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The 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge reminds us that appeasing tyrants never works. The U.S. must continue to stand strong against tyrants like Vladimir Putin to keep America safe.
The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allied offensives that ended the First World War. Beginning with the Battle of Amiens (8–12 August) on the Western Front , the Allies pushed the Imperial German Army back, undoing its gains from the German spring offensive (21 March – 18 July).
Exercise Zapad-81 (Russian: Запад-81, lit. 'West-81') was the largest military exercise ever to be carried out by the Soviet Union , according to NATO and US sources. [ 1 ] It was conducted from 4 September 1981 and lasted approximately eight days, it involved between 100,000 and 150,000 troops.
The 2004 mobile video game Around the World in 80 Days is based on the 2004 film. The 2005 PC video game 80 Days (2005 video game), developed by Frogwares, is based on the novel. [39] The 2014 game of the same name, 80 Days (2014 video game), developed by Inkle, is loosely based on the novel while introducing various science fiction elements.
A German woman and child watching a British Army soldier in their village during Reforger 80 Exercise Reforger 1988 is held to be the largest exercise during the Cold War. [ 3 ] Involving around 125,000 troops, it was billed as the largest European ground maneuver since World War II .
Belgrade had been bombed a few days earlier, and 2200 people had been killed. [31] Wary of this, the Mayor surrendered to his forces, [32] at which point Klingenberg gathered a number of German flags from the embassy and ran them up various flagpoles in the city. The Yugoslav troops gave up, believing that there had been a general surrender.
June 6, 2024, marks the 80th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy. Here's what to know about the historical battle.
The German Confederation dissolved in 1866. Due to its unpopularity among the population and the rising cost to maintain it, Liechtenstein disbanded its army of 80 men on 12 February 1868 and declared its permanent neutrality. [2] [14] [15] In 1893, former soldiers of the Liechtenstein army founded a veterans association, which had 141 members ...