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21 hours ago · As the sun sets on D-Day generation, it's risen again on Normandy beaches where soldiers fought and died 80 years ago. Follow out live blog as we cover all the events planned for this historic day.
21 hours ago · Charles Edward (Leopold Charles Edward George Albert; [note 1] 19 July 1884 – 6 March 1954) was at various points in his life a British prince, a German duke and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empire, from 30 July 1900 to 14 November 1918. He was later given multiple positions in ...
21 hours ago · Russian general Oleg Makarevich was suspected of ordering to blow up the Kakhovka HPP on the night of June 5-6, 2023. The SBU writes about this.. Investigators of the Security Service and employees of the Prosecutor Generalʼs Office collected evidence on the commander of the "Dnepr" group of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Oleg Makarevich.
21 hours ago · Duke of Holstein-Gottorp: Anna 1708–1728: Maria 1713–1715: Peter 1715–1719: Pavel 1717–1717: Natalia 1718–1725: Peter III 1728–1762 Emperor of Russia r. 1762: Catherine II the Great 1729–1796 Empress of Russia r. 1762–1796: Natalia Alexeievna 1755–1776: Paul I 1754–1801 Emperor of Russia r. 1796–1801: Maria Feodorovna 1759 ...
21 hours ago · Generalfeldmarschall Paul von Hindenburg Official portrait, c. 1919–1928 President of Germany In office 12 May 1925 – 2 August 1934 Chancellor See list Hans Luther Wilhelm Marx Hermann Müller Heinrich Brüning Franz von Papen Kurt von Schleicher Adolf Hitler Preceded by Friedrich Ebert Succeeded by Adolf Hitler (as Führer) Karl Dönitz (as President) Chief of the Great General Staff In ...
21 hours ago · The ( First) Slovak Republic ( Slovak: (Prvá) Slovenská republika ), otherwise known as the Slovak State (Slovak: Slovenský štát ), was a partially-recognized clerical fascist client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945 in Central Europe. The Slovak part of Czechoslovakia declared independence with ...
21 hours ago · Paul of Greece. Paul ( Greek: Παύλος, romanized : Pav́los; 14 December 1901 – 6 March 1964) was King of Greece, reigning from 1 April 1947 until his death on 6 March 1964. Paul was born in Athens as the third son of Crown Prince Constantine and Crown Princess Sophia of Greece. In 1912, the year before his father ascended the throne ...
