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23 hours ago · 3,363 aircrew. 2,265 aircraft (summer 1940 – May 1941) [3] The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War. The term was first used by the British press and originated from the term Blitzkrieg, the German word meaning 'lightning war'. [4]
23 hours ago · In 1941, during World War II, a small-scale Chechen revolt broke out, led by Hasan Israilov. In 1944, the entire Chechen people were deported to the Kazakh SSR and Kirghiz SSR in an act of ethnic cleansing; this was done under the false pretext of Chechen mass collaboration with Nazi Germany. An estimated 1/4 to 1/3 of the Chechen population ...
23 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 ...
23 hours ago · Martin Luther OSA ( / ˈluːθər /; [1] German: [ˈmaʁtiːn ˈlʊtɐ] ⓘ; 10 November 1483 [2] – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar. [3] Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism.
23 hours ago · Gelsenkirchen [ ɡɛlzənˈkɪrçən] ist eine Großstadt im zentralen Ruhrgebiet in Nordrhein-Westfalen und gehört zur Metropolregion Rhein-Ruhr. Die kreisfreie Stadt im Regierungsbezirk Münster ist in der Landesplanung als Mittelzentrum ausgewiesen. Sie ist Mitglied im Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe und im Regionalverband Ruhr.
23 hours ago · Replik der Victoria in der Vitrine des FC Bayern. Nach dem Trainerwechsel von Kálmán Konrád zu Richard Dombi 1930 und drei gescheiterten Anläufen zum Gewinn der deutschen Meisterschaft in den Jahren 1926, 1928 und 1929 verlor der FC Bayern zwar das Finale um die süddeutsche Meisterschaft 1931/32 gegen die Eintracht aus Frankfurt, ging jedoch als süddeutscher Vizemeister in die Endrunde ...
23 hours ago · The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the second independent air force in the world after the Finnish Air Force (established 6 March 1918), by merging the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS).
