Today in 1763, the Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War. A defeated France cedes the vast territory of Canada to Britain in exchange for the Caribbean colonies of St Lucia, Guadeloupe & Martinique. Voltaire writes that all King Louis XV has lost is "a few acres of snow."
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In February of 1945, muddy soldiers of the 76th Infantry Division clean their weapons before moving up the line in the woods near Echternach, Luxembourg. 🪖
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In February of 1945, Americans in their M36 Tank Destroyer near Düren Germany. 🇺🇸
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If you thought legendary Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry’s coaching resume in the NFL was impressive, you should see his service record as a pilot with the 8th Air Force during WW2 ✈️
- 30 combat missions over Europe
- 3 Air Medals 🎖️
- Survived crash landing over 🇧🇪
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In February of 1945, a paratrooper of the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment prepares to move out after surviving his jump on Corregidor in the Philippines. 🪂
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In February of 1945, two Marines pay their respects at the grave of Gunnery Sgt. John Basilone who was killed on the first day of fighting on Iwo Jima. 🪦
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There were 8 future Presidents who served during World War II 🇺🇸
George H.W. Bush (Navy)
Ronald Reagan (Army Air Force)
Jimmy Carter (Navy)
Gerald Ford (Navy)
Richard Nixon (Navy)
John F. Kennedy (Navy)
Lyndon B. Johnson (Navy)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Army)
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In Margraten, Netherlands, there is a 65-acre cemetery with 8,301 graves of American soldiers who died liberating the Netherlands.🪖
Each of the American graves is adopted by a local family as their own. Currently, there is a 300-person waiting list to adopt one. 🇳🇱🇺🇸
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1st Sgt. Leonard Funk Jr. of the 82nd Airborne Division…one of the most decorated paratroopers of WW2.
-Medal of Honor 🇺🇸
-Distinguished Service Cross 🪂
-Silver Star 🪖
-Bronze Star 🎖️
-3 Purple Hearts 💜
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In February of 1945, the USS Texas is underway off the Island of Iwo Jima where she would fire 923 rounds from her main battery between Feb. 18 and March 7. ⚓️
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81 years ago today, Marines celebrate the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima. 🇺🇸
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🗺️ This #map illustrates the origins and territorial expansion of the #Aztec Empire in #Mesoamerica between the 14th and 16th centuries. The Aztecs trace their origins to the 12th century, when they began settling in the Valley of #Mexico among other competing city-states. By the 15th century, their empire had grown into the most powerful polity in Mesoamerica, rivaled only by the #Inca Empire in South #America.
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Today in 1943, the United States successfully drives the Japanese from Guadalcanal after 186-days of fighting. 7,000 American troops have been killed in the campaign; Japan's losses are 19,000. Although costly, the victory turns the tide of the Pacific War in the Allies' favour.
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Today in 1906, Great Britain launches the battleship HMS Dreadnought, thereby upping the ante in its naval arms race with Imperial Germany. The bulk of the two countries' expanding fleets will meet 10 years later at Jutland.
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"War is the remedy that our enemies have chosen, and I say let us give them all they want."
— William Tecumseh Sherman, born on this day in 1820.
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General Patton aboard the USS Augusta prior to Operation Torch in 1942. 🪖
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Marine Cpl. Robert Borrell fires a .50 caliber machine gun inside a bomber over Papua New Guinea. 🪖
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In February of 1944, the view of an M1 155mm howitzer that blew up, killing five of its crew and wounding several others on Kwajalein. 🪖
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81 years ago today, Moroccan soldiers of the 1st French Corps fill the hands of American soldiers with candy in Rouffach, France. 🪖
The Americans are with the 12th Armored Division 🇺🇸
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