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13th February 1945, 1400 RAF and 450 US Airforce planes conducted 3 bombing waves over the city of Dresden in 14 hours, The city was devastated. 3,900 tons of explosives and incendiaries reduced much of the city to smouldering rubble killing up to 135,000 people.
Cannot imagine what those 14 hours would have been like for the population at the time....
Regards
Alan
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I live in Darmstadt, where a similar raid happened on September 11, 1944. When things where done, one single building in the entire city survived. Everything else was reduced to ashes and ruins. My father tells stories how he played in the ruins as a kid. By now the entire city has been rebuild, again with one single ruin left as remembrance.  Luise's Square, the citys central plaza after the raid. I went shopping for an iron there earlier today.  The Golden Crown, the only building to survive the devastation. To get a bit of perspective, notice how this building is sitting noticably lower than the surrounding streets? It's the only building that's still on the original level of the city. Everything else is built up on the ruins, which is why the rest of the city is higher.  The City Chapel, the only ruin left today as a memorial
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Darmstadt, ruined in 1944 and now a beautiful place once again. I lived in Germany for some 18 years and have to say I loved every single minute I was there. Spent most of my time in the northern part of the country in and around Dusseldorf.... Simply a stunning country to see and live in..... Very fond memories of my time there....
Regards
Alan
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14th February 1945
The city of Prague was bombed. Believed to be an error made by pilots sent to bomb Dresden, pilots lost their way and were disorientated.
14th February 1779
Capt Cook was stabbed to death.
14th February 1797
The Spanish fleet was defeated by Capt Horatio Neslon and Admiral John Jervis near Cape St. Vincent
Regards
Alan
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15th February, 1938
Japan Invades China, a total of 60,000 soldiers entered Northern China using aircraft and tanks. They were attempting to complete the same type of conquest that was lead by Kubia Kahn, the Mongol emperor. The attack covered approximately 20 miles, from the Yellow River to the Henan Capital provincial (Kaifeng).
15th February 1942
Singapore Surrenders to the Japanese. Some 60,000 British, Australian, and Indian soldiers were captured, along with 70,000 other soldiers fighting with the Allied troops.
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16th Feb, 1804
US Navy lieutenant Steven Decatur leads a small group of sailors into Tripoli harbor and burns the USS Philadelphia.
16th Feb, 1923
The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen was opened in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, it lay undisturbed for 3000 years.
16th Feb 1940
The British destroyer HMS Cossack rescues British seamen from a German prison ship, the Altmark, in a Norwegian fjord.
16th Feb 1945
American paratroopers land on Corregidor to liberate the Philippines.
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Alan
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17th Feb 1864
Uss Housatonic is sunk in Charleston Harbour by the submarine Hunley
17th Feb 1919
An armistice is signed by Germany giving up territory in Poland
17th Feb 1944
U.S. troops landed on Eniwetok atoll, South Pacific
17th Feb 1955
The ability to build Hydrogen bombs is announced by Britain.
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Alan
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18th Feb 1930
Pluto discovery by Clyde Tombaugh in the Flagstaff observatory, Arizona.
18th Feb 1943
North Africa sees Rommel taking 3 towns in Tunisia
18th Feb 1945
Iwo Jima sees US Marines storm ashore
18th Feb 1977
Space Shuttle Enterprise has its maiden flight above the Mojave Desert from the back of a Boeing 747.
Regards
Alan
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19th Feb 1915
British and French warships attack Turkish forts at the mouth of the Dardenelles
19th Feb 1942
The Japanese bomb Port Darwin, Australia
19th Feb 1944
German aircraft production facilities are bombed by RAF and US Aircraft
19th Feb 1962
John Glenn completes the first orbit around the earth by an American
19th Feb 1965
The spacecraft Ranger 8 crashes on the moon after sending thousands of pictures back of the lunar surface
19th Feb 1986
The Soviet Union launches the MIR Space station.
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Alan
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20th Feb 1918
Ukrainian city of Kiev is seized by the Soviet Red army.
20th Feb 1942
Japanese bombers attack the carrier Lexington, 5 bombers are downed by Lt Edward O’Hare.
20th Feb 1943
US Forces defeated as the Afrika Korps break through the Kasserine Pass.
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Alan
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21st Feb 1744
27 French and Spanish warships attack the British and break the blockade of Toulon.
21st Feb 1797
Trinidad surrenders to the British
21st Feb 1922
Italian airship Roma crashes in Norfolk, Viginia. A hydrogen explosion was caused by the ship coming into contact with power lines.
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Alan
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22nd Feb 1797
1400 Frenchment land at Fishguard in Wales, this being the last invasion of Britain.
22nd Feb 1942
General Douglas MacArthur ordered to leave the Philippines by President Roosevelt.
22nd Feb 1963
US warned by Russia that an attack on Cuba would mean war
22nd Feb 1967
The Tet offensive in Vietnam ends.
22nd Feb 1991
Iraq given the ultimatum by President Bush to leave Kuwait or face full scale war
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Alan
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Very nice info Alan, short and to the point, like it!! 
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Nemesis wrote:Very nice info Alan, short and to the point, like it!! Thanks Nem, pleased you like the posts....  .. Deliberately keeping the headlines short and to the point. Will hopefully keep it going on a daily basis as long as members keep looking in. Thought it would be good to remind members of some of the key events in our history, after all it shaped where we are today..... Regards Alan
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23rd Feb 1836
The Alamo is besieged by Santa Anna
23rd Feb 1938
Bombs dropped on Japan by 12 Chinese Fighter planes.
23rd Feb 1942
An oil refinery in California is shelled by a Japanese submarine
23rd Feb 1944
The Marianas bombed by US bombers, 1300 miles from Tokyo
23rd Feb 1945
The US flag flies on top of Mount Subibachi on Iwo Jima
Eisenhower begins a large offensive in the Rhineland
23rd Feb 1991
The allied ground offensive against Iraq begins
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Alan
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24th Feb 1813
British sloop ‘Peacock’ sunk by the American sloop ‘Hornet’
24th Feb 1895
Cuban War of independence starts
24th Feb 1912
The first act of war against the Ottoman Empire carried out by Italy
bombing Beirut.
24th Feb 1944
A ground campaign into Burma against Japan is started by Merill’s Marauders,
24th Feb 1945
Manila is liberated by American soldiers
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Alan
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Gandale wrote:24th Feb 1813
British sloop ‘Peacock’ sunk by the American sloop ‘Hornet’
24th Feb 1895
Cuban War of independence starts
24th Feb 1912
The first act of war against the Ottoman Empire carried out by Italy
bombing Beirut.
24th Feb 1944
A ground campaign into Burma against Japan is started by Merill’s Marauders,
24th Feb 1945
Manila is liberated by American soldiers
Regards
Alan
I can add 24th Feb 2006 Daisey Port was born (my eldest daughter)   enjoying the posts J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
-Mark Twain
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Thanks guys, am happy you are finding the posts interesting.... @ Jase, you make sure you wish Daisey a very happy birthday from me and I sincerely hope you dug deep into you pockets for something really nice for the little lady.....  Regards Alan
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25th Feb 1815
Napoleon returns to France after leaving the island of Elba where he was in exile.
25th Feb 1831
The Russian advance into Poland is halted by the Polish army at the Battle of Grochow.
25th Feb 1836
The first revolving cyclinder firearm is patented by Samuel Colt.
25th Feb 1944
135 Japanese planes destroyed by US Forces in Marianas and Guam
25th Feb 1991
28 Americans are killed by an Iraqi Scud missile hitting the US Barracks in Dhahran.
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Alan
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