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6 August 1945 WHY did the USA drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?  
9/10 Mar. 1945 The fire-bombing of Tokyo: the largest immediate loss of life in any bombing attack in history  
13 Feb. 1945 The bombing of Dresden
11 Dec. 1944 The Battle of The Bulge: the Germans' last desperate attempt to end WWII in the West  
Sept. 1914 The First Battle of the Marne : 5-12 September 1914  
1898-2009 Harry Patch - 'The Last Fighting Tommy"  
1887-1976 Lord Bernard Montgomery: commanded the Allies in North Africa and in the subsequent invasions of Italy and Normandy.
1885-1945 General George S. Patton: charismatic General of WWII
1899-1943 Jean Moulin: heroic leader of the French Resistance in WWII
1862 The Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg in the American Civil War  
1856-1951 Marshall Pétain: WW1 hero and WWII villain
1851-1937 Johnny Clem, "the drummer boy of Shiloh"  
1815 Napoleon's Old Guard ("Les Immortels") are disbanded by Louis VIII  
1801 The Battle of Copenhagen, when Horatio Nelson "turned a blind eye."  
1758-1805 Admiral Nelson & HMS Victory: the defeat of Napoleon at Trafalgar
1757-1834 Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette - French hero of the American Revolution  
July, 1480 The Ottoman Conquest of Otranto and Muslim massacre of 800 men who refused to submit to ISLAM  
25 Oct. 1415 The Battle of Agincourt: one of England's most famous victories in the 100 Years War  
21 July, 1403 The Battle of Shrewsbury  
52 BC The Battle of Alesia: the defeat of the Gauls under Vercingetorix and the end of Celtic rule  
333 BC The Battle of Issus: Alexander the Great defeated the Persian army under Darius III