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Operation Rabat (alleged German plan of invasion to the Vatican City to kidnap or kill Pope Pius XII. Planned to begin on late 1943/January 1944. Planned to begin on late 1943/January 1944. Not carried out because the worldwide disapprobation and possible reaction of catholic population against Italian Social Republic .) [ 54 ] [ 55 ] [ 56 ]
Imperial German plans for the invasion of the United States were ordered by staff officers from 1897 to 1903 as training exercises in planning for war. The hypothetical operation was supposed to force the US to bargain from a weak position and to sever its growing economic and political connections in the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, and South America so that German influence could increase ...
It was also known as Indiana's "1st German" regiment because its members were mainly of German descent. Organized at Indianapolis, the regiment's first recruits mustered into service on August 24, 1861. From 1861 to 1865, the 32nd Indiana was attached to the first Army of the Ohio and the Army of the Cumberland, where it served in the Western ...
The 32nd Indiana, the state's first German-American infantry regiment, and the 35th Indiana, the state's first Irish-American regiment, organized at Indianapolis in 1861. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Other regiments established in 1861 that included residents of Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana, included the 19th Indiana , the 27th Indiana , and the ...
During the 1850s the city's German community established the first of several German clubs and cultural societies. The Indianapolis Turngemeinde (1851) or Turners, merged with other German clubs and became known as the Indianapolis Social Turnverein. The Indianapolis Maennerchor (1854) is the city's oldest German-language musical club. [66]
It was the first sinking of a German U-boat in WW II. [82] The Romanian cabinet under intense German pressure decides that the Polish military and civilian leaderships would be interned if they were to evacuate in Romania. [78] Romanian authorities drastically limit the passage through the country of war materials to be sent to Poland. [78] 15 ...
Indiana passed laws against interracial marriage in 1818 and 1821. [146] Under 1840 state laws to ban miscegenation, Indiana became the first state to make interracial marriage a felony. [147] Article II of the new constitution of 1851 expanded suffrage for white males, but excluded Black Hoosiers from suffrage.
The first Indiana State Fair is held on October 19–25, on the grounds of what becomes known as Military Park, west of downtown Indianapolis. [112] [120] Indiana and Illinois Central Railway is established. [141] The First German Reformed Church of Indianapolis congregation is organized. Their first church is dedicated on June 24. [142] 1853